Brenizered
Dec, 2016Views
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Awards
Winner in The Brenizer Technique Photo Challenge
Superb Composition
Peer Award
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Behind The Lens
Location
This was taken at a local park with wood trails, and we just got my son his new Strider bike. No better place to test it out.Time
We arrived at the park an hour or so before sunset, basically golden hour. You can see some golden rays squeaking through the trees in the background. There's no better time for a quick bike ride than the waning moments of light in the spring.Lighting
The lighting on the boy was fairly flat, but a bit more dynamic in the background.Equipment
This was shot on a Nikon D610 with the 85mm f/1.8G lens. For Brenizer technique, it is important to shoot wide open, so this was shot at f/1.8.Inspiration
Ryan's technique is very interesting. I've heard it's even more of a challenge with trees because the technique needs to be performed very flawlessly to get all the branches lined up during the stitching process. This was my second attempt ever at the Brenizer method, and thought it was very successful.Editing
The Brenizer method is all about post-processing. The goal is to create a panoramic image, but with a very shallow depth of field. This photo was 14 photos stitched together in photoshop. I believe the new Photomerge feature in Lightroom is more successful at matching frames, but this was done with the Photomerge process in photoshop. A lot of manual masking and moving of photos was needed to align all the branches. The overall edit was left clean.In my camera bag
I've grown and condensed a bit since this photo. I run with two Nikon bodies, the D750 for digital and F100 for film. I only carry three lenses: Nikon 85mm f/1.4G, Sigma Art 35mm f/1.4, and the Sigma Art 20mm f/1.4. Throw in a couple of rolls of Kodak Portra 800 and Cinestill 800T, and I am very content.Feedback
A lot of practice with the Brenizer technique. Your camera needs to be in complete manual operation. Set the white balance. Set the ISO, aperture and shutter speed because as you pan around the sceen, exposure cannot change. Do not move your feet, do not move up and down - only move the camera and lens. And most importantly, your focus cannot change - so once you lock your focus on your subject, place your lens into manual focus so that it does not refocus.
