After watching one of your earlier vids on the brenizer I used it on a during my daughter's cap & gown photo shoot with her sitting across a reflecting pool from me with a Sony A7RIII. Which, by the way, was a HUGE file! But came out great!!!
I just had a senior session today, and tested this technique out. WOW I am BLOWN AWAY!! Thank you for always explaining things in a clear, yet concise manner!!!
if the background is mostly static like it was here, you can take just one center photo of the couple, and then take all the adjacent ones with the couple juuust out of frame, but still enough of the main photo in frame so that the software recognizes it for the stitching process. That way you can have the couple switch up poses and you can take as many photos of them as you like to later just replace any desired pose as the center piece of the composition. That or if you dont need/want more poses, you can have the couple not wait until youre done shooting the surrounding.
Oh, Man! I just tried this at my home for the first time in the culdesac I live in and it looks awesome! I will definitely try it with one of my clients soon. Awesome! Thanks, John!
First time hearing of this technique in my 21 years of doing environmental portraiture, but I have seen images that look like this and always assumed it was shot with a medium format camera! Man I wish I would’ve seen this years ago when I was at the peak of doing photography, now I just do it for a select few, but I might have to add this to my bag of tricks if I ever decide to take on new clients again.
REALLY good tutorial and great photos! I knew about this method but didn't quite understand the process. You explained it so well and I'm ready to try for myself. Thanks!
I always forget about this method and must use it more. It’s so effective and creates a stunning look. I try to achieve the same result with my 16 1.4, but it just doesn’t match up! Great video 👍
I slowly professed from using this in digital to using this in film as well, by stiching together multiple 35mm negatives everyone thinks I'm actually shooting medium or large format film. This is a beautiful technique. I feel like many people overdo it though. I like it a bit more subtle.
John another great video. I'm not a wedding or studio portraiture photographer. My focus is street and commercial aka food and restaurants. But I have to support your channel, one because there aren't many Black channels in the RUclipsverse, and two, you provide great advice for fellow Fuji shooters and photographers regardless of the camera ecosystem they've bought into. Keep up the great work brother. We see you.
@@jbivphotography when you live in the country you have to be creative. 🤣🤣🤣 I live in DC and work between there and NYC. So I'm in the city all the time. Check me out on IG, @streetphonicz to see some of my work. I shoot Fujifilm X-E3 and X-H1 primarily with vintage manual lenses, and a lot of film on rangefinders and vintage SLR's. Keep shining bruh! 👋🏿👋🏿👋🏿
Definitely going to try this when I get a 80mm currently only have a kit and 50mm 1.8, but panoramic pic's are a favorite. Thank you for all the tips. I just got hired as a commercial photographer.!
Man this is sooo good! This is top notch photography! It’s really cool to see your channel growing so fast. I remember the time you only got a few likes on your videos. Keep it up
Great video. Didn’t know this technique had a name. Definitely learned from this video. Well thought out explanations and you kept the video moving. I have a senior shoot tomorrow i will use this on. Cheers!
Great video! Your explanation and presentation of the technique was concise and informative, glad to have stumbled upon this video to introduce me to your channel. Thanks for the valuable knowledge this provides, will definitely be trying this out very soon.
This is very cool. I can use this with other things other than for portraiture. You just open my eyes to a brand new technique. Thank you. My Viltrox 85/1.8 for Fuji it's going to get a good workout trying this technique.
Thanks for this tutorial John, I had done a few Panorama Bokeh photographs/brenizer method way back in 2011 with my nifty fifty Cannon lens using the free Microsoft Image Composite Editor software to stitch with good results. Watching this has given me a re kick start again :-)
That will be awesome! Just remember if there is any movement in the photos that will translate to the panorama and people might have doubled heads or arms and hands and things.
Awesome! It's really fun to do. Just make sure to take that first safety photo so that if for some reason the computer doesn't want to combine it you at least still have a photo.
Thanks for this, I never considered this before! I don’t shoot portraits but I’m definitely trying this for wider product photography layouts and interior scenes. I like the idea of keeping a more ‘true’ perspective while adding greater depth. Appreciated, Sir 🙂
Oh yeah this should be awesome for product photography. It'll also be a little easier to pull off since your subject won't be moving at all. Keep in mind you really can do it with any focal length. So even just something like 50mm would work as well. Especially for product stuff.
Does the merge make a very high res end photo? Or does it re-interpolate to end up with the same resolution as the safety photo say? If it gets big, it's almost like having a GFX 100Mp then.
Great video and great job 👍. I find it somewhat easier to just switch to manual focus here. Even if you don't want to do the actual focusing with manual focus you can pre-focus with single or continuous for just one second, then flip the switch for manual focus and don't touch anything else, then shoot away with confidence that nothing will change. Then flip the switch back when done. But if single point is easier for you then that works great too. Same result, different way. 👍
Another thing you can do which I tried once is just do a video with high shutter speed and just pan really quick. Takes longer and harder to do in post and sometimes bad results (maybe better if I practiced more) but end result can get you the source pictures you want in just one second of people standing still.
Love this but I'm a little confused. So I focus on the couple and then don't focus again as I shoot around them? Or do I continue to use the back focus as I move around? Sorry, this is very new for me and I would love to be able to use this method in my portraits.
Thanks so much John, I am gonna try it with my kids I think, ahead of any client work. Looks good! I have never used BBF before, so will give that a try also. Thanks
Back button focusing is so very useful. You are going to enjoy it. Especially when you are shooting manual. Sounds kind of contradictory but give it a shot.
Nice to see the technique with this lens. But one thing to add (when you want perfect results) watch out for parallax errors and movement caused by wind. They both cause things like lines (like branches) not being stitched correctly. Wind is of course something you don't control, but parallax issues can be avoided by using a panoramic head like a nodal ninja which let the front of the lens turn from a single point. With this it's even possible to use this technique on close ups!
I saw something similar before digital cameras and LR.. you would use a 50mm eq on a tripod and pivot the camera around a point a bit in front of the camera body to avoid parallax issues - and then stitch the photos together. Now it’s easier... 🤓
I actually think there wouldn't be too much room for error. Since you just have to set your focus and take the shots. And then also for the most part your exposure wouldn't change. It would be pretty hype on Film. Obviously I would say to try and take less photos but I think you could totally do it.
Do you see yourself using the BRENIZER METHOD during photo session or does it seem too involved and pointless?
After watching one of your earlier vids on the brenizer I used it on a during my daughter's cap & gown photo shoot with her sitting across a reflecting pool from me with a Sony A7RIII. Which, by the way, was a HUGE file! But came out great!!!
Thanks for the tutorial.
Nice clear explanation, but the process seems too contrived and stifling for me to use.
This looks great, could it be done without the back button focus by using manual focus?
yes
The best tutorial about brenizer out here.
That edit at the end was so satisfying. Loved the final result!
I love a good sped up edit in a video. Glad you enjoyed everything!
I just had a senior session today, and tested this technique out. WOW I am BLOWN AWAY!! Thank you for always explaining things in a clear, yet concise manner!!!
This is the best of both worlds!
if the background is mostly static like it was here, you can take just one center photo of the couple, and then take all the adjacent ones with the couple juuust out of frame, but still enough of the main photo in frame so that the software recognizes it for the stitching process. That way you can have the couple switch up poses and you can take as many photos of them as you like to later just replace any desired pose as the center piece of the composition. That or if you dont need/want more poses, you can have the couple not wait until youre done shooting the surrounding.
This is such a great tutorial on the Brenizer Method. I have always admired this way of enhancing portraits and I'm excited to try it out for myself!
Glad you enjoyed it. The technique really is so fun.
it is cool, love the soft music and simplicity of presentation.
Awesome! Glad you enjoyed it.
I loved this technique, and what a great final shot. Thank you for sharing. I can't wait yo try it out.
It really is so fun to do!
Thank you for breaking it down so eloquently John! I can't wait to have the opportunity to practice this. :)
Hi! I did this and it worked so well 😊
Wonderful!
This is awesome. I'm gonna try it with my Fuji 90mm.
OOOOOoooo that's going to look awesome.
How did it turn out?
Thanks John! Very simply done, well done! I need to try this soon!!!
Go for it!
Pretty cool method/technique. I will be adding this to my arsenal. Thanks John! Keep up the great work!!!
Thanks for watching, appreciate it
Dude.... wow, this is so amazing, thank you. Absolutely going to use this.
Oh, Man! I just tried this at my home for the first time in the culdesac I live in and it looks awesome! I will definitely try it with one of my clients soon. Awesome! Thanks, John!
This was super dope...i needed this tip. thanks John
Awesome! Jump out there and give this technique a try it's super fun.
Just came across this and can't wait to get out and try. Thanks for the great lesson.
That's awesome. I hope it works out well for you!
So cool! I'm so glad that your channel is doing so well and you can take the time to create videos like this. Seriously great work.
Thank you so much!! I'm glad you enjoyed the video and hope you learned a little bit!
Loved this video! I am going to try this out tomorrow with my couple!!
Awesome! It's super fun!!
Super clear explanation. Really great technique!
Awesome. I'm glad I was able to explain it well!
wow, thank you John. very cool technique!
Thank you, Sir John! I really need this kind of method!
It's a fun shot to get
Love it! Definitely going to use this.
Totally do it. It's one of the best little "tricks in the bag" you can have at a session.
First time hearing of this technique in my 21 years of doing environmental portraiture, but I have seen images that look like this and always assumed it was shot with a medium format camera! Man I wish I would’ve seen this years ago when I was at the peak of doing photography, now I just do it for a select few, but I might have to add this to my bag of tricks if I ever decide to take on new clients again.
Everything with you is 50 YEARS!!
😂😂😂😂😂
REALLY good tutorial and great photos! I knew about this method but didn't quite understand the process. You explained it so well and I'm ready to try for myself. Thanks!
Awesome! Glad to hear that my explanation was smooth. Now get out there and make some awesome photos.
Good technique communicated really well. It reminds me of the look you get with medium format film cameras.
This is amazing!! Thanks for sharing John
I always forget about this method and must use it more. It’s so effective and creates a stunning look. I try to achieve the same result with my 16 1.4, but it just doesn’t match up! Great video 👍
Awesome tutorial! And that lens makes it all look so sharp and cleannn
This is an amazing technique. Can't wait to try this out on my crop sensor to see how this turns out! Thanks John.
Love this! Will definitely be trying!!
Wow game changing for me. Cant wait to try this
It’s so fun. It also leaves you with much higher resolution images. You can make HUGE prints of these photos.
I slowly professed from using this in digital to using this in film as well, by stiching together multiple 35mm negatives everyone thinks I'm actually shooting medium or large format film. This is a beautiful technique. I feel like many people overdo it though. I like it a bit more subtle.
That’s awesome. Thank you for this. I’m so going to try this as soon as I can.
Have fun with it!
Love your channel and your work, man! Thanks and keep the awesome videos coming!
I've seen you take the photos in one of your other videos but I never really knew hot to put them all together. Will try it today
great video John I will be sure to give it a go
Just Awesome!! can't wait to try it
That was just amazing!.I clearly didn't know the power of lightroom. Thank you so much for this!!!
It’s a really cool technique. So many different things you can do in Lightroom.
John another great video. I'm not a wedding or studio portraiture photographer. My focus is street and commercial aka food and restaurants. But I have to support your channel, one because there aren't many Black channels in the RUclipsverse, and two, you provide great advice for fellow Fuji shooters and photographers regardless of the camera ecosystem they've bought into. Keep up the great work brother. We see you.
I appreciate that so much! I really do. I love street photography. I wish I lived in an area where I could get some good stuff like I used to in NYC.
@@jbivphotography when you live in the country you have to be creative. 🤣🤣🤣 I live in DC and work between there and NYC. So I'm in the city all the time. Check me out on IG, @streetphonicz to see some of my work. I shoot Fujifilm X-E3 and X-H1 primarily with vintage manual lenses, and a lot of film on rangefinders and vintage SLR's. Keep shining bruh! 👋🏿👋🏿👋🏿
Really awesome method 👍👍👍
I definitely want to try it man! Super helpful! Have a great week man!
Such a cool little technique. Especially if you have a good spot for it.
So excited to use this during my next session. :)
It really is the funnest thing to do. I'm a huge fan.
Nice technique, thank you for shearing your experience with us.
Definitely going to try this when I get a 80mm currently only have a kit and 50mm 1.8, but panoramic pic's are a favorite. Thank you for all the tips. I just got hired as a commercial photographer.!
This was SO cool!! I have never seen this method before and am absolutely so excited to try it!! Thank you for teaching me something new today!
Can't w8 to test it..love your RUclips work
Thank you so much. I'm glad you're enjoying it.
Man this is sooo good! This is top notch photography! It’s really cool to see your channel growing so fast. I remember the time you only got a few likes on your videos. Keep it up
Thanks a ton! Also thanks for sticking around and watching the content.
Very informative video. But how does it compare to using a wide angle fast aperture lens? (for example Fuji's 16mm f1.4)
Love this technique, what a great video
Outstanding! Thank you.
You're welcome. Glad you liked it.
Thanks for the weekend plans!
Awesome. Give it a try and let me know how it works out.
thanks man new technique for my event next week 😁😁😁
This is so awesome! I learned something new today! Thank you so much!
Awesome mate👏👏 i will try at my first chance, thanks!
It really is a cool technique. You’re going to love it.
these look so cool! thanks for sharing this!
You're welcome. I really love taking these type of photos and I hope it helped others learn it as well.
Love the colors for the photos! And I love the way you break down this technique! So clear and understandable
Awesome! I'm glad you enjoyed it and this was helpful!
Loved this video! Lots of useful information and super inspiring! Can’t wait to go out and try it myself!
Hey man thanks.I have the gfx50s ii.I go to try it.I love it.
Awesome! You're going to love it. It's really amazing when you do it with the GFX system.
Yooo great tutorial! Glad I found your channel 🔥💪🏽
Wow didn't know lightroom could do this. Thought u were gonna merge them in photoshop. Thanks! U just got a subscriber
Great video. Didn’t know this technique had a name. Definitely learned from this video. Well thought out explanations and you kept the video moving. I have a senior shoot tomorrow i will use this on. Cheers!
I am definitely gonna try this technique.
Great video! Your explanation and presentation of the technique was concise and informative, glad to have stumbled upon this video to introduce me to your channel. Thanks for the valuable knowledge this provides, will definitely be trying this out very soon.
Concerning parallax issues, you can mount the camera on a tripod and use a wildlife gimbal to shoot the images.
This is very cool. I can use this with other things other than for portraiture. You just open my eyes to a brand new technique. Thank you. My Viltrox 85/1.8 for Fuji it's going to get a good workout trying this technique.
OOOOOO that 85 is going to get some amazing results.
Fantastic tutorial Thanks, bro. I will try this!
Thanks for this tutorial John, I had done a few Panorama Bokeh photographs/brenizer method way back in 2011 with my nifty fifty Cannon lens using the free Microsoft Image Composite Editor software to stitch with good results. Watching this has given me a re kick start again :-)
AMAZING - You just saved me a bunch of money. I will just use my 50mm for a panorama in my upcoming holidays. Amazing!
That will be awesome! Just remember if there is any movement in the photos that will translate to the panorama and people might have doubled heads or arms and hands and things.
Thanks for sharing, I liked the idea 👍
Thanks for watching! It's a cool little technique.
loved this video. thank you for sharing.
You're welcome! I hope you've had a chance to use this technique.
I love this idea!! Definitely going to try it at my next session! Thank you for sharing!
Yes! Thanks for sharing this. Im gonna try it out for sure! Hopefully use it in my next session!
Awesome! It's really fun to do. Just make sure to take that first safety photo so that if for some reason the computer doesn't want to combine it you at least still have a photo.
Thanks for this, I never considered this before!
I don’t shoot portraits but I’m definitely trying this for wider product photography layouts and interior scenes. I like the idea of keeping a more ‘true’ perspective while adding greater depth.
Appreciated, Sir 🙂
Oh yeah this should be awesome for product photography. It'll also be a little easier to pull off since your subject won't be moving at all. Keep in mind you really can do it with any focal length. So even just something like 50mm would work as well. Especially for product stuff.
I love it! Going to try it this weekend's wedding. :)
Awesome!! It's super fun to do and the results are always amazing.
Good job team
Trank you for this Video, i love this Look 👍
Does the merge make a very high res end photo? Or does it re-interpolate to end up with the same resolution as the safety photo say?
If it gets big, it's almost like having a GFX 100Mp then.
Gonna try it out, thanks for the tip
Sounds good. Let me know how it works out for you.
you just earned a new sub my man wow
Really a great tip thanks
Great video and great job 👍.
I find it somewhat easier to just switch to manual focus here. Even if you don't want to do the actual focusing with manual focus you can pre-focus with single or continuous for just one second, then flip the switch for manual focus and don't touch anything else, then shoot away with confidence that nothing will change. Then flip the switch back when done.
But if single point is easier for you then that works great too. Same result, different way. 👍
Another thing you can do which I tried once is just do a video with high shutter speed and just pan really quick. Takes longer and harder to do in post and sometimes bad results (maybe better if I practiced more) but end result can get you the source pictures you want in just one second of people standing still.
Love this but I'm a little confused. So I focus on the couple and then don't focus again as I shoot around them? Or do I continue to use the back focus as I move around? Sorry, this is very new for me and I would love to be able to use this method in my portraits.
Thanks so much John, I am gonna try it with my kids I think, ahead of any client work. Looks good! I have never used BBF before, so will give that a try also. Thanks
Back button focusing is so very useful. You are going to enjoy it. Especially when you are shooting manual. Sounds kind of contradictory but give it a shot.
Great, thank you for sharing. Looking forward to trying this. Keep up the great work.
Thank YOU for watching. I hope you enjoyed it!
Nice to see the technique with this lens. But one thing to add (when you want perfect results) watch out for parallax errors and movement caused by wind. They both cause things like lines (like branches) not being stitched correctly. Wind is of course something you don't control, but parallax issues can be avoided by using a panoramic head like a nodal ninja which let the front of the lens turn from a single point. With this it's even possible to use this technique on close ups!
Thank you for the tutorial. I can't wait to give this a go next shoot!
Thank you for sharing the trick. Good luck, bro!
Thanks a bunch! I'm glad you enjoyed it as well.
Trying this weekend
Nice! Let me know how it works out for you.
THANK YOU! I'll try it on my Fuji xt20
Awesome. It’s going to be awesome!
I saw something similar before digital cameras and LR.. you would use a 50mm eq on a tripod and pivot the camera around a point a bit in front of the camera body to avoid parallax issues - and then stitch the photos together. Now it’s easier... 🤓
Your shirt made me think about doing this on film and then making a collage out of the prints. Obviously much more room for error, but could be fun!
I actually think there wouldn't be too much room for error. Since you just have to set your focus and take the shots. And then also for the most part your exposure wouldn't change. It would be pretty hype on Film. Obviously I would say to try and take less photos but I think you could totally do it.
Do we need to keep pressing back button focus throughout the series of shots or just for the first main shot??
Wow. So cool. Thanks.
Man, this is so cool 🖤
Thank you so much for the tutorial, just learned a new photography technic, this will really help.
Awesome! I'm glad this was helpful!!
Will this also work for the fuji 50mmf2? 🙈 Or is the F stop to high?
That's dope! Thank you sir!
You’re welcome. Give it a try it’s a really fun technique.