First steps in the Brenizer method

I was quite reluctant to try the Brenizer method - to be honest as a hardcore Lightroom user, Photoshop intimidates me a bit but.. Recently I decided to at least give it a shot (lame joke). It turned out not to be so intimidating and actually I think I already got some really nice preliminary results. Take a look at those shots..

First one ever - a composite of 30 pictures taken with 85mm f/1.4. An equivalent of 24mm f/0.4 - amazing, right? I was very happy to see the end result. One of the bad (but also cool) things about this technique is, that one has to wait for the post-production to see the actual frame. It brings back memories of analogue photography..

I am definitely excited by the 30-sth picture panoramas and will try do accomodate into the regular schedule during the photoshoots. I will have to add new things to look for when doing location scouting.

For the next shot, I wanted to see if a smaller scale Brenizer also "does the job". In this case, I took three pictures and stitched them together for a "regular" portrait with an "irregular" depth of field. I am happy with the effect, especially that due to the slight vertical movements between the shots, I had to test the content aware fill tool in PS :-) It worked perfectly, producing a third button in Igor's shirt.

Lastly, my personal favourite. Composed from 3 shots taken with 50mm f/1.4. It turns out to be an equivalent of 50mm f/0.99 lens on a full frame body.

I like the expression but I wish I had made things a bit different. There is an annoying line at the top of the picture, which is breaking the otherwise nice backgroud. Also, there is a bit of his hair sticking out on the left side. I guess, there is still a lot to learn in photoshop..