Behind the Scenes
Video by John Morgali on his new 5D Mark II. This has been transcoded like eight times to get it to play on Flickr. It's in better quality here.
First part is me shooting the least exciting photos from a very exciting session (but they're still cute). John was too excited by the rest to shoot. ;-)
The second part is me doing my "bokeh panorama" technique (otherwise known as the "Brenizer Method") in super-busy Times Square. You can see how I had to shoot to avoid people walking by, since each frame has to be the same. I'm actually amazed the shot came out, but it did, and it looks like they're virtually alone in the square.
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kingdrater, Esther17, blakophoto, Bryan Villarin, and 200 other people added this video to their favorites.
Ryan Brenizer (54 months ago | reply)
Against the wall:
The Panorama:
Aitor Aguirre/ Antinea Media (54 months ago | reply)
artist at work
rskoon (Richard) (54 months ago | reply)
You're so good!
boots796 (54 months ago | reply)
Wow that is amazing. The panoram came out great. Nice work!
Bret Konsdorf [deleted] (54 months ago | reply)
This is like DVD extras, i love behind the scenes!
sunnykay1 (54 months ago | reply)
wow, your awesome
elie haouzi (54 months ago | reply)
fantastic
daniel.perez2 (54 months ago | reply)
Man, that's awesome! That's pretty incredible how you are able to do that. Totally a trademark technique that begs a patent ; )
Esther Seijmonsbergen (54 months ago | reply)
Very nice Ryan, your work is such an inspiration!! Thank you for sharing this.
Dâmaris de Oliveira Batista Silva (54 months ago | reply)
Thank you! grande trabalho. um abraço.
mlephotos (54 months ago | reply)
wow!! so how many images were stiched together to make that final panorama shot? great to see you in action! amazing work!
Esther17 (54 months ago | reply)
i'm constantly blown away by your fabulousness. fantastic shots!
summerspot (54 months ago | reply)
Thanks so much for sharing, awesome work.
Tab McCausland (54 months ago | reply)
That is not at all what I thought you would look like :) Love the video!
@Carson (54 months ago | reply)
Thanks for showing the BM (wait, maybe we better not acronymize that one) in the wild.
Extra Medium (54 months ago | reply)
I was wondering what you were trying to do with all those shots of their feet, knee caps, etc, but I see they all blended together nicely. I think I'm more conservative. I take 2 or 3 shots per location, but won't shoot until I get what I want. But the proof is here, you get some great results.
Oh, and which lens were you shooting in TS? Something pretty wide?
Morgali Photography (54 months ago | reply)
@Tabitha - haha, I thought the same thing when I first met him!
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Jackie Baisa ~ Photographer (54 months ago | reply)
I'm not understanding your method in the last shot. But both shots are PHENOMENAL. Your work is truly amazing, Ryan.
Jackie Baisa ~ Photographer (54 months ago | reply)
Did a google search on "Brenizer Method" and came up empty. Can you elaborate on this a little more somewhere, when you have a chance? It's fabulous, whatever you did. :-)
iluvchopstix [deleted] (54 months ago | reply)
i love seeing this!
continue to post more :)
Ryan O. Hicks [deleted] (54 months ago | reply)
outstanding work my friend
Morgali Photography (54 months ago | reply)
@Jackie - Check out his blog at www.amazon.com/ryanbrenizer/
alex chousa [deleted] (54 months ago | reply)
awesome. before when you had described the method, i was under the impression that you used a tripod with a nice ballhead for the panorama technique. i'm heading back to NY this weekend and you got me all excited to shoot in manhattan again!
Ryan Brenizer (54 months ago | reply)
You can read and see more about my method here: www.amazon.com/gp/blog/post/PLNK2FH65CUYGSW8V
Ryan Brenizer (54 months ago | reply)
Times Square was the Sigma 50mm. It becomes wide when it's panorama-ed.
I got a sorely needed haircut, and look more like this now:
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faygate (54 months ago | reply)
Ryan, really great to see you in action. I love the "Brenizer Method" it's fantastic and whenever I'm talking about photography I always seem to mention you. I really am in awe of some of your fantastic shots.
Seen on your photo stream. (?)
steve.elmer (54 months ago | reply)
Great work Ryan. I am loving all of the video help lately, you are a great talent and a bigger inspiration.
I can't believe how busy it is there, even our capital city isn't that bad. Good ol' backwards Australia :P
photo D3 ! (54 months ago | reply)
Encore une fois Bravo et merci de partager ton superbe travail avec nous ! / Great work and thank's to share your stunning work with us !
Ashley Goodwin (54 months ago | reply)
ooooooo, how nice of you to share!
Kelly Marie Ekeroth (54 months ago | reply)
is this at GCT?
Eric Yerke (54 months ago | reply)
Thank you for uploading this.
michaelschollum (54 months ago | reply)
nice!.. you need to do one on your post processing hint! hint! ;-)
mbshane (54 months ago | reply)
Great stuff as usual, Ryan. :-)
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derchristian (54 months ago | reply)
The picture on the Time Square is really nice, but honestly... I don't get what all the "bokeh panorama method" is about.
I mean... what's about the picture that couldn't have been made with a single shot?
Ryan Brenizer (54 months ago | reply)
Absolutely nothing … if you had a 24mm f/0.8 lens.
Actually in this case, that's not true, since the panorama technique also literally deleted unwanted people from the scene.
Jenny [TIME for BABY] (54 months ago | reply)
Thanks for the vedio. I still didn't quite get the panoroma part. Like in your last vedio posted on facebook, you shoot as quickly as possible for every part in the whole frame. And then? You open them altogether in Photoshop C3, and flatten all the layers finally?
xmms1 (54 months ago | reply)
Thanks for being so upfront about how you do things, I continue to learn alot from your photos and blog. Also cool video, interesting to see how you work, im always super impressed with your photos.
@Yan Zhang- in photoshop cs3 there is a option under the file menu toward the bottom, I think it's under automate that says photomerge. you click on that and it will ask you which photos you want to stitch together. you select all your photos and photoshop puts them all together.
I am looking forward to trying to technique this weekend now that I have seen a little more how he does it on the 2 videos.
thewoodenshoes (54 months ago | reply)
Pretty amazing considering all the people walking around Ryan. How do you calculate the effective "f" value of the "lens" after the fact? Thanks for sharing your info regarding wedding photography! I never expected you'd actually make a post regarding it! Wow!
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Ryan Brenizer (54 months ago | reply)
The math isn't perfect, but I treat it like a reverse teleconverter.
Relentless aka Anthony [deleted] (54 months ago | reply)
Wow... Wow... I'm speechless.
DSP (Digital Soft Paw) (54 months ago | reply)
I like the priceless look on the faces of the couple that passed by you when you were snapping your lens technique. It's always good to see you on the other end of the lens, especially on video.
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simis (54 months ago | reply)
Sooooo cool to see you at work and such amazing shots as the result. Love the looks you were getting from the passersby ... keep doing your thing man!
morena.loca (54 months ago | reply)
This is pure genious. Wonderful work as usual, Ryan.
The video was great to see too, of course! =]
Mark ~ JerseyStyle Photography (54 months ago | reply)
This is brutally awesome. And I mean that in the best way.
Thanks for sharing.
NikonMe&You (54 months ago | reply)
Ryan u are the GOD of photography....
that is awesome stuff
anjur (54 months ago | reply)
thanks for sharing :D
Monde Noir Photography (54 months ago | reply)
sigh ..... you're my inspiration
Ryan Brenizer (54 months ago | reply)
Thanks, all!
rizio (54 months ago | reply)
Thanks for posting this, Ryan. It's great to see how a pro gets it done! Keep the videos coming, they are really helping us beginners :)
~Nicole~ (54 months ago | reply)
This is so cool Ryan, I have to try to get out sometime this next week and try your method. You are a genius!