Judith and Tuan also wanted to have some portraits done to commemorate their engagement. They wanted something a bit different, a bit quirky, a bit fun... Rather than the usual couples being intimate photos...
They came along with props, and great open minds!
Armed with silly glasses and moustaches, we had a little play around...
Nikon D800 + 70-200mm f/2.8 @ f/2.8, ISO100, 1/1000sec
I saw a line of trees and a clear spot, and I asked Tuan and Judith to walk towards with me, wearing their funny glasses, and just basically have some interaction with one another as they walked. Tuan took it to the next level and was doing a manacle martial arts master style laugh, which egg'd Judith to join in. If anyone else saw them, they would've thought they were literally nuts! Wearing funky glasses and laughing like crazy people... lol... But regardless of looking crazy at the time, looking back at this photo, I love how happy they look...
Nikon D800 + 70-200mm f/2.8 @ f/4.5, ISO100, 1/640sec
I came across this Tram Track near South Wimbledon, and just envisioned the leading lines from the track, leading towards a couple as they walked down the track. I wanted this shot to be a bit more serious, so this time, no joking around and no props lol... I put them in the bottom third of the image, just to have more headroom and to show more of their surrounding as I feel this isn't your typical shot and it adds a bit of unusualness and character... Edited with a classic vintage feel to it, hopefully this will be an image for them to treasure for a life time...
Nikon D800 + 70-200mm f/2.8 @ f/2.8, ISO100, 1/125sec
I first heard of the Brenizer Method through a post in the Dom Bower Photography Group on facebook, and was immediately intrigued as the shot looked very different to anything I had ever done before...
(I wrote an article regarding this method at SLR Lounge: http://www.slrlounge.com/the-brenizer-method-ryan-brenizer-photography-tutorial)
(I wrote an article regarding this method at SLR Lounge: http://www.slrlounge.com/the-brenizer-method-ryan-brenizer-photography-tutorial)
The amount of Bokeh (out of focus regions) on a shot like this gives it the miniature effect. A similar look can be attain on two toy models and shot with a macro lens or close up. But to get this effect of real life sized human beings, I would've been very limited to the amount of Bokeh achieved. The background would've only been blurred out just as much as the first shot in this Blog, and where you can tell it's visible, it's not a dramatic amount of Bokeh.
So to keep with their quirky playful feel for the shoot, I got them to pose in a silly position, as they were going to be looking miniature with it too. 69 shots were taken at 200mm f/2.8, and they were stitched up originally with CS5.1 on a PC with images exported to 700px as my computer isn't that powerful.
I then took it to an iMac, and restitched it using 3000px files on CS3 and I found that the stitching was far more accurate. I'm assuming it's because I used larger source files for the stitching to align things up more correctly, or it would be the CS3 algorithm for stitching is more accurate, OR it could be that the iMac had more computer power than my computer and managed to put it together better.
On my home computer it took 1hr to stitched 700px files, and on this iMac I had access too, it took 3hrs to stitch 3000px files. I attempted to stitch 3000px at home before, and it just crashed and failed to stitch...
I might downgrade to CS3 and try that at home instead.
The final result for the Brenizer Method, I managed to create a 113.1mp file, that is a 47.1Mb JPG, and a 815.4mb TIFF file. My computer can barely manage to render it!
Regardless! I the Brenizer Method I feel was a successful shot, and both Tuan and Judith are happy with it... and that's what is important...
For more shots, please visit http://www.facebook.com/#!/media/set/?set=a.358703834179629.72043.204420089608005&type=1
