Thread: "cinema" style

Originally Posted by KVG

I use the 14/2.5, 20/1.7 and the 25/1.4, but there is nothing wrong with the camera or lenses it's just the my desired result that is some what unattainable. I wouldn't be selling my M43 camera, but rather adding a new camera.

I can't argue with you as I have a dslr myself, only aps-c but there are things I can do with it that I can't do with compacts and one of them is I can't part with my macro glass. Canon has the new consumer FF camera, not as big of a profile but that big sensor.. that and a wide angle lens.. I have the 28mm 1.8 because it's wide, can shoot close and allows for shallow dof with great blur. It's not as wide on my camera but would be on FF. 85 1.2 is a beauty too though out of my $ range.

Originally Posted by pictogramax

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I did this during the recent photo challenge. The results had a very three dimensional look.. it was fun but had I more time, because it was starting to rain, I would have worked my background better and eked more out of it.

Originally Posted by pictogramax

Yes, the alternative is to go Brenizer - more compact and affordable solution, but requires more work from photographer. Results can be great:

I have done bokeh panoramas before and personallu I find it's just to time consuming to shoot or edit in this manner.

Originally Posted by KVG

I have done bokeh panoramas before and personallu I find it's just to time consuming to shoot or edit in this manner.

Doing the Brenizer was pretty easy for me even for the first time. Take the lens off autofocus and set your focus on the subject, set your white balance which can't be on auto either, then you can shoot a series of maybe nine shots and photoshop elements wove them together with the click of a button. Then it's a crop the edges and pp as you would anyways. For more depth, more shots moving outward. I don't think there is a lens that can do that given Ryan starts out with a good lens and then pieces it. Either way, if you are thinking you want FF then you are probably ready to go FF and as you said you don't have to give up your 4/3 so the best of both worlds.

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Very cool Gary!

Originally Posted by phrenic

Silly question, but what's the easiest way to drop the cropped image into that black frame? (LR4 instructions in particular would be helpful if possible).

Thanks!

I don't think it can be done in Lightroom....at least not any way that I can think of. I use Photoshop Elements, but it can be for free with GIMP or online with the free photo editor pixlr.com in their emulation of Photoshop.

Open up your image, crop and enter the ratio for the crop so that length is 2.35 and height is 1
There you will have your cinematic cropped shot. Now if you want the "black bars" like you're watching it on your fancy TV, go the menu and create a new image (or maybe it's worded new blank image) and it will ask for some dimensions. I usually just plug in the width and use the same number for the height (because I'm too lazy to do the calculations).

Return to your original cropped image and select the whole image, then select cut, then close the image (there's nothing left there anyways) and you should be in front of your large black square (it may be white, but you change that easy enough with the paint bucket tool). Then select paste and you have pasted your cropped image onto the black background. Then use your crop tool again and for dimensions, use 16 for width and 9 for height.

Let me know if any of that needs clarification.

There's a video here. Photoshop Tutorial: Cinematic Widescreen Cropping - YouTube

DSCF0111 by julienmartlet, on Flickr

Okay I had to try this just to get the cropping idea down though really I don't have a lot of shots that would suit this formatting.



Thanks for sharing the video Luke! (2.35 x 1 ratio over a 16 x 9 black screen)

Julien, yours looks like it shot on a Hollywood soundstage...and Kristen's looks straight off the silver screen. These are kind of addicting. I may take a walk this afternoon and try shooting with this in mind.

OK....just a quick one. I went looking for a shot in the flickr to play with and found this of Charlie that I thought might work.

looking for Santa by Lukinosity, on Flickr

A couple minutes later, I had this.....

Untitled45445 by Lukinosity, on Flickr