My favourite IN-CAMERA Photography TRICK!

[@JamesPopsysPhoto]

If anyone works in the theatre business, please call me. I have many ideas!

[@declanstark]

Nobody. Call. Him.

[@liamstrong5223]

@@declanstark any particular reason why?

[@declanstark]

@@liamstrong5223 Because the brief description he provided of his nascent ideas was more than slightly concerning :-P

[@mondujar279]

I am a psychiatric nurse, perhaps more use to you?

[@lylestavast7652]

One of the things I enjoy the most in photography... gridded panoramas... Minimize how much you move the camera between shots - tip and swing around a point mid lens as closely as you can.... It's worth renting/borrowing a panorama rig and calibrating it for your lens and body and taking a series with, and then without it (like you did in the photo). You may never buy or get a rig again, but you'll certainly see how tipping, and swinging less aids in stitch accuracy at the fine detail level. It's a cool technique. People were doing this before Brenizer, but he did the world a lot of good by making it popular ! Good video !

[@JamesPopsysPhoto]

Awesome tip - thanks Lyle, I'll dig into that :)

[@lylestavast7652]

@@JamesPopsysPhoto it'll matter most when you have things close in the image. Lot of fun nailing it all down...

[@johnbanks9392]

The Brenizer method is brilliant, I do them with a Fuji XT3 & 90mm F2 (@F2) and the results are great.

[@w0lfyovi294]

I've been doing panorama stitching for over 5 years now (with Micro Four Thirds cameras) and it is a great way to increase resolution, minimize distortion, expand the depth of field and field of view and simulate full frame or even medium format look to images. It's very important to have the exact settings on each image, Aperture, ISO, Shutter Speed, Manual/Focus and Exposure locked, White Balance set to one setting only (anything but Auto, if shooting RAW). Some of my favourite images of all time are tens to hundreds of megapixels, anything from landscape to portraits to macro images. It's quite difficult to set an aspect ratio of the final image when you do panorama because there are so many images involved, most of the panoramas as odd formats or very close to square format. When shooting always oversample your frame, meaning always shoot more pictures on the outer frame of the subjects then you need, else you might end up cropping out elements that you wanted in the frame, always count your images when you shoot panorama, that way you get as close as possible to the number of frames you need on either side. Optics are very important if you enjoy doing this, I find 50 to 200mm focal length to give the best results, try to use the flattest lenses possible (like macro lenses) because if there is any variation in the Flatness of the Focus Field it will distort the sides of the images when you stitch and you will have unnatural artefacts (like the leaves are bend in one way on an image and the opposite way on the other images and the software will destroy any sense of continuity of the final result, very distracting and obvious), luckily the Panasonic 42.5mm f 1.7 is one of the flattest lenses that is not macro in that focal range (a lot better than Olympus 45mm f 1.8) so it would do very well for that kind of use. Try using it to stitch about 20 to 30 images at medium range, 3-5 meters from the subject, with a beautiful environment (like a path in the forest) ... it will give you an absolute magical result, I promise. (I would love to give you more tips and ideas on this topic if you wish)

[@taz24787]

Do you find Lightroom or Photoshop better foto this technique?

[@w0lfyovi294]

@@taz24787 They are both essentials actually, Lightroom is fast, convenient and efficient. But even so Photoshop is needed quite often to fix stitching errors (like duplicat subject, alignment errors, uneven exposure, white balance color missmatch, etc). Also Photoshop uses a lot more resources stitching (specifically RAM memory) and because of that Lightroom would be more efficient, as for quality result they are 99% more of the same. Alternatively Microsoft's Image Composite Editor can do better results especially for over 250 Megapixels (and closer to Gigapixel), it's quite a powerful tool but it doesn't always plays well with RAW files (you would have easier time editing the images and the export JPEG before stitching them together).

[@c.augustin]

I did this technique with a medium format film camera -- just because it is a folding camera with a fixed standard lens, so there was no wide angle lens available. Worked quite nicely, and gave me even more resolution than MF can provide from the get-go. And it gives unbelievable resolution even to basic MFT cameras that don't have HiRes mode (and, other than the HiRes modes of the G9 or "lesser" Olympus models, it does *not* require a tripod). Good video, good tip!

[@JamesPopsysPhoto]

Cheers Christian :)

[@roberto.abella]

@Christian Augustin, Have you ever tried a portrait with a MF camera using this method (brenizer method)? I always wander how would it look like..

[@c.augustin]

@@roberto.abella No, not my preferred subject matter. I think it would only make sense for outdoor portrait (as Brenizer himself does it).

[@ThePomey88]

Quick question pal. Have you ever had a plan that went to plan?

[@kurtailed]

😁 Thought the exact same thing as soon as he said that

[@JamesPopsysPhoto]

haha, it's got to the point of something going to plan would not be to plan.. I need to get better at planning I think!

[@ThePomey88]

@@JamesPopsysPhoto No pal, makes for more excitement when we go off plan 👍

[@robertofontiglia4148]

I think he just doesn't show it when it happens because it's just part of his brand at this point.

[@lylestavast7652]

Life is what happens when plans go awry...

[@NeonShores]

Just started experimenting with this for multi-row panoramas, and adding in bracketing too for HDR panos makes it an especially lengthy shoot and post process, but it's a lot of fun to have a small camera create these massive images with large dynamic range. Great video!

[@jeremyFNP]

Thank you for explaining the little stuff!! Far too often do people forget to explain the little things when making these videos! I am talking about BBF and focusing on the tree and then not refocusing again! Sometimes I don’t know the small details and mess my images up all the time! Thank you

[@markusdammasch9108]

Also have to set the white balance manually - if it's in Auto it can change from one pic to the next...

[@JamesPopsysPhoto]

Yup! That's a big one too actually!

[@KipRoof]

@@JamesPopsysPhoto WB isn't that important if your shooting raw. Since your shooting manual, the exposures will be the same and you can set the white balance in post. Love your videos!

[@moondawn1000]

Congratulations your shelf's still up !!!

[@JamesPopsysPhoto]

Haha, Cheers!

[@cameronlyall2420]

Another tip is not use a polarising filter on any images for stitching together

[@JamesPopsysPhoto]

Definitely! That's a big one!

[@hari1111]

Does a polarizer create inconsistency in exposure?

[@criscros7]

@@hari1111 Sort of. The effect of a polarising filter varies with the angle to the sun. That's why single images taken with a wide angle lens and a polarising filter can show an uneven effect, particularly visible in the sky (smooth gradient from darker to brighter parts). Stitching together several images with an uneven sky tends to make the problem worse (no smooth gradient).

[@PB4U]

Oh yeah learned that one the hard way

[@williamschultz8198]

James...Sometimes I think your a couple of fries short of a happy meal.You put a smile on my face.Love your work, if you can call it that.

[@danielwilliams1571]

Complaining about being stuck inside and having cabin fever in 2019, bless, he had no idea 😅

[@1spitfirepilot]

Great - clear and not even slightly boring!

[@JamesPopsysPhoto]

Thanks so much :)

[@Harlequin565]

Shelves are still up! Result.

[@JamesPopsysPhoto]

I literally can't believe it :)

[@floatingrabbit3556]

Basically panorama. Some call it panoramic portraiture. It's fantastic honestly and it does require a bit of practice and can only be utilized perfectly with still subjects. Lightroom gets confused often on how the software stitches stuff because it misses things if things are overlapped well enough but when done right it's is amazing and the resolutions you get are just ginormous even for prints. Gone are the days when you could use full frames and medium formats for prints.

[@AndyGreenWildlife]

I like that your slow week still produces this very fine art feel tree shot and the selfie shot you posted (which I thought was a great shot) - Still not a bad week for most! Useful video mate, not really thought about this technique before and haven't stitched in Lightroom either really other than for HDR. Will be trying this asap.

[@JamesPopsysPhoto]

Awesome to hear mate :)

[@JM.TheComposer]

I'm just a newbie and I find this really detailed explanation to be really fascinating and helpful. Thank you!

[@judahhays189]

Dude thank you so much for your presets. They are better than all the other ones I have found and bought!

[@JamesPopsysPhoto]

Awesome to hear, thanks mate :)

[@mrDJKdnb]

Great video - may i add...? What you were saying about the picture with the girl with flowing hair, a good work around is take two pictures, one with the girl/ one without and then combine them in photoshop; completely blurring the picture without the girl and creating said image. (a tripod really helps for this)

[@JamesPopsysPhoto]

I made a video about that too! Although a loooong time ago 🙂

[@mrDJKdnb]

@@JamesPopsysPhoto I did learn it on youtube a while back - it could of been you ?

[@frederickmcdonald6636]

brilliant video, and the thing for me is that you are funny! I certainly appreciate your humour. Thank you for sharing. Take care and be safe out there....

[@adsymac]

I'm going to New York at Christmas and only have a 25mm (37.5mm eqv) on my X-T1 and this tip will come in handy for getting some wider shots! :)

[@paulcusick8833]

Towering Inferno On Ice.... I'd go see that.... As an aside I almost bought the leica 15mm when I discover, quite by chance, that I already had it on one of my Drones. It's rebranded on the DJI X5R / X5s camera but it wears a rubber "waistcoat".

[@JamesPopsysPhoto]

😂😂

[@estebanrestrepo9256]

Physical distortion occurs because how close your lens is to the subject/objects in the scene, not because the actual lens causes it. It's true that you might get barrel distortion or puncussion distortion but the tree should look identical given that you didn't move. What causes things to look unnatural is how close you are to them, not the lens you use. So you can take a portrait with a 18mm ff equivalent at about 3m and get no physical distortion.

[@hauke3644]

True! If the stitched result differs from the 1-shot, that must come from the software. In some programs other projections than rectilinear can be applied.

[@sacharriolamarino317]

Nice track at the end, you have a taste for music man, I always enjoy it in your vids.

[@JamesPopsysPhoto]

Thanks mate :)

[@Andy-pu2iv]

Great. I've used that technique before on some really wide panoramas with my old E-1. Turns a 5MP camers into a 40! It can also be done in Photoshop Elements. And you still have shelves - are you showing off now?

[@JamesPopsysPhoto]

Haha, can't believe the shelves, outstaying their welcome now 😂

I literally went out to try this exact technique last week :D Should have waited for your video, as I made pretty much every mistake mentioned in the video and comments 😂 Keep up the great work James! :-)

[@JamesPopsysPhoto]

haha, awesome mate - enjoy! :)

[@dominiquethenosyreader2686]

Love watching your channel

[@Gijz74]

Instead of using back button focus I have a custom button dedicated to Focus Lock and Exposure Lock. Click once aiming at a medium bright part of the image with the focus point 1/3 third into the scene (or where ever you need focus) and your good to go for all images. Click the same button again to unlock FL + EL.

[@boredofsilence]

Great video mate - so clearly explained and I learned a lot! Thanks :)

[@nicoloevandri5185]

The 25 mm 1.4 leica its the perfect lens for m4/3, i love it

[@JamesPopsysPhoto]

My first impressions are good :)

[@williamblackwell9558]

I used my Nikon 105mm to shoot landscapes with the same process . Great video.

[@Wildwillow76]

This Brenizer Method is superb using a shallow depth of field when using a fast good quality or vintage lens with stunning bubble bokeh for subject isolation in the frame, known as Bokeh Panorama. Thoroughly enjoyed the video James :)

[@JamesPopsysPhoto]

Cheers Mark :)

[@Zagardal]

Tried this a couple of weeks back and yeah, fast primes can really mess your image up once you stitch your landscape shots together. Stuck to f2.8-4 after I noticed.

[@Clickumentary]

These little m43 primes can be an addiction!

[@JamesPopsysPhoto]

I'll say!

[@JustForFun-pc7ri]

This was a really great video!!!!! Thanks a bunch! 😃😃😃

[@goateyephotography808]

It's also a great trick when you forgot your wide angle lens. 😅 The good thing about panoramas is that modern software can stitch them quite well. Not sure how good it was when this function first came up.

[@swagrip1931]

Great video. Will try this technique out for sure. Which neckstrap are you using with your g9 james?

[@JamesPopsysPhoto]

Awesome, and a Peak Design Slide 🙂

[@MoonshineTora]

I'd like to shoot landscape panoramas with my 50mm prime. I think they come out quite natural in my opinion. I somehow struggle to get decent shots with my 28mm prime. I usually try to overlap 50%. This is resulting in a large amount of photos and hella resolution, but the software has enough landmarks to work with.

[@Savemeee3]

Does there have to use the same focal point? Some picture may look cool with a bunch of photos focus stacked then stitched together. Kind of curious of the file size then

[@JamesPopsysPhoto]

True :)

[@kevinharding1181]

Not exactly Brenizer (bokeh panorama) James. He devised those to have panos at weddings of the couple/bride in focus with front/behind of them out of focus and even sometimes another subject in a different location in the frame in focus too. I use the method you describe here a lot. It has another advantage .. with an UWA your BG will have disappeared over the horizon somewhere whereas with say a 50mm ( I use a 55 or 85) your subjects (say a range of mountains) are still recognisable as mountains not molehills :D Just discovered your channel and I'm really enjoying it. Good luck mate.

[@MrParraPaul]

Verrrry interesting Jimmy, great video!

[@DLivingston]

Hello there! New subscriber as I just started my channel with my first video coming soon. Have watched a few of your videos so far and love your stuff so far! I'll be making video/photo-based videos and can't wait to get into some more of your videos. Have a good one!

[@trembichmovingmoments8778]

Great technique =) I will try it the next time I'm out shooting landscapes! Cheers from Germany =)

[@JamesPopsysPhoto]

Awesome mate!

[@edward3320]

With landscapes, its generally far better to have a greater depth of field. Of course, its your own art. But in most cases, it works far better

[@BartRos1980]

This is a great little tip. Although I shoot with the sony a7riii...wonder how big that will be. Probably about 400 based on some of my panoramics.

[@WhiteWulfe]

Ooooooooh, you have the Lumix 42.5mm f1.7 prime... Definitely curious to see your thoughts on that! As for the technique... I'm... going to have to try that stitching idea. In your example, I also like how the hill seems to have more depth to it, and the soft, natural curve it has is a lot more visible...

[@JamesPopsysPhoto]

Looks like a great little lens, really excited to try it :)

[@cardi60]

I can see your point about having the tree in focus,, so that the blurry bits lead your eye to the tree, I might be boring but I like everything in focus just saying.

[@nomadcompany]

I have no idea what you just said and still enjoyed it lol

[@AntonioMartinez]

Awesome video! very informative!

[@BobK58]

What about white balance? I normally shoot in auto WB and I'm just now trying to learn how to adjust it. I understand it's not a big deal in a raw file because it's easy to adjust in post but what if you have multiple raw images being stitched together?

[@JamesPopsysPhoto]

That's a big one, pick a mode other than AWB :)

[@billywindsock9597]

The plan . . . and then James goes off and entertains.

[@JohnsJunk]

I'm generally moving to fast or my subject is to do this a lot. I've tried it numerous times though with mixed results. Just need more practice.

[@eitanste1]

hey there, Just one question, which bag did you use for this trip? (the green one that is visible at 04:03 )

[@shroominion7529]

Brilliant Video ! Although i fail to understand the part where you say it would take hours to make a blurry backround in PS?

[@allornothingproductions6690]

Is this not essentially the same effect as just using the longer focal length but stepping backwards however far until you've reached the same field of view? I get that that isn't always possible though on uneven terrain.

[@JamesPopsysPhoto]

It'd be tough to get the same composition because of compression :)

[@allornothingproductions6690]

@@JamesPopsysPhoto oh ok, thanks! 👍

[@qc1651]

Are you using an app on your phone to take the photos or a remote? I am curious how you got some 'selfies' and you look to be in a rule of thirds?

[@BartRos1980]

Ow I forgot about your book there mate. Looking forward to seeing it. I recently saw a ad for whitewall photobooks, wanted to collect my images and get a copy. But I decided to just design one in indesign (am a graphic design next to photog) to offer to local stores instead. I already finished first 2 chapter. Are you designing it yourself?

[@VenomPianoman]

Great information! and James is cute

[@juanalvarado7794]

Are you considering getting the new S1? It looks sexy dont it 😍

[@JamesPopsysPhoto]

Looking forward to giving it a go :)

[@VoGusProspecting]

You can fix distortion in Photoshop with one slider.

[@paulm8157]

👍Useful info well presented. Does your Lumix do high resolution in Raw? Were the stitched images also in RAW - can you stitch JPEG images with RAW pics? Thanks.

[@MARkoe93]

Sometimes i just take my 80-200mm f2.8 or the 75-300mm and go out and shoot. And then i also use that trick. And with my d800 it can happen that i get over 200MPixels what can be quite annoying to stich it together.

[@ItsWillLee]

Whew! I really thought you had become a part of the Macro Trick squad! lol This is much better and will actually be tried, tested and used waaay more often than the silly macro tip... Great Vid James!! p.s. Ryan Brenizer didn't invent this technique either, he just got famous from it due to our times of the internet & social media...he's a great / popular photographer, but IMO, gets way too much credit for this technique...

[@JamesPopsysPhoto]

Haha! I had to dig to find out about the macro thing - pure coincidence im sure 🙂

[@JeffCreates]

Well explained for beginners. Actually quite a nice image. (Please don't start banging on about the relative quality of KZbin compression of your content).

[@JamesPopsysPhoto]

haha, deal :)

[@loriskaufmann9575]

How do you shot the selfie you showed in the beginning of the video?

[@JamesPopsysPhoto]

Tripod and a wifi connection between my camera and phone :)

[@loriskaufmann9575]

@@JamesPopsysPhoto thx, I'm on the seek to shoot selfies of me while biking, but this technique won't work

[@heathbarlow8769]

@@JamesPopsysPhoto that's how you do it🤔I've been trying to hit the shutter button with stones. 4 broken cameras and 8 smashed lenses and still no shots. I'll give that method a go😊😂😂🙏

[@Rilst0ne]

I know your pain with the weather. I live in Wales and spent basically 5 hours out yesterday, sat in a car waiting for a break in the rain..

[@JamesPopsysPhoto]

I've been there mate! Painful isn't it!

[@Rilst0ne]

James Popsys absolutely! We still do it though..

[@PrabhjotSinghTech]

Great tips, nice video man!

[@JamesPopsysPhoto]

Thanks mate! :)

[@carlosvanvegas]

Is this high resolution feature on other cameras like Canon do you know?

[@martyryan2706]

Think you need to start channeling the great Baldric and announce that you have a cunning plan at the start of videos. Narcos the musical though, I’d watch it!

[@JamesPopsysPhoto]

😂😂

[@KeithTomlinsonPhoto]

Great video.

[@JamesPopsysPhoto]

Cheers Keith :)

[@KeithTomlinsonPhoto]

@@JamesPopsysPhoto but seriously... How many new lenses!

[@ChristopherNicholasWoodsJones]

False: that “Narcos: the musical” idea slaps!

[@Skulclaimr]

Watching people use micro 4/3 always gives me a good chuckle. Want realistic, high density info? Nikon d850. And no risk!😆. Or go crazy and get a hassleblad!(only if you're swimming in money)

[@JamesPopsysPhoto]

I've seen plenty of people use big cameras to take pictures that nobody cares about. I'd say that's funnier... :)

[@daveomahony]

Narcos: The Musical is a BRILLIANT idea... I’ll pitch it to my producer mates!!

[@JamesPopsysPhoto]

Haha, Cheers mate! I want 10%! 😂

[@timelord2222]

Ultra wide angle photography without an ultra wide angle lens. Nice, just be careful you don't have anything in your close foreground, because parallax artifacts will occur - for example, if you have a wooden post in the foreground, it will "shift" a bit throughout the photos. Also watch out for moving objects. Those are the drawbacks - the benefits are possibility of insane amount of wide angles, possibly sharper corners in some situations, and not needing to buy a dedicated lens.

[@Olivia-ht7we]

You don’t have enough lenses I think you should get another one!

[@JamesPopsysPhoto]

haha! I'll break my back... And my bank!

James Popsys I wouldn’t be worried of breaking your back as long as those lenses are m4/3 primes

[@willprice7475]

Wow, James. Just wow. You must not be on the mailing list, but you were supposed to do a "how to make any lens a macro lens" video this week. Literally every other photographer/KZbinr did one. Get your act together, man.

[@JamesPopsysPhoto]

haha!

[@willprice7475]

@@JamesPopsysPhoto in all seriousness though; are you going to do an opinion video on those lenses? I know Panasonic is bread and butter now, but I'm interested in your thoughts on the 42.5.

[@momchilyordanov8190]

I've ruined a panorama by doing exactly what you said - shooting the lens wide open and having vignetting in the corners. Which I saw back home, when it was way too late... :)

[@JamesPopsysPhoto]

So annoying isn't it! Me too!

[@martinlewis1015]

Or you test every F stop and find which is the most sharp, usually F8, my new 24-70 Nikon has nearly all F stops

[@Convoker]

Does SR give a wider viewing angle? I don't think so.

[@tonyvernon8908]

Have to ask, how does sponsored by.....play out. I see many youtubers saying this. Your the one i trust to answer it.

[@ryangi5]

I was the 1,000th like! I saw the counter roll from 999 to 1K when I hit the like button.

[@AceNoguera]

this is good

[@longlee1100]

the only time you need a super wide angle is when you want to take wide angle photo with long exposure with neutral density filter. Other than that, stiching is fine

[@heathbarlow8769]

Just watched it. Strange, very strange. It was actually informative, well done, it nice to see something different from you. 😂😂😂😊🙏

[@JamesPopsysPhoto]

haha, glad to be of service once in a blue moon! :)

[@DiviPhotos]

Cool video

[@garypagdin2853]

Where is that location with the whale back ridge?

[@hendrikwalker469]

great trick. thanks for that :)

[@SebastianBevanPhotography]

I need more lenses 😃👍

[@wildbill4680]

Is it a flip book?

[@TheGeoDaddy]

“Narcos - the Musical” well, you do have a built-in excuse for Latin Music and Dance... but Latin Music and Dance hasn’t worked on Broadway until “The Heights” (and even Lin resorted to “Hamilton” to bring in the BIG crowd!) Unless you regulate the Latin theme to a secondary plot - and you’re Lenny Bernstein - I’d say this would be a hard sell!

[@willherondale6367]

Did anyone else expect him to stack a 25mm image on an 8mm image and then mask out the background

[@wahabdilawar]

Nice. Still it wouldn't work with images with moving stuff in it. The stitching software might have a hard time stitching together images with the leaves of a tree moving in the slightest wind.

[@charlesvonroretz1270]

Mate... you seemed to have missed one of the most important points of stitching images - anyone trying out this technique needs to go learn about the rear-nodal point of the lens being used. The technique you demo with your camera (the movement you showed) is not a good way of taking all of the images to be stitched. The camera should be swiveled about, what is technically known as, the rear-nodal point of the lens. This is different for every lens and, more accurately, focal length used. As I say, if lens nodal-point is researched (rear-nodal point is rarely mentioned) then all will become clear. Basically it is all about parallax error and this is something else to understand. I highly recommend this technique. BTW it is actually just as important to do this with a mobile phone (panorama mode) or Hasselblad. Personally I have been doing this ever since the 1980s' and my film days... thank your lord for digital I can tell you! Nice tut though...

[@tsubora]

5:27 actually, the stitching technique wouldn't work in that scenario, as the girl's hair would be chopped the weirdest way.

[@JamesPopsysPhoto]

If you get all the hair in one shot :)

[@GeneWaddle]

Great information, as always. And of course, 🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑!

[@JamesPopsysPhoto]

😂😂

[@qt31415]

that is cool~

[@Alen20649]

I thought for a moment that you made a stereo 3d image. :D

[@rodrigodepierola]

Tony Northrup did a video on this method for portraits, not landscapes like you did.

[@DS-cf1zc]

A book, the hardest thing you will ever do - unless you take up professional writing.

[@JamesPopsysPhoto]

Seems so :)