Brenizer vs Normal Portrait

The image above was shot with an 85mm f/1.4 lens and the image below a 50mm f/1.4 lens – standard lenses for portraiture due to their flattering lack of distortion and great background softness. The wide aperture gives a pleasing blur to any background and foreground areas, helping to isolate the subject. This lens is great for head-shots and full body shots while stood way further back, but with reduced background blur. The Brenizer method allows for the soft background of a closeup portrait to be combined with full body photography by stitching overlapping photos together.