This might not be the most interesting photo I have ever taken but it is one of my first shots using a new method: the Brenizer Method. On some occasions photographers want a very small portion of their image to be in focus. They can do two things to make this happen: they can adjust their f-stop (aperture) and/or zoom in. Both have the effect of narrowing the depth of field. This is particularly desired in portrait shots. You want the person's face in focus and the background all blurry. However, it is hard to get the same effect on a wide angle shot since that means no zoom.
Someone solved this problem (presumably a person name Brenizer) by merging a number of zoomed in images together to get the narrow focus effect on a wide angle shot. I have been experimenting with this and got it right on this shot below. It isn't the most interesting picture but now I feel like I can try this technique in more interesting ways.
