"The Brenizer Method" - Nick Shepard : Photography

SMF

Survey

Chelsea

Lumens

Scrim

Redwood

In a sense, these images are casual snapshots of beautiful mundane scenes: an airport planter, afternoon light in a Chinese restaurant, or rain at dusk. They are made as if in passing, the results of a fortuitous glance to the side. They call attention to surprising moments of loveliness, encountered unexpectedly.

These are not, however, just simple snapshots. I have adapted a technique used by wedding and portrait photographers to achieve impossibly shallow depth of field, "The Brenizer Method". The images are made by blending dozens of pictures (nearly) seamlessly together in the computer so the clients may have a stylish photo to post on their chosen social media platform. In my large scale prints, the aberrations left over from compositing become more visible, and they complicate the pictures' seductive light, color, and framing. The images are at once paeans to the joys of being present, and testaments to the neverending feed.

Window Box

Window and Mirror

Down on the Corner

Structure

Needles

Windscreen