I Shot Vertical Portraits With an Anamorphic Lens… Why?

Martin Wong ·

Key takeaways

  • Not a tutorial. An experiment (from 0:00).
  • Vertical. Little Tokyo (from 1:00).
  • Squished. Funny mirror (from 3:00).
  • Crop math. (from 4:00).

Sirui Astra Lens: https://geni.us/SIRUIAstra75mm

Camera - Nikon ZR: https://geni.us/NikonZRMirrorless

This is definitely not a tutorial. 😂

Chapters

00:00 Opening

00:32 This is NOT a tutorial

01:25 What if I shoot it vertically?

02:37 How does vertical anamorphic look?

03:25 Stretching the photos

04:03 How much are we actually cropping?

05:17 The math behind the experiment

06:07 Is shooting vertical anamorphic worth it?

07:09 Behind the scenes

07:37 Final thoughts

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Questions? Ask me in the comments on the video on YouTube.