I can't stand wide-angle portraits. But in the event that I am ever out with my wide-angle lens, and happen upon a moment where I don't have time to change lenses, and HAVE to take a portrait. . . I suppose this might come in handy. Having said that, if I ever have to use this method, it will likely be for non-portrait wide-angle shots that I am trying to tame down a bit.

There really isn't much to this. Distort the image using the Pinch filter. It would have been easier if I could have convinced my 8 year old to stand near the wall, with a solid background, but I made do with what my model was willing to give me, and tried to get the blinds positioned behind her, with the intent to crop out most of the rest. I then opened it up in photoshop and made the changes.

I think the Pinched version looks considerably better. It certainly wasn't difficult to do, but I did notice that I had to keep an eye on the overall proportions of her body as well, since she very quickly took on the look of a Tim Burton creation with her tiny little head. After applying the pinch, I noticed that the blinds on the side were a little weird. So to finish off this image, I cloned a small portion of blinds down to straighten it out. These are the results: