Showing posts with label bokeh. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bokeh. Show all posts
Monday, January 2, 2012
Saturday, January 15, 2011
16/365
At 6pm I still wasn't sure what to take a picture of for today. Obviously I had missed the sunlight. Boo.
Just a bit later the Big E saved the day when told me HE wanted to turn on the lights so we could take more pictures with the E's. Surprisingly enough I didn't jump up and down for joy, but contained my excitement. I was really happy it wasn't me persuading him for a change!
For this special occasion, we couldn't just use the same thing from yesterday now could we? Since he had on his new batman cape and his birthday mask, well, what else would you choose? Hope you enjoy!
To get an idea of how I created the bokeh the background is just a string of Christmas lights. You can see the cords more in the background in this photo. (now you'll see them more in the first photo too, but oh well, better invest in some white cord lights to do this again!)
Here's a better view of what is happening. On the left is a quick view creating bokeh by not focusing on the lights. Then on the right is how they look once I add my lens cover that I cut a batman shape for tonight.
I definitely like this exercise, but now I want studio lights to light the front subject indoor. Baby steps, baby steps!
Just a bit later the Big E saved the day when told me HE wanted to turn on the lights so we could take more pictures with the E's. Surprisingly enough I didn't jump up and down for joy, but contained my excitement. I was really happy it wasn't me persuading him for a change!
For this special occasion, we couldn't just use the same thing from yesterday now could we? Since he had on his new batman cape and his birthday mask, well, what else would you choose? Hope you enjoy!
To get an idea of how I created the bokeh the background is just a string of Christmas lights. You can see the cords more in the background in this photo. (now you'll see them more in the first photo too, but oh well, better invest in some white cord lights to do this again!)
Here's a better view of what is happening. On the left is a quick view creating bokeh by not focusing on the lights. Then on the right is how they look once I add my lens cover that I cut a batman shape for tonight.
I definitely like this exercise, but now I want studio lights to light the front subject indoor. Baby steps, baby steps!
Friday, January 14, 2011
15/365
Bokeh is tonight's technique. Not just your everyday bokeh today we have special bokeh.
I decided to give this fun trick a try. I've seen it blogged a bit and some tutorials and decided - it's time! DIY photography is a site I go to a lot, and is where I learned how to make my own lens hood to create shaped bokeh.
And cause I knew exactly what I wanted to attempt, I cut mine out in honor of my son... Okay, so maybe I didn't pick the right subject for a low light shoot tonight, but I got a couple. Mind you, with peanut butter and scratches on his face. He's still cute. Especially when I get one where his face is in focus.
As our photographer friend said as she was trying to coax him into our holiday photos, I've "got a photographer's son." He doesn't like slow down one second when I want him to let me take his photo! but that's good practice for me. Tonight I told him if he let me take 20 pictures of him, we'd watch a movie. What was awesome was he said, no, you have to take 100. I think I got to almost 50 to get this one shot. Good thing we made a deal for 100!
It kind of helps when you put the cover on the right direction!
I will practice shaped bokeh more another day. I had a hard time with auto focus and manual was tough because you needed to move the cover to focus. With a moving subject, the time to do that was way too long. I think I need to make a bigger area so the lens will focus easier, I am not certain.
I'll do some more research and try, try, try again. Maybe another 100 or so images and I'll get it right?!
I decided to give this fun trick a try. I've seen it blogged a bit and some tutorials and decided - it's time! DIY photography is a site I go to a lot, and is where I learned how to make my own lens hood to create shaped bokeh.
And cause I knew exactly what I wanted to attempt, I cut mine out in honor of my son... Okay, so maybe I didn't pick the right subject for a low light shoot tonight, but I got a couple. Mind you, with peanut butter and scratches on his face. He's still cute. Especially when I get one where his face is in focus.
As our photographer friend said as she was trying to coax him into our holiday photos, I've "got a photographer's son." He doesn't like slow down one second when I want him to let me take his photo! but that's good practice for me. Tonight I told him if he let me take 20 pictures of him, we'd watch a movie. What was awesome was he said, no, you have to take 100. I think I got to almost 50 to get this one shot. Good thing we made a deal for 100!
It kind of helps when you put the cover on the right direction!
I will practice shaped bokeh more another day. I had a hard time with auto focus and manual was tough because you needed to move the cover to focus. With a moving subject, the time to do that was way too long. I think I need to make a bigger area so the lens will focus easier, I am not certain.
I'll do some more research and try, try, try again. Maybe another 100 or so images and I'll get it right?!
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)