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Okay, this was a lot tougher than I thought it would be. It was still fun. What's that, you say? How did I do it? You know what that question means:
It's Tutorial Time!!!
Okay, so I got the idea for this from a trick photography book (it turned out a lot better there), and I set off to work.
1.) Materials: 2 strings of Christmas Lights. I got cheap boxes of 'em at Wal-Mart for a total of about $5.00. I got one box colored, and one box clear. You also need a jar of some sort. I used a Ball Wide-Mouth glass jar. I don't know how much these cost, as I had a spare in my room that was previously used as a change jar.
2.) This all depends on your setup. I have an 18-105mm lens, so I just brought the focus and the jar as close as I could, and hung the lights at a distance. I don't know about other methods. To quote the book:
"Use the widest aperture available on your lens. The 50mm f/1.8 and 50mm f/1.4 lenses are popular lenses for producing bokeh effects because the aperture is very large on these lenses.
•If you are using a zoom lens, zoom in as much as possible. A 200mm lens zoomed in all the way at f/6.3 will produce bokeh blur almost as good as the 50mm 1.8.
•Get your camera as close to your subject as possible while still remaining in focus. This will create more separation from the foreground to the background and the bokeh blur will be greater."
3.) Object placement: Put the jar on some sort of stand in front of the camera. Hang the lights off of something (I used my desk), and try to get them all to fit 'inside' the mouth of the jar. NOTE: The lights will not all appear. Many of them were covered or turned away, and thus did not show.
4.) Settings: Mine were at (fully zoomed in and focused on the jar) f/5.6, 1/5" (I had a lamp on behind me to give the jar some light), ISO 100.
5.) Have fun, and experiment. I'm gonna get into some more bokeh stuff here soon, and I'll keep you all posted.
PLEASE feel free to try this. In fact, I'm going to ask that others try this out, or something similar, and let me know about it if they do. I'd love feedback on this.
It's Tutorial Time!!!
Okay, so I got the idea for this from a trick photography book (it turned out a lot better there), and I set off to work.
1.) Materials: 2 strings of Christmas Lights. I got cheap boxes of 'em at Wal-Mart for a total of about $5.00. I got one box colored, and one box clear. You also need a jar of some sort. I used a Ball Wide-Mouth glass jar. I don't know how much these cost, as I had a spare in my room that was previously used as a change jar.
2.) This all depends on your setup. I have an 18-105mm lens, so I just brought the focus and the jar as close as I could, and hung the lights at a distance. I don't know about other methods. To quote the book:
"Use the widest aperture available on your lens. The 50mm f/1.8 and 50mm f/1.4 lenses are popular lenses for producing bokeh effects because the aperture is very large on these lenses.
•If you are using a zoom lens, zoom in as much as possible. A 200mm lens zoomed in all the way at f/6.3 will produce bokeh blur almost as good as the 50mm 1.8.
•Get your camera as close to your subject as possible while still remaining in focus. This will create more separation from the foreground to the background and the bokeh blur will be greater."
3.) Object placement: Put the jar on some sort of stand in front of the camera. Hang the lights off of something (I used my desk), and try to get them all to fit 'inside' the mouth of the jar. NOTE: The lights will not all appear. Many of them were covered or turned away, and thus did not show.
4.) Settings: Mine were at (fully zoomed in and focused on the jar) f/5.6, 1/5" (I had a lamp on behind me to give the jar some light), ISO 100.
5.) Have fun, and experiment. I'm gonna get into some more bokeh stuff here soon, and I'll keep you all posted.
PLEASE feel free to try this. In fact, I'm going to ask that others try this out, or something similar, and let me know about it if they do. I'd love feedback on this.
Category Photography / Abstract
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Thank you!
I try to post tutorials where I can, because a lot of people don't, which really drives me nutters. I hate the whole 'I can outsmart you with photography, here's proof!' attitude, so I just post the tutorials. Also, posting the tutorial (to me) legitimizes my claim that I know this specific technique and that I can do it again in a different situation.
Sorry about that. I'm in kind of a rant kind of mood today.
I look forward to when I see your results.
I try to post tutorials where I can, because a lot of people don't, which really drives me nutters. I hate the whole 'I can outsmart you with photography, here's proof!' attitude, so I just post the tutorials. Also, posting the tutorial (to me) legitimizes my claim that I know this specific technique and that I can do it again in a different situation.
Sorry about that. I'm in kind of a rant kind of mood today.
I look forward to when I see your results.
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