This article was contributed by Karsten Stroemvig (aka Lullaby), see his other great photograph projects, or browse through our readers projects section. If you like the effect there is also a commercial version available – the Bokeh Masters Kit. Heart-shaped bokeh could give your wedding or Valentines Day imagery a. Here are two more great examples for this technique from RottieLover (note – there only one “real” heart in each picture):ĭo you have a cool bokeh? show off on the comments. Rosie says, The template needs to fit the front of your lens so its easiest to. Here are the parameters for the example shown above: See more shots here and here (I leave it as an exercise to tell which is which :) Advertisements Make as many circles as you want with different cut out shapes. It can be anythinga heart, cloud, star, you name it. HD Bokeh Yellow Heart Effect Background Pattern PNG 1095x906 292.8kB HD Red Square Bokeh Lens PNG 1152x864 95.4kB HD Black Square Bokeh Lens PNG 1152x864 67kB HD Bokeh Teal Yellow Circle Neon Glowing Light PNG 980x725 145.5kB HD White Bokeh Light Effect PNG 1200x800 411.3kB HD Red Bokeh Sparkling Lights Effect PNG 1118x1118 2. Here are two shots to demonstrate this technique – one with a bare lens and the other with the hearted hood. The shape should be between 1/2 and 3/4 of an inch. Set your camera to its lowest aperture value (completely open). On the 50mm lens F1.8 a 15mm heart gives a metering value equal to F3.2, so it can probably be a little bigger (you can use a puncher or cut it by hand).ģ. MAIN Features: - 11 Types of shape effects. But you can check it right away by just looking through the viewfinder. Bokeh Camera can create awesome bokeh light effects to your photo with just few taps. I’m not sure how big a hole the shape can be. Not very special looking, but it sure can produce some beautiful bokeh with the right background and distance. In the middle of the filter the wanted bokeh shape is cut out – in out example a heart is used. Now a bonus to this list, the Nikon 300mm f2.8. The Diameter is made so that it snugly fits on the lens.
#Heart bokeh lens how to#
Cut and shape the sheet to make a fake lens hood. How to Create Shaped Bokeh Using black card stock, place your prime lens glass side down and trace a circle around the lens.
Make sure that the heart facing in the right direction and click away! You should end up with images similar to this, with the lights forming cute little heart shapes. Check out more tips on this in our DIY Christmas Lights Background post.Ħ. If you want to focus on a subject (say, your adorable kids) make sure that they are a good distance from the lights in the background so that you get the beautiful bokeh.
#Heart bokeh lens manual#
If you don’t have a specific object that you want in focus, change the focus to manual and adjust it as needed to make the lights out of focus.
#Heart bokeh lens iso#
Open your aperture as wide as you can and set your ISO and shutter speed accordingly. Make sure that no light get into the tube. Tape the disc to the paper tube around the lens. Bokeh also takes on the shape of the aperture which the light passes through, making most bokeh circular in shape, which also means a lens 'mask' made of black paper that has a certain shape cut into it can be placed over a camera lens to make the bokeh shape conform to that of the shape cut into the paper (for example, a love heart. Cut a strip of paper that is wide enough to wrap around your lens and tall enough to reach the end of the lens. I had to try a couple different sizes before I found one that I liked.ģ. Depending on the size of your lens, make sure that the heart shape just fits over the aperture opening. The size of the heart matters a bit – too small and it will cover part of your photo, too big and you won’t get the heart shaped bokeh. Cut a heart (or other shape) in the middle of your disc. Try and cut slightly bigger than what your traced, as it is generally better to have a little hanging over the edge than not have a disc that is big enough.Ģ. I found that a metallic ink pen or pencil worked best.
The first thing you need to do is trace the size of your lens onto the black construction paper. I included a tape measure in my supplies but it isn’t necessary. – camera and lens with wide aperture (1.2-2.8 would be great)ġ. Time to get a little creative with that bokeh – you can turn it into different shapes using a few commen household objects that you probably have sitting around your house! Here I am going to teach you how to make heart shaped bokeh (in time for Valentine’s Day!) but you can make any shape that you want for different holidays and occasions. Did you know that you can create different shaped bokeh in your photographs? Bokeh is that beautifully blurry background portion of your photos, typically achieved with a wide open aperture.
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