Love Is In The Air: Create Your Own Heart-Shaped Bokeh

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by KAREN on MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2012

Lately, the combination of a busy school schedule and my addiction to Instagram has resulted in serious camera-neglect. I’ve found little time and reason to take the ol’ DSLR out. So when I saw this simple lens filter DIY, I jumped at the opportunity to play around and have fun– and just in time for Valentine’s Day! You don’t need to be a serious photographer to create heart-shaped bokeh. ”Bokeh” is a photography term that essentially means blur. In photography– especially food photography– this blur creates an aesthetic quality by keeping the subject of your photo in crisp focus, while the background appears blurry. At night, lights that are out of focus create circles of color that give photos a magical and ethereal feel that I love. The circle is created by light coming into the lens and outlines the shape of the aperture. Manipulating this shape essentially involves creating a new (and slightly smaller) aperture with a custom shape, like a heart or whatever shape you desire.



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[ManiacJoe]

1. Cool! I forgot how simple that stuff is.

[Celebration]

2. Best Valentine Post of the Day!

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