Our Christmas decorations have been up since the weekend after Thanksgiving. Since we can't put up outdoor lights (because our old house doesn't have outdoor outlets), I like putting up our tree in our reading room so you can see it through the front windows.
A few days ago I finally used my Amazon gift cards from last Christmas to buy myself a new camera lens. I was looking forward to capturing some nice bokeh from the Christmas lights, but couldn't quite figure out how to do it.
So today I read this tutorial and it seemed to really help.
This evening I grabbed my willing (or not-so-willing) model and got to it. On my first attempt, Radar stood about 5 feet from the tree. I got a little bokeh. Too bad my camera focused on the floor to the left of Radar. You would think I wouldn't have a hard time focusing on that huge tongue of his.
On my second try, I moved Radar to about 8 feet from the tree to get a bit more bokeh.
Then I just moved around to play with different angles.
I'm looking forward to experimenting with my new lens over the next few days to see if I can get even better shots.
2 comments:
Wow! Those are GREAT! I think we need a holiday family picture. Can we hire you to take it?
This is the lens I want next. Have fun experimenting!
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