How to Create Great Bokeh: Background Lights for Captivating Portraits or Object Photography
How to create great Bokeh! Background lights for beautiful portraits or object photography
During the holidays there are lots of twinkly lights around… on our Christmas trees, in windows, decorating the yard. Today I’ll show you how to use those lights to great bokeh (blurred and luminous background lights) behind your subject in portraits or object/decor photography. It’s so cool and beautiful! You can create fabulous flares too. If you learned anything from this, tell your friends about me. No really! I'm hoping to hit 1000 subscribers in 2023.
It would have been better with a real person or dog to sit as a subject but sadly the dog won’t sit still and Smallz was working. And, truthfully, she won’t sit still either. :)
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00:00 Intro
01:10 Set-up
02:31 Bokeh Balls
03:31 Bokeh Flares
03:45 Smaller Flares
04:26 Bokeh Balls
05:01 Smaller Flares
05:18 Bokeh Flares
05:57 Setting up with twinkly lights
06:50 Bokeh with twinkly lights
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