I also used my rather nice (and cheap) Canon 50mm 1.8 lens for that extremely shallow depth of field which gives the tree lights a lovely bokeh. The only thing to watch out for is that neither you nor the model moves once you have your focus point!
Monday 28 December 2009
How shallow can you get
This shot was taken with a single flash at about 64th power through a white umbrella to camera left a couple of feet away - nothing fancy, except I added a pale gold gel to the flash to warm up the skin tones just a little (Nicky is very pale at this time of year!). Maybe I could have gone warmer but I still wanted some realism...
I also used my rather nice (and cheap) Canon 50mm 1.8 lens for that extremely shallow depth of field which gives the tree lights a lovely bokeh. The only thing to watch out for is that neither you nor the model moves once you have your focus point!
I also used my rather nice (and cheap) Canon 50mm 1.8 lens for that extremely shallow depth of field which gives the tree lights a lovely bokeh. The only thing to watch out for is that neither you nor the model moves once you have your focus point!
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I particularly like this one Shane. The lighting is great. And the bokeh style Christmas tree is a perfect background. I also like it that your wife is not looking in the camera. Not that there is something wrong with her eyes ;-))
ReplyDeleteYou are lucky to have a wife so willing to pose in front of the camera. My wife doesn't like to do that.
I like your blog although I still don't have a clue what "strobe photography" exactly is. Maybe you can add some explanation to the blog.