Video: Bokeh & Art (Samsung NX Lens)
I know it's a bit late for valentines day promotions but this video is so clever!! My friend got the idea to make a Bokeh video for her boyfriend's birthday. Grabbing on this idea, we spend a whole funfilled evening figuring out how to do it
Surprisingly, even a non-professional camera to achieve this effect!!
(Although making a video or some really nice shots a decent one is strongly recommended)
My iPhone camera worked, although the filter has to be cut into minute size which other than the heart shape nothing else could be cut, the aperture isn't large enough and the picture quality isn't really that great.
What I did was as follows:
§The Easy Part§
1. Measure the size of the camera lens, and cut out a round piece of paper that fits. For iPhone, the camera is so small I just took a random piece of scrap paper, it honestly didn't matter at all.
2. In the middle of the paper, cut out a shape of choice using a cutter *on a cutting mat*. The heart shape never fails, cute and easy to cut (especially when dealing with a minute camera).
3. Tape around the sides (not directly onto the glass!!), stick the piece of paper onto the camera so that it covers the lens with the cut-out shape in the middle.
§The Technical Part§
1. On our 'unprofessional' camera, (without manual settings) it's already in the auto mode. What to do now is to zoom in until all the sides of paper seen have disappeared. *If there isn't any paper border of the cut-out shape, most probably the filter is too large and it won't get the effect, if so go cut out a smaller one*
2. Look for a light source that is far away. This took some experimenting, I tried the street lights and the blinking light of the laptop, both worked.
3. Find an object (or a person) to be the subject of your photograph, focus on it. The background blurs automatically, transforming the lights into the shape!
Voilà!!
Note:
¤ It is easier when the light source is far away and the subject is nearer to the camera. That way there's a bigger contrast for the camera to work on.
¤ It is necessary for the camera to have a large aperture, if not there will be difficulties in getting rid of the paper edges seen in the picture.
It's really surprising when this worked on my iPhone. My friend had a Cannon 18-55mm lens but her aperture was still not large enough so there was constantly a dark border in her pictures whereas the phone worked fine (despite the bad resolution) but we both had fun. This is definately staying in my list of 'Things to do on a Saturday Night'!!
I know it's a bit late for valentines day promotions but this video is so clever!! My friend got the idea to make a Bokeh video for her boyfriend's birthday. Grabbing on this idea, we spend a whole funfilled evening figuring out how to do it
Surprisingly, even a non-professional camera to achieve this effect!!
(Although making a video or some really nice shots a decent one is strongly recommended)
My iPhone camera worked, although the filter has to be cut into minute size which other than the heart shape nothing else could be cut, the aperture isn't large enough and the picture quality isn't really that great.
What I did was as follows:
§The Easy Part§
1. Measure the size of the camera lens, and cut out a round piece of paper that fits. For iPhone, the camera is so small I just took a random piece of scrap paper, it honestly didn't matter at all.
2. In the middle of the paper, cut out a shape of choice using a cutter *on a cutting mat*. The heart shape never fails, cute and easy to cut (especially when dealing with a minute camera).
3. Tape around the sides (not directly onto the glass!!), stick the piece of paper onto the camera so that it covers the lens with the cut-out shape in the middle.
§The Technical Part§
1. On our 'unprofessional' camera, (without manual settings) it's already in the auto mode. What to do now is to zoom in until all the sides of paper seen have disappeared. *If there isn't any paper border of the cut-out shape, most probably the filter is too large and it won't get the effect, if so go cut out a smaller one*
2. Look for a light source that is far away. This took some experimenting, I tried the street lights and the blinking light of the laptop, both worked.
3. Find an object (or a person) to be the subject of your photograph, focus on it. The background blurs automatically, transforming the lights into the shape!
Voilà!!
Note:
¤ It is easier when the light source is far away and the subject is nearer to the camera. That way there's a bigger contrast for the camera to work on.
¤ It is necessary for the camera to have a large aperture, if not there will be difficulties in getting rid of the paper edges seen in the picture.
It's really surprising when this worked on my iPhone. My friend had a Cannon 18-55mm lens but her aperture was still not large enough so there was constantly a dark border in her pictures whereas the phone worked fine (despite the bad resolution) but we both had fun. This is definately staying in my list of 'Things to do on a Saturday Night'!!
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