The Bokeh 1 minute Christmas trick
The holidays are the best and most popular time to see lights, streets lit up with gorgeous decorations.
Yes, you can take a picture of the lights as they are, or you can throw in a simple one-step trick to create Christmas magic.
top: before the "trick" and below the "after" - so cool!
If you have a lens for your DSLR or mirrorless interchangeable lens camera that can do F 2.8, 1.8 or similar to get as much big bokeh as possible.
If you have a kit lens or something that shoots 3.5 or above can also o this, but not as well as the big aperture lenses.
The first thing you have to do is find some lights, trees or streets to take pictures of (at dark or night works best.)
Then point your camera at the lights that switch off the auto focus switch on the lens. Then simply and slowly spin the lens so that your focus goes out of focus.
Play around the focus until you get what you like. You can also do this trick with video as well!
Happy shooting!
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