Photographer Reveals How To Take Stunning Portraits With Christmas Lights In Ordinary Bedroom, And Results Will Amaze You
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Photographer Irene Rudnyk decided to get into the holiday spirit with a photoshoot using the warm ambiance of Christmas lights.
In a short video giving a behind-the-scenes view on the process, she showed how she did it and gives tips on how you can recreate the gorgeous portraits at home in an ordinary room. Using a Canon 5D Mark III DSLR camera and a Canon 85mm f/1.2L lens, she hung strands of Christmas lights from a bedroom ceiling to create a warm glow.
Her model, Emily, stood by the window. ”This will give us a very interesting contrast between the cool-toned window light and the really warm light that emits from the string lights,” says Irene, wrapping the lights into different positions to create a rich ambiance that is perfect for winter-feel photoshoots.
If you liked Irene’s video and want to see more tips on how to create beautiful photoshoots without expensive lighting equipment, you can see more here.
(h/t PetaPixel)
Watch the full video tutorial below:
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Step 1: Be beautiful
Step 2. Buy a $2,800 camera and an $1,800 lens.
And have extensive editing skills
No it’s the lens doing the work
Yeah, an ordinary bedroom and some $5000 worth of gear :)
I've done the same thing with less than $700 worth of camera and lens. These results have nothing to do with the camera she is using.
I did with my dogs with a Sony A6k and old minolta 135 2.8. Sub$800. It’s about shallow depth of field, some bokeh balls, and knowing how to control the light. Yes she prolly tweaked skintone in post, but she mastered depth of field and a longer lens (like art lenses) with wide aperture are the kind of tool to get the effect
I think my phone hates this site
yeah, but you can achieve the same with a cheaper model (though the full frame sensor of the 5d helps). And you can get cheap old lenses with the same aperture if you don't mind manual focus. Basically to get all those out of focus lights (bokeh) you need to place them in the areas that is not in focus. Usually the cheaper the camera, the smaller the sensor and the bigger the in focus area, so you just need to get those lights even closer to your lens. Longer lenses (telephoto) will also have a shorter focus area but you just need to get much further away from the subject. So it's doable on the cheap, just way easier with a 1.4 85mm lens on a full frame camera.
First of all - It's a f/1.2 lens, and i know that there is a cheaper way to do it, just that isn't the case ;) Also there is no such a thing as a cheap f/1.2 lens, no matter how old :)
Photographer Reveals How To Take Stunning Portraits With Christmas Lights In Ordinary Bedroom with your beautifull supermodel friend, And Results Will Amaze You!!! Seriuosly?
But actually i have to admit that i really like this photos.
Step 1: Be beautiful
Step 2. Buy a $2,800 camera and an $1,800 lens.
And have extensive editing skills
No it’s the lens doing the work
Yeah, an ordinary bedroom and some $5000 worth of gear :)
I've done the same thing with less than $700 worth of camera and lens. These results have nothing to do with the camera she is using.
I did with my dogs with a Sony A6k and old minolta 135 2.8. Sub$800. It’s about shallow depth of field, some bokeh balls, and knowing how to control the light. Yes she prolly tweaked skintone in post, but she mastered depth of field and a longer lens (like art lenses) with wide aperture are the kind of tool to get the effect
I think my phone hates this site
yeah, but you can achieve the same with a cheaper model (though the full frame sensor of the 5d helps). And you can get cheap old lenses with the same aperture if you don't mind manual focus. Basically to get all those out of focus lights (bokeh) you need to place them in the areas that is not in focus. Usually the cheaper the camera, the smaller the sensor and the bigger the in focus area, so you just need to get those lights even closer to your lens. Longer lenses (telephoto) will also have a shorter focus area but you just need to get much further away from the subject. So it's doable on the cheap, just way easier with a 1.4 85mm lens on a full frame camera.
First of all - It's a f/1.2 lens, and i know that there is a cheaper way to do it, just that isn't the case ;) Also there is no such a thing as a cheap f/1.2 lens, no matter how old :)
Photographer Reveals How To Take Stunning Portraits With Christmas Lights In Ordinary Bedroom with your beautifull supermodel friend, And Results Will Amaze You!!! Seriuosly?
But actually i have to admit that i really like this photos.