“Love to Read”
Nikon D5100
35mm Prime Lens
ISO100
f/1.8
SS 1/20
Heart shape camera filter to shape the bokeh, two images double exposed over each – one with a red filter to colour the bokeh the other using a speedlite flash to pick up the comic book in better detail.
When thinking of what to do with this a technique I’d seen on a website recently came to mind: http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/make-your-own-bokeh-effects-filter-for-your-dslr-168271
So I nipped to the local craft shop opposite work at lunch and grabbed some black card and a heart shaped punch, spent the afternoon at my desk being crafty and I had a lens cover to shape the bokeh.
Effect works quite well, have shot a fair few of the christmas lights out of focus in the background there so I can overlay these into other pictures in the future.
Personally I’m not happy with the halo’ing around the book at is draws attention to the ‘shopping, even though they’re there in the original. I think in future any such work I’ll either tether directly to my computer so can review instantly (so spot the halo’ing sooner) or at least review the images before packing the gear away.
Behind the scenes – though you can’t see the back of the table jacked up on WiiU game boxes so the angle of view lines the comic book up with the lights behind.
Link to the original Facebook thread here.