August 2006
Beginner
336 pages
10h 55m
English
Content preview from Digital Wedding Photography: Capturing Beautiful Memories
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Part I ✦ Understanding Digital Wedding Photography
Lens Baby
This strange little lens creates an adjustable blurry/dreamy sort of look around the edges with a clear
center. By changing the aperture rings in the Lens Baby II, shown in Figure 3-16, you can adjust the size
of the clear area in the middle of the image and the amount of blurriness around the edges. The effect is
very similar to the blurry, vignette edges seen in images shot with the old Holga or Diana film cameras
but without all the hassle. This lens really shines when you want to add a little bit of a romantic dream
world flavor to an image, as shown in Figures 3-17 and 3-18.
Figure 3-16: The Lens Baby is a fun, bendable throwback to the days when photography
didn’t look quite so real.
Figure 3-17: The Lens Baby creates a romantic dream world flavor.
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Chapter 3 ✦ Choosing the Right Equipment for the Job
Figure 3-18: You can also purchase a close-up adapter set that enables you to get close on the small
details.
Protective Filters
I don’t recommend using a digital camera with any sort of special effects filters simply because the same
effects can be achieved in Photoshop. However, I would never dream of using a lens without a filter
attached. The sort of filters I’m speaking of are the ...
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