Camera Nikon D90 Exposure 0.013 sec (1/80) Aperture f/1.8 Focal Length 50 mm ISO Speed 320
Early on in my photography days, when I wanted bokeh in my shots all I had was simple circles. I am not complaining. I love the aesthetic quality of the blur in images. The discovery of shaping that blur with the Bokeh Masters Kit was such a pleasant surprise. It is far above and beyond what I was expecting. It was fun to learn, and even more fun to push the boundaries of my own photography skills with it. Shooting with the Bokeh Masters kit gave me a better understanding of light and the ability to take some trippy images and video.
Camera Nikon D90 Exposure 0.017 sec (1/60) Aperture f/1.8 Focal Length 50 mm ISO Speed 800
If you have seen the movie Scott Pilgrim Vs The World, you may remember the scene on the bus where heart shape bokeh appeared in the background. Well, beyond helping you to create great images, the Bokeh Master’s Kit can help to shape the video output of an HDSLR and therefore allows for a great deal of creativity. For further reading take a look at Day 1 and Day 2 of the review.
Camera Nikon D90 Exposure 1/4000 sec Aperture f/1.8 Focal Length 50 mm ISO Speed 200
Bokeh is the artistic blur of photography, that dreamy effect. And when done correctly, it can really make images stand out. The Bokeh Masters kit takes this to another level by letting you shape the bokeh into uncanny shapes using Lo-Fi optics. This makes for a very remarkable and creative addition to any photography kit. (Editor’s note: see Day 1)[click to continue…]
Exposure 6 Aperture f/1.8 Focal Length 50 mm ISO Speed 250
I adore the look of Bokeh—which is the out of focus blur in images. It is so very pleasing to my senses. I was very intrigued when I learned I could actually shape bokeh and I was yet more fascinated when I found out about the Bokeh Masters Kit, and optics kit that allows you to get creative with light.
The other day, we showed off a sample from the Bokeh Master’s kit. Udi J Tirosh, the creator, has announced that he is trying to raise funds for Kids with Cameras. So how do you help? Well, Udi has created a couple of special editions of the kit for 70-200mm lenses that are being auctioned off on eBay. Udi states that all profits will go towards helping the organization.
Here are the links for the five auctions if you’re interested.:
The other night was Snapshots and I brought along the Bokeh Master’s Kit. Currently in the process of reviewing the kit, this is the only photo I took that I actually considered to be decent. Don’t blame this on the Bokeh master’s kit though, I was using the Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 IIwhich is a lens known to be very soft wide open. Unfortunately, in order to get the shaped bokeh (in this case the hearts that you see in the background, the user needs to shoot wide open on the Canon EOS 7D (Will is currently borrowing my Canon EOS 5D Mark IIand L lenses). My Canon EF 85mm f/1.8would have been too long for this shot, as the effective focal length would have been 136mm.
The filter put on the lens was the heart-shaped one, which delivered otherwise very lovely results in terms of the out of focus lights. Granted, it has done much better before. More to come later on!
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would have been too long for this shot, as the effective focal length would have been 136mm.
