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Easiest way to make a soft focus filter is to take a skylight or UV filter
(I buy ones with dented front rings for this-never paid over $2 for one) and spray they with hairspray. If you don't get the effect you want-ie too soft or not soft enough,just soak it in rubbing alcohol for about 2 minutes and the hairspray washes off and you can try again. As to film,oddly enough,my best results have been on Fuji's 200 speed Superia film...seems there's a UV absorbing layer that pretty much stops the problem of wedding dresses turning a very pale shade of blue. On lenses.....buy,beg,borrow or steal a 28-80 or something in that range. That one lens will do 90% of the pictures you'll do at a wedding. If you can find one,the Tamron 28-80 SP is a great lens for wedding work. "sarah amaton via PhotoKB.com" wrote in message . .. hello, My friend is getting married in a couple of weeks and she can't afford a photographer, so I want to take some pictures of just the bride and groom and maybe the brial party.Now I know this could be all wrong since the wedding is so special and my pictures might not be all that,but she knows I'm not professional and she is not paying me it's just something I would like to do for her. Anyways,getting the point. I have an olympus slr om-1 with a 49mm skylight(1b) filter.My friend's wedding is at a golf course and the pictures will be outdoor and partly shaded.I would also like to take some pictures that look soft and alittle fuzzy. Does anyone have any suggestions on what kind of film and filters to use. Thanks lots, sarah -- Message posted via http://www.photokb.com |
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Easiest way to make a soft focus filter is to take a skylight or UV filter (I buy ones with dented front rings for this-never paid over $2 for one) and spray they with hairspray. If you don't get the effect you want-ie too soft or not soft enough,just soak it in rubbing alcohol for about 2 minutes and the hairspray washes off and you can try again. as one who went through the whole "buy top quality tack sharp lenses for my medium format gear only to do many things to soften it" routine, hair spray is one of those things that mushes up the focus which is not the same thing as softening it. GOOD soft focus retains a sharp image. Good soft focus looks better as you enlarge it. Mushy focus looks ok rather small but falls apart when enlarged. The best cheap soft focus is two layers of cheap nylon netting, (not expensive hosiery, the good stuff adds to much warmth to the image.) Black netting will absorb some light rays on a seemingly random pattern (if tight enough and that's why you want to use two layers at least) and diffract light passing close to the edges of each thread, that's what makes the image partly soft. White netting works similarly but seems to do more with the highlights and lowers contrast more. one trick I heard about but never tried was to take a cheap UV filter and apply tiny dots of clear glue in a random pattern. I eventually used Harrison Black dots (Which actually looked like someone spit chewing tobacco between two sheets of glass) and then invested in a real soft focus lens which I consider one of my better investments in image gadgetry. This reply is echoed to the z-prophoto mailing list at yahoogroups.com |
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One thing I'd like to add. I no longer ever add soft focus over the lens
anymore. Once you add it you can never remove it. So I create images as sharp as possible. Then I add soft focus in Adobe Photoshop I can control how much and where it falls.I also never do double exposures anymore in the camera. I do it in Photoshop by combining images with a layer mask. As a professional photographer I want total control and I didn't get that doing soft focus and double exposures in camera. Craig Flory |
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One thing I'd like to add. I no longer ever add soft focus over the lens
anymore. Once you add it you can never remove it. So I create images as sharp as possible. Then I add soft focus in Adobe Photoshop I can control how much and where it falls.I also never do double exposures anymore in the camera. I do it in Photoshop by combining images with a layer mask. As a professional photographer I want total control and I didn't get that doing soft focus and double exposures in camera. Craig Flory |
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