HILARY: HEY GUYS, THIS IS MYSHOT PHOTO TIPS WITH HILARY.
I'M HILARY AND I WORK ON MYSHOT,
WHERE I GIVE KIDS TIPS AND TRICKS ON PHOTOS.
LEARN MORE ABOUT MYSHOT BY VISITING NGKIDS.MYSHOT.COM
HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED HOW TO GET THAT MAGICAL,
FUZZY LIGHT EFFECT IN THE BACKGROUND OF YOUR PHOTOS?
THAT'S BOKEH.
SO BOKEH IS A JAPANESE WORD MEANING BLUR.
OK, SO I WANT TO SHOW YOU SOME REALLY COOL BOKEH
PHOTOS OF OURS SEEN ON MYSHOT.
THIS EXAMPLE FROM MYSHOT USER, PIXELPERFECT,
SHOWS HOW THEY GOT REALLY CLOSE TO THEIR SUBJECT BUT
FAR AWAY FROM THE BACKGROUND.
BOKEH WORKS REALLY WELL WITH STREET PHOTOGRAPHY,
ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT, LIKE IN THIS PHOTO BY ELEPHANTLUVS.
IN THIS EXAMPLE BY APHELION, THEY'VE PLACED A LITTLE HEART
SHAPE CUT OUT OVER THEIR LENS, THAT BASICALLY CHANGES THE
SHAPE OF THEIR APERTURE.
AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU HOW TO DO.
FOR THIS CHALLENGE YOU'LL NEED:
YOUR CAMERA, BLACK POSTER PAPER, A RULER,
A SCAPBOOKING KNIFE, A PENCIL,
A UV FILTER FOR YOUR CAMERA LENS, SCISSORS,
PAINTER'S TAPE, TWINKLE LIGHTS,
AND SOMETHING TO PHOTOGRAPH.
SO, YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE YOUR PAPER AND
I'M GOING TO USE MY LENS CAP.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE MY CUT OUT IS GOING TO
FIT RIGHT IN THERE.
SO, TRACE IT.
AND IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE PERFECT.
JUST AS LONG AS IT FITS.
I'M GOING TO TAKE MY SCISSORS, CUT THAT OUT.
I'M GOING TO CUT IT A LITTLE SMALLER THAN WHAT I TRACED.
JUST TO MAKE SURE IT DOES FIT INSIDE.
I'M GONNA FIGURE OUT WHERE THE MIDDLE OF MY FILTER
IS GOING TO BE, WHERE I WANT MY CUTOUT TO BE.
SO, MY CAMERA IS A 35 MILLIMETER AND I'M GOING TO BE SHOOTING
AT AN APERTURE OF F1.8.
35 DIVIDED BY 1.8 IS ABOUT 19.
SO I KNOW THAT MY BOKEH CUT OUT CANNOT BE
ANY LARGER THAN 19 MILLIMETERS WIDE.
I'M GOING TO DRAW MY LITTLE HEART SHAPE WITHIN THAT SIZE.
SO, I'M TAKING THE SCRAPBOOKING KNIFE AND
I'M GOING TO CAREFULLY CUT OUT THE HEART.
THE BOKEH IS GOING TO LOOK BEST IF THERE
ARE SMOOTH EDGES AND IF THE PAPER'S NOT AS JAGGED.
SO, THAT'S WHY WE'RE USING A REALLY SHARP SCRAPBOOKING
KNIFE RATHER THAN SCISSORS.
YOU MAY NEED TO GET A PARENT'S HELP WITH THIS PART.
POP IT OUT, SEE?
SO HERE'S MY FINISHED BOKEH FILTER WITH A HEART
SHAPE CUT INTO IT.
I HAVE MY UV FILTER ON BECAUSE I DON'T ACTUALLY
WANT TO TOUCH MY CAMERA LENS.
SO NOW I'M GOING TO TAKE MY LITTLE BOKEH FILTER
AND PLACE ON MY CAMERA.
IF YOUR BOKEH FILTER ISN'T HOLDING ON IT'S OWN THAT'S
WHERE THE PAINTER'S TAPE COMES IN.
YOU'LL TAKE A LITTLE PIECE OR TWO AND SECURE IT.
YOU WANT TO GET YOUR FILTER AS CLOSE TO THE LENS AS POSSIBLE
SO THAT'S ALSO WHY I HAVE THE UV LENS FILTER ON THERE.
SO I CAN PRESS IT AS FAR INTO THE LENS AS POSSIBLE WITHOUT
ACTUALLY TOUCHING THE LENS AND THEN I'LL GET NICE
CRISP, CLEAR BOKEH SHAPES.
ALSO, IF YOU'VE CUT IT TOO SMALL AND YOU HAVE LITTLE GAPS SHOWING
YOU CAN COVER THAT WITH YOUR TAPE AND IT'S FINE.
SO, I HAVE MY CAMERA SET UP, I HAVE IT CLOSE TO MY OBJECT
THAT I WANT TO PHOTOGRAPH, BUT MY OBJECT IS FAR ENOUGH
AWAY FROM THE BACKGROUND.
SO IT'LL BE IN FOCUS BUT THE BACKGROUND WITH THE TWINKLE
LIGHTS IS GOING TO BE OUT OF FOCUS AND GET THAT
NICE BOKEH SHAPE.
HERE IT IS WITH THE BOKEH FILTER OFF OF MY LENS.
IF YOU CAN SEE THAT THE TWINKLE LIGHTS IN THE BACKGROUND
ARE THIS NICE ROUND BEACHBALL SHAPE.
NOW IF I WANT TO PUT MY HEART SHAPE FILTER ON...
THIS LITTLE GUY,
LET'S SEE WHAT THAT DOES TO THE BOKEH.
BRING UP THE BRIGHTNESS A LITTLE BIT.
AND NOW YOU CAN SEE THAT THE TWINKLE LIGHTS ARE NOW EACH
A LITTLE HEART SHAPE.
SO I HAVE MY APERTURE SET TO 1.8,
I'M AT A SHUTTER SPEED OF 50, 150 TO THE SECOND.
AND MY ISO IS AT 800 JUST BECAUSE IT IS PRETTY DARK
AND I WANT THIS CAMERA TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON.
ALRIGH AND LET'S PREVIEW THAT GUY, HOW IT TURNED OUT.
I HOPE YOU ENJOYED THESE TIPS AND I REALLY CANT WAIT
TO SEE YOUR PICTURES.