Photographer Uses Ripped Pantyhose Over Lenses for Soft-Focus Photos
A photographer has shared a neat trick that gives photos a soft-focus look: placing ripped pantyhose over the lens.
A photographer has shared a neat trick that gives photos a soft-focus look: placing ripped pantyhose over the lens.
Lens and accessory maker Lensbaby—known for quirky optics that focus more on character than sharpness—has just released the Velvet 28: a 28mm f/2.5 lens for both DSLR and mirrorless cameras that produces "tack-sharp detail beneath a layer of radiant glow."
Want to shoot soft focus photos without shelling out money for a specialty lens (like a Lensbaby)? You can build your own soft focus lens to play around with for about $15.
Photographer Nick Cool came up with one of the strangest pieces of do-it-yourself camera gear that we've seen so far this year. He took an ordinary stainless steel sink filter -- yup, the thing that catches food at the bottom of kitchen sinks -- drilled various-sized holes through it, and stuck it into a filter ring after taking out the glass.