Digital Wedding Photography Secrets by Rick Sammon

Author:Rick Sammon
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Wiley Publishing, Inc.
Published: 2010-11-04T04:00:00+00:00

Take Advantage of Lens Flare

Lens flare, which can make a picture look flat and create streaks in an image, occurs when direct light—from the sun or a light—falls on the front element of your lens (or the filter). To avoid lens flare, use a lens hood.

Lens flare, however, is not always a bad thing. In fact, some photographers use it for a creative effect, as illustrated in the picture on the left and in the center.

But the effect of lens flare in a photograph is as unpredictable as a bride’s emotions on her wedding day. So you have to play with the effect, shooting without a lens hood toward the sun, to see if you like the lens flare in your photograph. An example is illustrated in the picture on the right. There’s a strange-looking streak, and the image looks a bit flat. Even so, the couple liked the picture and included it in their wedding album—technical imperfections and all.

Here’s another tip on lens flare. The f-stop at which you shoot affects the effect of lens flare. Small f-stops produce sharper beams of flare, as illustrated in the center image. Vary your f-stop to fine-tune the effect. Keep in mind that varying the f-stop will also cause other elements of the image to be either in focus or blurred since you are changing the depth of field.

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