How to do this effect? (wedding)

[Ashlie]

I have seen this effect with many wedding photos. I would really like to give it a shot. Is this just slightly out of focus or is it photoshop?

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2291/2389603863_5724db6362_o.jpg


I tried taking some pics of the cat (my only subject around the house who has come to hate the camera) with no luck. I just got a 580ex and have yet to learn how to use it. I'm sure that would be helpful.

Forgive the noobie. :oops:

[Ockie]

I don't know what effect you are talking about... the image looks pretty sharp around her face, so I don't think its out of focus.

Besides that, I don't know if a flash has been used on the photo you posted, everything in it looks pretty doable with the light coming in from the window with perhaps a reflector to the left. But I'm absolutely no expert with lightning so I'm sure someone will clear that up for you

[Zansho]

It could possibly just be simple window light with a small reflector to her immediate left. Window lighting is absolutely awesome when it comes to nice, diffused light for portraits.

the "softening" effect could simply be a soft focus lens, canon makes one that does that for portraits, but I'm not a big fan of it.

[EOSBoy]

Same here, I'm not sure about what effect you're talking about...
Maybe the black and white conversion with grainyness? You could shoot it at a high iso for some noise. Or do processing in photoshop like despeckle or something....

Looks to me it's mostly ambient lighting aswell. Maybe some unsharp masking to enhance the transparency of her dress thing too.

just my 2 centz.

[Ashlie]

EOS Boy- I was talking about the grainyness, I just couldn't put my finger on it.

Thanks everyone! Hopefully one day I can give back to the forum. Long ways to go, though. :)

[Ockie]

EOS Boy- I was talking about the grainyness, I just couldn't put my finger on it.

get a film camera and push a Ilford HP5 to 1600 :D

or, as others said, shoot a relatively high ISO / photoshop filters ;)

[*Mike*]

ISO will add a grain pattern and there are some nice grain patterns you can get for PS. Some are finer, some look like vintage photographs, some look like old newspaper photos. Very vintage and very popular right now. Kubota has a lot of these in his action sets.

[MikeMcL]

you can add a bit of noise to a b&w image. this is just (likely) a high-iso shot with a big contrast bump.

It isnt blurry, but try to mess with filters and add some noise if you dont shoot it at about 800/1600 iso.

It was possibly shot at f1.4/1.8/2.0... it has a limited DOF.

[razyl]

just looks like film or post-production grain....I add it in with photoshop if you like that sort of effect

[jmp]

Add the grain in PS with Filter - Add Noise