Comments on: Photographer’s Secret Weapon – Vaseline http://photography-business-tips.com/2009/09/28/photo-vaseline-tip/ Digital photography tips, techniques, methods, reviews, strategies and photographer's resources. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:46:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Wayne Archer http://photography-business-tips.com/2009/09/28/photo-vaseline-tip/comment-page-1/#comment-7549 Wayne Archer Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:26:30 +0000 http://photography-business-tips.com/?p=1229#comment-7549 Thanks for the tip, Eva. I can remember using this in my early days of photograpy, but had forgotten about it. I have used the hosiery over the lens, but it cuts out too much of the image for me. I'm really enjoying using your techniques...got your book yesterday. Thanks for the tip, Eva. I can remember using this in my early days of photograpy, but had forgotten about it. I have used the hosiery over the lens, but it cuts out too much of the image for me. I’m really enjoying using your techniques…got your book yesterday.

]]> By: John Milleker http://photography-business-tips.com/2009/09/28/photo-vaseline-tip/comment-page-1/#comment-7540 John Milleker Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:32:13 +0000 http://photography-business-tips.com/?p=1229#comment-7540 Eva, another old trick from back in the day was to use pantyhose stretched over the lens to simulate a soft focus filter. Black works the best. It's more of an even effect though where Vaseline has peaks and valleys on the filter. Another technique that may be of interest to readers is the Tony Sweet 'Swoop'. Basically you give your camera some extra shutter time and swoop it while making the exposure. Swooping vertically in a forest for example will give an effect similar to your effect #2 image above. It's best to swoop with lines but that's certainly not a rule! Eva, another old trick from back in the day was to use pantyhose stretched over the lens to simulate a soft focus filter. Black works the best. It’s more of an even effect though where Vaseline has peaks and valleys on the filter.

Another technique that may be of interest to readers is the Tony Sweet ‘Swoop’. Basically you give your camera some extra shutter time and swoop it while making the exposure. Swooping vertically in a forest for example will give an effect similar to your effect #2 image above. It’s best to swoop with lines but that’s certainly not a rule!

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