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Justin Bieber bokeh

Nathalie — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 14:00:33 +0000

What do you get when you combine my job and my hobby? Lots of bokeh from the Justin Bieber gig of course.

I was lucky enough to get to go see Justin Bieber perform in The O2 last night (and even got to meet the coolest ten-year old in the world, aka Willow Smith. No sign of her dad sadly).

Although we got pretty amazing seats, I only had my 50mm 1.4, so spent most of my time shooting the bokeh created by thousands of lights. Couple of shots below.

Ben + bokeh

Nathalie — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 19:03:46 +0000

This is Ben.

And these are two of his favourite things – Mr MacBook Pro (or GlaDOS if you’re on first name terms) and Minecraft.

I heart this city

Nathalie — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 21:37:57 +0000

What do you do when it’s too cold to go out, too dark to take pictures and there’s nothing good on TV? Cut up some paper, get some duct tape and make some heart-shaped bokeh of course!

These, I know, have been done (and done much better) a million times, but it was my first shot at them and I had lots of fun snapping the city and the traffic and seeing what heart-shaped cuteness came back.

Love how the red heart sticks out here

Some traffic…

When it got too cold to stand at the window or out on the balcony, I turned to the Christmas tree.

If you fancy giving this a go, there is a very nice little tutorial here.