The Instagram Guide To Photography: Fairy Lights

by - December 31, 2017


Note: not all the photos in this series will be shot on phones. However, all the photos will be edited on instagram.

Recently there's a photographer who's been appearing all over my feed named Brandon Woelfel, you've probably seen his work with fairy lights:

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Yeah, it's insane.

So, ever since he's been blowing up, a lot more photographers have been trying out his style. So, since most of my friends are obsessed with photography, one of them invited me to play around with these fairy lights she bought.



Setting things up was a bit difficult since it was winter and we were in a bit of a shady area. However, when everything was set up it was easy to get into the swing of things. I'd recommend finding an area that doesn't have too much light, so the fairy lights will have more of an effect. You can also put them closer to someone's face if they're a bit dark (like I did below). While I didn't follow Brandon Woelfel theme at all, using fairy lights is a really easy and fun way to create some cool images. 10/10 would recommend.

What I Did:

  1. For this shoot I used my Canon EOS 60D and a 50mm lens. 
  2. I chose a place undercover so there wouldn't be too much direct light.
  3. I used a short DOF(aka almost everything except the subject was blurry) to get the bokka effect. 
  4. While editing I added contrast to show off the glow of the lights.
  5. Afterwards, I noticed in the photos farther away from my subject that the white from the background might be distracting, so I added a slight vignette take the attention away from the background.



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