The mood of Christmas.

There are many ways to feel Christmas. For whom the approach for purchases, for other walk in wood. Many go to the rink or buy toys. Christmas mood. I already wrote that for Google you have to take a lot of photos and take a lot of photos in the store. In many stores before Christmas sold bulbs, garlands.

Long and short, large and small, monochrome and multicolor. A lot of bulbs to create the atmosphere of Christmas.

In the store in a professional camera to take pictures is not always safe. However, you can get great photos on your smartphone.

How to shoot?

Simply

The smartphone shoots objects well at a small distance. It is considered to be macro mode. I use the standard app and manual settings. I reduce ISO from 50 to 100. I reduce the exposure, do autofocus and start taking pictures.

Lots of pictures, bulbs and lights.

If you noticed, itโ€™s a shelf. A wire is fixed at the top. Garlands hanging a few meters long. The shelf is empty. I quietly slipped my hand, took aim and began to shoot.

Now I turned and looked straight at the shelf. Before that, I was looking from the side. Now looked directly. I already wrote that the shelf is empty, so low exposure makes the background black. Perfectly. The bright light spot is a light bulb. Everything else remains black. It looks great. Agree?

These are round bright bulbs. They are small and very bright. So it turns out a white spot. I think it looks beautiful. I like this photo. Technically itโ€™s not right, but itโ€™s beautiful.

Now I want to show the same light bulbs, but colored.

A good trick is to tilt the phone. We photograph an object that does not have clear lines and outlines. In the photo it is not clear where it ends and begins our subject. Therefore, you can safely tilt the phone and get an interesting effect.

On top of the photo where you can see the rack in the store. Shelf. Do you feel Christmas?

I want to show a lot of colorful bulbs. They are small, they have a good light but it does not interfere with photography.

Pay attention to the background. It is blurred without the help of programs, software or other technical processes associated with programming. The background is blurred by the physical properties of the optics. Itโ€™s simple. Small lens at the smartphone, close distance to the object. The background is blurred for real.

Here are some more photos of colorful light bulbs.

You can do a lot of experiments and create real, beautiful photos. Here is an example with a white tint. Lots of white.

You can do focus and blur the whole object. then get a photo on which you can write the text. Here are some examples.

You can do focus and blur the whole object. then get a photo on which you can write the text. Here are some examples.

There were fluffy light bulbs. Light bulb inside, textile outside. The tension is small, so it was not hot. Safely.

I really liked the star garland. If you look closely, you can see the fingerprints of buyers. Funny. There was no time to consider. I didnโ€™t notice them when I took the picture. Everything was done quickly.

Here is a photo of white and yellow. What associations do you have?

Finally, a simple photo, evening and comfort. The photo was taken in the same place.

Thank you if you read and watched my post. Did you feel the holiday, Christmas? All photos are taken on a mobile phone. Manual settings, small ISO and small exposure. Such interesting photos can get everyone, just try to take a picture of the garland in the store. Photos were taken quickly, as managers and other shoppers walk in the store. There was no time to take good aim. Quick photos. However, it turned out interesting and beautiful. Thanks.

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Hi @Anonymous ,

Wonderful photos and tips how to photograph. Local Guides that participate on Connect are currently limited to 1000 photos uploads, so be mindful of how many you are uploading.

Hereโ€™s a photo I took from the Christmas Market here in Sofia, Bulgaria.

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@DanniS

Thanks. Nice red mug. Before the holidays, many good and beautiful goods are sold. You can get a real Christmas mood at the store. Ha ha)

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@user_not_found your collection picture make me sparkling ha ha , everythingโ€™s nice

@DanniS nice cup ,this specialist edition for christmas only ?

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@Nyainurjanah Yes, you can find them at German Christmas markets. You have the option to buy a mulled wine in a mug and keep it afterwards. They are not that expensive and itโ€™s a nice souvenir as well.

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Wow perfect @DanniS

In my small city Sukabumi Indonesia Christmas not populer because mostly muslim population but we respect to others so Christmas is our national holiday .

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Hi @DanniS

Mulled wine should be absolutely aromatic with cinnamon and other spices and a little sugar, prepared in a very large pot.
Iโ€™m beginning to feel the aromas in the air.
Thanks

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hi @Anonymous you did something great, I look at your lights and I remember that I set fire to the Christmas tree when I was younger, it was high poverty in the 80โ€™s to me across the country and I had a dry European spruce for a few years, a few balloons and gifts at all under the tree, some candles and medicinal wool put in fir instead of snow and I with an older brother gave fire to the wool from the tree, burned our tree beautifully from home, good luck that my mother came and the fire went out, my father was at work. When our father came home he gave us a good beating, and since then I think we have not received any good gifts.

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@To_paul

Ha ha ha

Itโ€™s funny now. I think when you did it was not funny at all. Thanks for your story. The tree is beautiful. Are you celebrating Christmas or new year?

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today, November 30, we celebrate Saint Andrew, he is the protector of Galaศ›i,
Sunday, December 1st, we celebrate the National Day of Romania
December 8 Constitution Day
December 22 Victory Day of the Romanian Revolution and Freedom
24,25,26, December we celebrate Christmas day
December 31 New Yearโ€™s Eve
Thank you, if there is another holiday I will announce @user_not_found

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@To_paul

Ha ha You spend almost the whole of December relaxing.

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During communism we also learned on Saturday at school until 12 oโ€™clock, also people worked on Saturday.
I had only one day off all school year, from May 1st, then on August 24th there was a holiday. There was no Christmas, it was

Moศ™ Gerilฤƒ

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@user_not_found I made this picture last night at a candy seller in the fair.


Does the center lollipop look a bit like your lights?
Or should it be more colorful?

thanks

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@To_paul

I think they are very colorful. The drawing is interesting. Children will love it. Have you bought them for your children? They are tasty?

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@user_not_found I just took pictures. I was thinking about your pictures with lights

Thanks

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@To_paul

I want to share the photo with you. Hereโ€™s the Lollipop I photographed. It was transparent. I picked up my phone and flashlight. On the phone reduced the exposure and got a photo. I used the editor a little. This photo can be taken in a dark room. You can get many beautiful photos with flashlight and exposure settings. In any case, these are candies that children ate. I just shone my flashlight on them and got a good picture from my phone. Thanks.

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Hey dear @user_not_found Your photos are immensely amazing! I canโ€™t imagine how did you take those photos! and of course, I will try it in future.

Thanks for sharing your creative work with us. Have a great Christmas!

Cheers!

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@user_not_found sounds scary dark room,

the Lollipop seems to be taken out of a Murano glass furnace

itโ€™s wonderful, thank you

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@SayeedP

thank you, Iโ€™m very glad you enjoyed it.

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@To_paul

I hope this photo is more vivid and joyful. However, itโ€™s not fair to say that you get the same result. Then I applied several skills. He made a white background using a bright lamp, adjusted the white balance, ISO and brightness. The photo was taken on a smartphone, but there are many improvements, including using a graphical editor. In any case, these are just candies that should seem joyful to you. Thanks for your comments.

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