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An Inexpensive Way To Upgrade Your Insta Feed: Photo Hack

August 30, 2021

A fun and inexpensive way to add a little spice 🌶 to your photos! I did this with fairy lights which are smaller than standard Christmas lights, but I bet those would work too!

First, I did a quick test to see what the depth of field would look like by scotch taping one end of the string lights to the side of my lens:

Wendy Wild testing string lights for a photo shoot.
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You can even do this with your phone camera. For the final project we chose a time that had more daylight, it worked out better with a friend to help by holding one end of the string lights in front of the camera for all the dreamy bokeh you can stand.

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A fun and inexpensive way to add a little spice 🌶 to your photos! #alittlebitofspice #fairylights #nycphotography #funphotoshoot #photoshootideas

♬ original sound – Kaitlyn

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