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Creating A Blurred Soft Look With A Smartphone For 0.1 Cent

Apr 3, 2014 by Udi Tirosh 12 Comments

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With the web sizzling over a new soft focus lens coming soon to a Smartphone near you, out pal Maciej Pietuszynski thought of trying to recreate a similar analog, soft, blurry effect on a budget.

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His solution take about 5 seconds of work and about 0.1 cent of materials – it is a two step process:

Step 1 – make a small roll of clear tape. (for best results use clear Tesa Tape ;)

Step 2 – tape that small roll of tape over the smartphone lens with another piece of tape.

You’re done.

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You can read more of Maciej great ideas (including a tilt-shift lens made from a shower head) on his blog and instagram.

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About Udi Tirosh

Udi Tirosh is an entrepreneur, photography inventor, journalist, educator, and writer based in Israel. With over 25 years of experience in the photo-video industry, Udi has built and sold several photography-related brands. Udi has a double degree in mass media communications and computer science.

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