I’ve been meaning to try this technique for some time and I needed to test it on some friends before attempting to do a real model shoot with a specific concept I had in mind.
I’m not entirely confident that this will work as the results are incredibly unpredictable and difficult to control. At least the way I’m doing things, I can’t entirely control my outcome. I seem to mostly end up with some happy accidents.
For those who don’t know what I’m talking about, the technique I’m referring to is pretty spartan; you dab some Vaseline on the lens filter (NEVER put it directly on your lens!) and then smear it around to get the desired effect.
I’ve mostly seen this on landscapes to create a kind of impressionist feel to the image, but I’m a much bigger fan of people, so I wanna shoot models with the technique.
Here are the results using my awesome friends Brittany, Lexi and Sasha as my test subjects:
