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  • PhotoPlus : The Canon Magazine

    Budget lens hacks

    Feb 04, 2020 4 minutes

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    THE MISSION

    Add atmosphere and mood using DIY lens hacks

    Time needed

    30 minutes

    Skill level

    Beginner

    Kit needed

    • Kit lens or 50mm
    • Tripod
    • Smartphone
    • Hair wax
    • Compact Disc
    • Lensbaby Omni or glass prism

    Stuck in a rut with your picture-taking? It happens to us all and one solution that always comes up trumps is to try something new and creative. Hacking your lens by using props to enhance or generate flare and reflections is a perfect route to injecting some much-needed mood and atmosphere into images.

    These days, you can buy off-the-shelf kits like the Lensbaby Omni bundle (around £90), which screws onto the front of your

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