Theodore Tollefson Photography
This is a Meopta Belar 4.5/50 has an unusual feature. It has a square aperture that makes some very funky bokeh. That means blurred hightlights become diamonds or boxes. If they’re close together, they look almost like a linen texture. See what it looks like, and learn how to get square or textured bokeh in your images.
My Ektoplasmar lenses are at the next stage. That stage is called rather imaginatively, projection lens conversion problems and solutions. Funky bokeh lenses are so close that I can already savor the creamy bokeh, but I still have some problems to solve. Here are the goals and challenges. The problem blocking everything else, getting the […]
“Ektoplasmar” is the unofficial title for my converted projection lenses. The name references the surreal, unusual and vintage nature of the lenses and the images they create. It also hints at some of the components. This post features some of my test images. All are made handheld with unfinished lenses, but I think these preliminary […]
Nighttime bokeh images create a unique mode. These are some of my favorite recent photographs.