Kristen… To Flare, or not to Flare

A camel coat should be a staple in every woman’s wardrobe. Michael Kors would be proud of that pronouncement, wouldn’t he? Look at how perfectly Kristen’s coat dresses up her burgundy corduroys and leather ankle boots.

Flare in photographs is a matter of taste. A lot of photographers – fashion bloggers in particular – purposely create flare for aesthetic reasons. Some bloggers (who shall remain nameless) overdo the flare to an annoying level (like, every image in every post…) where the images are so washed-out you can no longer even see the subject matter. I like to get just a touch of rainbows in some of my images if the sun is easy to work with that day. If you watch Breaking Bad closely, you’ll see that the cinematographers use flare whenever they can too.

Since I normally shoot with a compact lens it was great using my friend Andrea’s 75-200mm Nikon the day I photographed her for Blonde Bedhead. Click here to see how differently the flare is refracted in a longer lens compared to the flare generated by my shorter lens in Kristen’s photo above.


3 Comments


  1. Love this! I definitely vote "to flare" 🙂 The colors are really great.

  2. Oooo this look is a great find! Really enjoying your blog – love seeing what the fab city of Chicago has to offer for fashion:) Following you on bloglovin'

    Thank you so much for visiting my blog and for following, I really appreciate it <3
    Tasia
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  3. That is my beautiful sister! LOVE IT!

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