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Photographing Christmas Lights Indoors: Macro, Bokeh, and Festive Atmosphere

  • Writer: Peter Smale
    Peter Smale
  • Dec 27, 2025
  • 1 min read

Updated: Jan 22

Photographing Christmas Lights Indoors

During Christmas 2025, I experimented with macro-style photos of indoor Christmas lights using a Canon 50mm f/1.8 lens on a Canon 5D Mark II DSLR. Shooting at a wide aperture created a shallow depth of field and strong bokeh, which helped capture the soft, festive atmosphere of the lights indoors.

This post shares a few examples of how Christmas lights can be photographed creatively at home using simple equipment and natural light.


 
 
 

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