Bokeh - Photography Techniques

"Bokeh is the quality of the portion of a photograph that is not in sharp focus". The aesthetic quality of bokeh can be controlled by the photographer by changing the depth of field, creating custom bokeh and editing bokeh into a photo.

Determining the right depth of field is key to capturing natural bokeh. So when taking a photo with bokeh, you have to decide whether the image would look better with very blurry bokeh, or bokeh that's sharper where you can still make out what the image is in the background.

Custom bokeh is where photographers create cut-outs to go over the lens, in order to control the light bursts, as shown in the image below:

Lastly, bokeh can be edited into a photo using photo editing software, such as Photoshop. However, this effect never quite matches up to natural bokeh or custom-made bokeh.

Some example photos of bokeh and ways in which you can produce a bokeh image are below:

References:
http://digital-photography-school.com/how-to-achieve-better-bokeh-4-simple-tips

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