Bokeh Tutorial

Have you checked out our cool light photography category Bokeh? Bokeh refers to blurred areas of a photo where only a certain portion of the image is in focus. It’s a very unique and beautiful effect that’s fun to experiment with. The holidays are a great time to experiment with Bokeh with all the fun festive lights hung up.  Here are some tips on how to create a Bokeh effect:

 Point-and-Shoot Cameras:

• Make sure the room you are shooting is dark and not too bright to get a better effect.
• Turn off your flash (the lightning bolt looking icon  )
  
• Select the Macro setting (the flower looking icon on your camera, see macro tutorial for more info.)
• Stand a few feet away from some lights. (Any kind of Holiday lights work well)
• Hold your finger out in front of your camera and hold the shutter button down halfway so your finger is in focus. (Remember not to press the shutter button all the way down)
  
  
• Now your camera is focused on the object in front of you and the lights are blurred in the back. Take your finger away from the shot and press the shutter button all the way down.

 

Voila!

 

Hint: After your pull your finger out of the frame, mess around with the zoom on your camera to play around with the size of the Bokeh. The more you zoom in the larger the circles will be.

 

SLR Cameras:

• Set your camera to AV mode.
• Select the smallest possible aperture. (f) number should be <f/4
• Place and object in the foreground and focus on that object so the background of lights is blurred out.
• Press the shutter and voila you should see hexagonal shapes on the background.

  

If you really want to experiment, try using cutout shapes and taping it to the lens of your camera. Test shapes, hearts, stars, anything you want to see in blurred lights.

Comments

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i know i'm getting camera (D3100 red ;/) this Christmas. i'll try Bokeh this weekend.

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