Bokeh-licious! {how-to make your own Bokeh filter}

I always loved Bokeh Photography, but I never knew, how to do it. When I had some time the other day, I did some research.

Everyone has seen pictures like this with points of light in the background. The technique where shallow depth of field allows you to throw everything but the subject out of focus is known as Bokeh. What I’ve always noticed is the way points of light look in the out of focus area. I also learned that you can shape them, and when I finally got around to it, I made my very own Bokeh Filter:

Step 1 You will need

1. One large aperture lens --> 50mm 1.4

2. One sheet of black cardboard.

Comments

[avatar_i]

Actually, BOKEH was originally an 'Art' form whereby the WHOLE picture was blorry- using a shalow depth of field [what most people now call bokeh] with camera movement, rendering the entire picture blurry.
Bokeh = blurry
I dontt know when the name was re-defined to be another way to emloy shalow depth of field [shallow depth of fpocus is more precise].
Virtually any lens over 50mm will give you a very shallow depth of focus, the longer the focal length the more blur.
Shallow/ultrawide lenses have a greater depth of focus, so sharper pictures at any distsnce.

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