Objective: Students will understand what bokeh is and how to create good bokeh in their photographs
What is "Bokeh"?
The word "bokeh" comes from the Japanese word for "blur."
Bokeh is the quality of out-of-focus or “blurry” parts of the image rendered by a camera lens – it is NOT the blur itself or the amount of blur in the foreground or the background of a subject.
The blur that you are so used to seeing in photography that separates a subject from the background is the result of shallow “depth of field” and is generally simply called “background blur”.
The quality and feel of the background/foreground blur and reflected points of light, however, is what photographers call Bokeh.
Bokeh is the quality of out-of-focus or “blurry” parts of the image rendered by a camera lens – it is NOT the blur itself or the amount of blur in the foreground or the background of a subject.
The blur that you are so used to seeing in photography that separates a subject from the background is the result of shallow “depth of field” and is generally simply called “background blur”.
The quality and feel of the background/foreground blur and reflected points of light, however, is what photographers call Bokeh.
EXAMPLES OF BOKEH...
Your assignment:
Shoot a series of photographs with good "bokeh" using Christmas lights. Try shooting just the lights, as well as incorporating a clear subject in the foreground.
shooting Instructions
Take a photograph of Christmas lights. You want the lights to be blurred out to create nice, soft, bokeh shapes- so we will need to create a SHALLOW DEPTH OF FIELD...
- Use the lowest f-stop possible (Use Av mode)
- Use a longer focal length (zoom-in)
- Place your camera far away from the Christmas lights
- Use MANUAL focus to blur the lights as much as possible
WHAT TO SHOOT...
1. JUST BOKEH
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2. CLEAR SUBJECT IN FOREGROUND, BOKEH IN BACKGROUND
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