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Objective: Students will understand what bokeh is and how to create good bokeh in their photographs


What is "Bokeh"?

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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.



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. 
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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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