Photo Bokeh

In the world of photography, the term bokeh refers to the shape of the area does not focus on the image produced by the lens by using a sharp narrow space. Bokeh is a word in the original language of Japanese boke a noun form meaning Fuzzy meaning "blur". So the picture is characteristic bokeh photos that highlight the main object sharp focus, while the background or the front is very fuzzy or blurry. Each lens will produce the quality and aesthetics of different bokeh shapes. The technique makes the background blur is one technique that is used to accentuate the subject, especially when in a crowded background.

Bokeh can be generated by setting the camera with a wide aperture (small number) such as f/2.8, f/4.0, or f/5.6

Why Photo Bokeh?

Bokeh Pictures worth a look because it naturally helps the workings of our eyes at the sight of a photograph. With a sharp space (depth of field) is narrow, our eyes immediately fixed on the sharp area. If there is the sharp in a photograph while the rest is blurred, our eyes will be glued directly to the area that was sharp.

Bokeh or selective focus or any photo that has a sharp narrow definition of the truth also has a compositional function. By accentuating the sharp and blur the other as we put an emphasis on the sharp area earlier. Viewers photo will also be made easier to understand which part of the photographer wanted to emphasize and which parts that are to be sweetened.

Bokeh can also be used to minimize the effects of background or background that looks busy and disturbing point of interest in a way to make the background blur earlier. If the background looks equally sharp or blur just a bit more than a point of interest (main subject) images, the background might interfere with the way we look at these photos.

Tips for Creating Photo Bokeh

Tips for Creating Bokeh photos or Blur. One major difference between the eye and the senses are the eyes of a camera lens has a depth of field is almost without limit, while the lens is limited. Consequently, the focal plane is not an area of ​​the eye lens. However, this weakness can be a plus if we can use it well. One is the bokeh effect.

Although the principle of works by the workings of vision, but of course the camera has many disadvantages when compared with our eyes. One drawback is located on Depth of Field (DOF). Our eyes have an almost infinite DOF, while the camera lens DOF ​​was limited. Focal plane camera lens covering focal plane eyes. However, even with the use of these shortcomings, the photographer can produce images with bokeh effect is captivating.

There are five major factors that influence our quality of bokeh photos, meet sixth then you get bokeh with quality thumbs.

1. Use a large aperture.

Bokeh comes from the lens instead of the camera. Therefore, the most important thing to do is set your lens aperture to the large aperture (the largest allowable shooting situations - the maximum aperture). You can do this using Aperture Priority mode and change into the smallest value f (aperture ring rotate anticlockwise). Read again about aperture and depth of field.

In this setting we practically lose depth of field becomes shallow / superficial. If you do like the bokeh effect. Non-zoom lenses with aperture superstores is the fastest way to get bokeh, such as lens 85mm f/1.8 and 50mm f/1.8

2. Recognize Aperture & Depth of Field

Think about the distance, the distance in front of and behind the object field. Suppose you stand one meter in front of your friends (next = 1 meter distance) and you drop the focal point of the lens on the front of your friend earlier. Your friend was standing about 10 meters from the nearest background (rear distance = 10 meters), then the background will look very blurry. Essentially, the smaller the distance the front (the distance between the lens to the object), and the greater the distance the rear (the distance between the objects with the background), the blurred background

3. Use the longest focal length.

When you use a zoom lens, use the longest focal length to further separate the main object with the background. For example: when you use deadly 70-200 mm lens, set at a position 200mm focal length to produce a nice bokeh. Read again the focal length

If your bag stored in a 300mm lens, 18-200mm lens, 14-24mm lens, choose the longest lens (300mm) if your goal is to produce images that bokeh death.

4. Select the best optical quality lens you can afford to buy.

Bokeh quality is also greatly influenced by the optical quality of the lens that we use. Say you can have two lenses that same maximum focal length, eg 18-20mm/f5.6 lens and lens 70-200mm/f2.8, because the optical quality of the lens 70-200mm (usually) far superior to the 18-200mm lens ( so the price is also many times more expensive). Then use the 70-200mm lens before, and as much as possible wear on the aperture f/2.8. Make sure you read the reviews before you buy lenses.

5. Use prime lenses

Because the larger the aperture the better photo bokeh, if you have a prime lens, wear. Prime lens or a prime lens or fixed lens, is a lens that has a focal length lens that is not a single alias can be zoom. Prime lens usually produces a very nice bokeh photo because it has a very large aperture, typical 50mm lens PRME is f/1.4, 85mm f/1.4 or f/1.8 and 50mm variants cheap 85mm f/1.8. Learning photography talked a lot about prime lenses