Every Tuesday I bring you a tidbit of information meant to enhance your photography skills or simply your appreciation of photography. This week’s tidbit: the definition of bokeh.
Bokeh what?
Bokeh. Pronounced Bow-Kah, emphasis on Bow, a Japenese word (allegedly) meaning “blur” or “haze”. Photographers use the word to describe the quality of the out-of-focus areas of an image created by a lens using a shallow depth of field, as in “that lens has some great bokeh”. For an example, check out the image below; the bokeh is found behind and to the right of Jamie, the circular spots of light reflecting off the trees.
All lenses have a different bokeh effect and some photographers can get really obsessive over it. Which is good, because then they usually upload their tests and findings on bokeh to the web for all of us to enjoy, like this guy. Yay for obsessive photographers combined with the power of internet!
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Great info. I love learning about photography. I spend hours in Photoshop editing my photos. It gets addictive. This is good information to know. Thanks!