Bokeh effect

Bokeh deprives from Japanese, means boke 暈け, meaning "blur" or "haze", which means the light visible in the out-of-focus area in an image when a shallow depth of field is used. Bokeh is different from blur (i.e there is a subject in focus but the background is blur in bokeh but for blur image, the subject is not in focus). Bokeh is usually used to reduce distraction so that the emphasis is on the subject. To achieve bokeh effect, you will need to use a shallow depth of field and to do that, you will need to:

1. use a small aperture value such as f/1.2 to f/2.8 will achieve a shallow depth of field.

2. use telephoto photo len. Use the tele part of the len to zoom into the subject. Have the subject in focus and the background will be automatically blurred.

3. increase the distance from subject to background. If your subject is too near to the background, you will find that the background will be in focus. You will either have to increase the distance either by asking the subject to come nearer to you (if there is space available) or change to other location.

You can achieve bokeh creatively by using a cut shape that can cover your len (your shape has to be small if not, you can't get a bokeh).

To do the image shown above, you will need to:
1. cut the a circle shaped that fit in the diameter of your len.
2. cut any shape that you want in the middle. Make sure it is small.
3. place the shape that you have made on top of the camera len.