January 30, 2012

Project 52 - Week 4/52: BOKEH





From Wikipedia:

In photographybokeh (Originally play /ˈbkɛ/,[1] play /ˈbk/ boh-kay, and also sometimes heard as play /ˈbkə/ boh-kə,[2] Japanese: [boke]) is the blur,[3][4] or the aesthetic quality of the blur,[5][6][7] in out-of-focus areas of an image, or "the way the lens renders out-of-focus points of light."[8] Differences in lens aberrations and aperture shape cause some lens designs to blur the image in a way that is pleasing to the eye, while others produce blurring that is unpleasant or distracting—"good" and "bad" bokeh, respectively.[3] Bokeh occurs for parts of the scene that lie outside the depth of field. Photographers sometimes deliberately use a shallow focus technique to create images with prominent out-of-focus regions.
Bokeh is often most visible around small background highlights, such as specular reflections and light sources, which is why it is often associated with such areas.[3] However, bokeh is not limited to highlights; blur occurs in all out-of-focus regions of the image.

So, given that convoluted definition, "LEGO my bokeh!" (and I pronounce it "bow-keh")


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I am an on-location, natural light family, senior, child and maternity photographer in West Michigan, serving the communities of Grand Rapids, Jenison, Grandville, Hudsonville, Allendale, Holland, and Zeeland. I'm also a mommy to two amazing little kiddos, a nature lover, a reader, and a gardener. I love a great charcoal-grilled steak, snuggling up for a good movie, getting a far too occasional massage, and having heart-to-heart conversation with good friends. And I would love to be YOUR photographer!