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Bokeh Photography Tutorial

25 Dec

photoextremist.com This photography bokeh tutorial will show you how to take a picture with a defocused background using a DSLR camera and shallow depth of field.

 

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  1. Dante Alighieri

    December 25, 2012 at 10:59 pm

    Bokeh refers to the aesthetic quality of the out of focus regions. Everything else is referred to as the circle of confusion.

     
  2. ReAnn Ring

    December 25, 2012 at 11:26 pm

    Beginner in photography and completely excited to have found your Ebook on FB .. downloaded it today and know I will be absorbed with it and my new camera … Love special effects and appreciate your simple explanations on how to … Great stuff!

     
  3. treocin

    December 25, 2012 at 11:28 pm

    Sure, depends on F stop and distance from object, there are few plug ins for PS that do the trick too – OnOne suite, Allien Skin Bokeh etc. You can also Masket it and slightly twist the the vignette area and keep the main thing in focus just soft diffuse its edges. Usually 2 F and higher will give you this effect as the DOF is few inches. 1.8 Canon 85 mm is about 1″ which means you focus on eye and ear is not in focus, 1.2 85 mm is 1/2″ from being in focus. Most lenses are sharpest at 4 – 8 F

     
  4. Pēteris Lācis

    December 25, 2012 at 11:37 pm

    Don’t all tripods do that? Mine does – Dynex DX-TRP60 It was 40 something $ from BestBuy.

     
  5. tjtank20

    December 25, 2012 at 11:53 pm

    Music?

     
  6. susiebeemee

    December 26, 2012 at 12:10 am

    I noticed this too, so I took a good look at my tripod and found that I can mount my camera sideways on the mounting plate. Now to tip sideways I do what normally causes the camera to tip up and down. It is a little awkward, but I can now do vertical shots easily. Hope this helps, Susie

     
  7. C Feist

    December 26, 2012 at 1:06 am

    Great Tutorial- I like the details it helps to me understand your process more clearly. Thanks!

     
  8. lqgemini

    December 26, 2012 at 1:30 am

    Bokeh is Japanese word meaning blurry. If you want a full tutorial about DOF, you have to add 2 more things. F-stop is not the only way to thinner the DOF, 3 ways to increase blurry background:
    1. Lower f stop
    2. Longer focal
    3. Closer object
    Yes, round shape depends on f-stop and it also depends on the number of aperture blades of the lens, 9 blades would be more round than 6 blades 🙂

     
  9. rhovanions

    December 26, 2012 at 2:17 am

    you can check out manfrotto for these kinds of tripods. some of them have ball heads that allow for free range of moment

     
  10. victor francis

    December 26, 2012 at 2:40 am

    Excellent, will this work on cannon model550 with a lens 18-55mm? Do you run course?

     
  11. arun kumar nayak bhukya

    December 26, 2012 at 3:30 am

    yes it is good but what happened when the lights are not having i mean in a dark room?

     
  12. Zina Jackson Fierce Foodie

    December 26, 2012 at 3:51 am

    Very cool effects! thanks for sharing…especially now for the holidays!

     
  13. BoldtCave

    December 26, 2012 at 4:48 am

    At only around US $200 the Nikon 50mm f/1.8G AF-S would work great on a D5100 as a beginner lens, and it would allow you to do depth of field tricks like this. With lenses that only allow for smaller apertures like f/3.5 you would have trouble doing things like this as easily unless, as Evan suggested, you have a zoom lens like a 200 or 300mm. Search Youtube for bokeh and watch a few videos once you get your camera and get more familiar with it and you will catch on. Have fun!

     
  14. maratmasry

    December 26, 2012 at 5:18 am

    Question… I plan to get a Nikkon D5100 within a couple weeks or so and would love to do this. Must I get a Nikkor f/1.8 50mm for this? Or can i just use the settings you gave? #soontobenewbie

     
  15. Ariel Annika

    December 26, 2012 at 5:26 am

    Morning! Have you considered photo sfxart tricks (search for it)? My work buddy Debbie made some very incredible photography with their photography tutorials.

     
  16. morgand7000

    December 26, 2012 at 5:29 am

    Very cool! I’m gonna do this

     
  17. StiRiLe35

    December 26, 2012 at 6:28 am

    nice. 😀

     
  18. urwisss1

    December 26, 2012 at 6:42 am

    I don’t see nothing extreme in it

     
  19. Mellowsprite

    December 26, 2012 at 7:06 am

    Thanks, it really helped me out!

     
  20. photographe06

    December 26, 2012 at 7:29 am

    Written in the first second of the video…

     
  21. 7julie77

    December 26, 2012 at 7:40 am

    THANK YOU!

     
  22. Victor Gonçalves

    December 26, 2012 at 8:17 am

    in my opinion the best part is the end, with those photos

     
  23. Anton Khlivnyy

    December 26, 2012 at 8:48 am

    what a mess in that living room

     
  24. dazipro

    December 26, 2012 at 9:41 am

    Bokeh isn’t depth of field, so you know; Bokeh is how nicely the out-of-focus areas look. Poor bokeh usually means sharp/ugly out of focus areas; Good bokeh means nicely blurred areas without obtrusive sharp lines.

     
  25. deanileifronzzX

    December 26, 2012 at 10:15 am

    Sir. What is the best shutter speed, ISO, aperture for portraiture shooting. Thanks a Lot 😀