Photographers of all levels know what Bokeh is, they just may just not know what it’s called. I’ve had people ask me, “I want those pictures where you are separate from the background” or “what kind of camera do you need to get it blurry in the back?”
Well it’s not the camera, it knowing how to manually use your camera. From any point and shoot up to the most professional camera, such as the ones I use – they all have auto modes. Where you let the cameras computer decide the settings based on how it meters the light environment. For everyday family snapshots, this is great technology. For artistic and heirloom photographs of your family… this is where hiring a professional that knows how to shoot in manual becomes important. I tell the camera where to focus (depth of field), how thin of a focal point I want (aperture), how much light to let in (shutter speed) and how sensitive I want the sensor to be to the light (ISO). Knowing how to nail the sweet spot between those values will get you an image with the most dreamy and heavenly bokeh – the artistic blurring of the background. This is my weeks entry.
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Please follow the link to see this week’s entry from Amy Grace, a beautiful life photo, southern california photographer
http://www.abeautifullifephoto.com/blog/2012/01/24/fifty-two-wednesdays-week-three/
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