G Photography Tips

What is it?

It's a photography way to describe the Tiny discs of light that happend in the out of focus area of the picture. They can be in Circle or Polygon shape. For the long and full description please go to Ken Rockwell


Why do I need to know?

Coz they are beautiful and in many cases bokeh really help pleasing the eyes. And to get away the boring normal photograph.

What do I need?

1. A camera. Doesn't have to be DSLR, but you'll achieve an easier and nicer result from SLR type camera. (I think)

2. Look for those points of light. During day time, look for the trees that have the light come thru the leaf, like in this picture. You can see that those lights that came thru the leafs became bokeh.
At night, look for the something like this or like this

3. Going for the smallest F number that you're allowed. For those who got DSLR, I would recommend the Fast Prime lenses, so you can go for F2.8 or lower which will make it easier. Focus on the subject and frame those background that I mentioned earlier behide the sujects.

4. shoot and hope for the best.

What's the best lens for bokeh?

In my opinion, Nikkor 85mm F1.4 got very smooth and nice bokeh. But it'll dry up your saving account really fast like its speed. So, the next best thing will come down to 50mm F1.4 or more economical 50mm F1.8.

More Bokeh pictures, please visit More Bokeh

Have fun shooting people,
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