in photography, bokeh is the aesthetic quality of the blur produced in the out-of-focus parts of an image produced by a lens.Bokeh has been defined as “the way the lens renders out-of-focus points of light”. 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. 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. However, bokeh is not limited to highlights; blur occurs in all out-of-focus regions of the image.

Analysis:

I had an Immediate emotional response to this image as the colours are very calming and the the image is soft are not hard to look at. I think the colour complement each other and make you look at different focal point of the image as there are many specific dots. I think that the fact you are still able to see the building in the back ground it is just out of focus is very effective and shows more about the setting and landscape this image is being captured in. The photographer will of had to have the focus on the manual setting and a low ISO and relatively fast shutter speed. Also by looking at the image i would say that a tri pod has been used so that the light blobs do not shift across the image. The image has an interesting perspective as the building in the foreground are a lot closer and the vanishing point where the building disappear creating a good depth of field as well as creating leading lines which take your eye through the image. The photographer has also considered the rule of thirds whilst capturing this image, as the vanishing point is in the let axis of the image.

How to:

To do this photography you need to have your focus on manual focus. You then angle the camera at an area with lighting and put your camera compleatly out of focus. You should now get the effect of there being light bubbles creating an abstract night photography

 

Best Images:

I think that my Bokeh inspired night photoshoot went relatively well. My favourite thing about my images here are the colour range that i have managed to capture showing the different lighting in a specific area. I think that these images would have been better if i had focused on something in the foreground and kept it in focus and then had the bokeh lighting as the background to create a greater depth of field.