Monday, February 18, 2008

BOKEH



Do you know what that is? I do... now. Apparently its the effect of having an out-of-focus foreground or background (or some other ground) in photography. Photographers actually use special lenses to achieve this effect for photos. Sometimes it's a way of making the viewer focus more intently on the in-focus part of the picture, sometimes it's just used as a impressionistic effect, sometimes it's good for close-up shots. I'll post some examples soon; for now, I've got to go finish this damn assignment!




Some examples (sorry, not so great):


2 comments:

Stefan said...

how is that pronounced?

sarah said...

sorry for replying a month late... it's pronounced "BOKE-uh"