Bokeh is a popular photographic technique which reflects the way the lens renders out-of-focus points of light. Originally, the word “bokeh” didn’t have “h” at the end as it comes from the Japanese word “boke”, which literally means blur, dizziness. Bokeh effect is often used to reduce background distractions and highlight the main subject. However, you can find lots of images where bokeh is, actually, the primary subject. It has got an extreme popularity in various photo genres, like still life, urban, nature and people photography. Bokeh makes an ordinary image look special that’s why many artists add this effect artificially in image editors by means of brushes and textures. In this post you can find a collection of amazing bokeh photography and also a few useful tutorials and recourses to master your skills in this technique. By the way, Christmas is perfect time for practicing your bokeh shooting - so many light all around so go ahead and share your tries in comments!

Spectacular Bokeh Photography

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Bokeh Tutorials

DSLR Bokeh Tutorial

“The good news is that shooting bokeh is one of the easiest photographic techniques to learn. Unfortunately, it is also one of the hardest to master”. This tutorial will help you get started with the basics of bokeh. Link to the article.

Shaped Bokeh Tutorial

Wanna know how to create all these hearts and snowflakes bokeh effects? Then read this simple yet nice tutorial in pictures. Link to the article.

Create Your Own Bokeh

Another introductory tutorial on how to create your own bokeh. Link to the article.

All About Bokeh Photography

An informative article covering the bokeh definition, how-to and links to the related resources. Link to the article.

Awesome Digital Bokeh Effect in Photoshop

As we already mentioned, you can create a digital bokeh effect in Photoshop. The process is very simple and you can learn more reading this cool tutorial on Abduzeedo. Link to the article.

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