I LOVE BOKEH

mosaic47e989b321ad9f170e2caefad8c6b3fd3a20a9e1Theres something magic and beautiful about the bokeh effect on photography. I personally love it. Gives the photograph a special halo of softness, mystery…the blurry lights almost look like fairy dust dont they?

I´m always trying to improve my bokeh. The word bokeh comes from a japanese word that means “out of focus” or thats what i read. Its defined  as “the way the lens renders out-of-focus points of light”.

It´s as “simple” as focusing something very close to the lens and then leave whats behind blurry and if theres a good light source in the “blurry background”.

I  have found via freckled face, some great tips, tutorials and photoshop brushes to achieve this wonderful effect, here are the links I wanted to share with you today. Tell me, do you love bokeh too?

How to achieve a better bokeh in four simple tips posted here

Create your own bokeh  DIY posted here

Bokeh effect with photoshop tutorial found here

Bokeh brushes for photoshop posted here

Picnik ( photo editing online program) bokeh effect

Hay algo mágico en el efecto bokeh de la fotografía. Bokeh viene de una palabra japonesa que significa “desenfocado”.  A mí personalmente me encanta! le da a la foto un halo de suavidad, misterio..casi como si fuese polvo de hadas.No os lo parece?

Siempre intento mejorar mi  bokeh en mi fotografía. Yo lo he “conseguido” ( entre comillas porque aun sigo practicando y aprendiendo), enfocando algo muy de cerca, levantando la cámara luego y dejar el fondo borroso.

He encontrado via Freckled face, tips, tutoriales y pinceles de photoshop para poder conseguir mejor el efecto bokeh. a sea de forma manual o con el ordenador ( yo prefiero la manual),decidme, a vosotros también os encanta el bokeh?

De momento estos sitios están en inglés, hay algunos que se entiende porque se ven las imágenes muy claras, pero no os preocupéis que buscaré también en español para compartiroslo.

Cómo conseguir en cuatro pasos mejores bokeh ( en inglés) aqui

DIY Crea tu propia máscara de bokeh here

tutorial de bokeh para photoshop here

Pinceles de bokeh para photoshop here

Picnik efecto de bokeh

photo credits 1. Happy Wintery Bokeh Wednesday :) , 2. double bokeh, 3. Hovering in bokeh, 4. Cosytoes bokeh

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15 Responses to “I LOVE BOKEH”

  1. Clare says:

    I love Bokeh and am always exploring ways to take photos with it. I was somewhat disappointed to learn that you could re-create it with textures. It makes it easier but it’s so much more fun when it comes straight from the lens!

  2. I love using a shallow depth of field, especially for flowers as the backgrounds really compliment the main object of focus. Love that tutorial on this sort of photography.

  3. admin says:

    Clare, I totally agree with you here! I think it´s much more lovely to see when it comes straight from the camera as you said!
    : )
    Scented sweetpeas: yes, its very interesting! I love them too! : )

  4. giozi says:

    A mi también me encanta el bokeh. Lo del polvo de hadas, no lo había pensado, tiene razón.
    Esto es algo que quiero aprender en cuanto tenga mi réflex, ojalá y sea pronto.

  5. Which function do we use to create bokeh effect on Picnik? I tried looking for it but I didn’t see it.

  6. Aleena says:

    Quite frankly I didn’t even know what bokeh was till I read your blog today …I’ve seen this beautiful artwork many times in photo’s but never actually what it was called …Well, thanks to you ..now I know : )

  7. Mary Ann in Vermont says:

    Oh, Hello, Ishtar!
    Thank you for this posting. You are so wonderful to share all of your knowledge of photography with us. I use Picnik and looked all over their site and could not find bokeh. May you very please, direct me a bit further as to where to locate it on their site. Thank you so much for your kind help and time with this.

  8. Monique says:

    Hola Ishtar!
    Cada día vuelvo por aqui porque me enseñas cosas fantasticas,gracias por ser tan generosa con los que somos nuevos en este mundo.Besitos desde La Rioja.

  9. admin says:

    DEAR FRIENDS, I ´M SORRY I DIDN´T POINT OUT WHERE THE BOKEH EFFECT ON PICNIK WAS. YOU HAVE TO OPEN A FILE, THEN GO TO “CREATE” THEN “SEASONAL” AND FINALLY TO “VALENTINES DAY” THERE YOU´LL HAVE MANY EFFECTS RELATED TO VALENTINES, SUCH AS HEARTS, STICKERS AND THE HEART BOKEH.WHAT I´M NOT SURE IF IS IT IS A FREE OR PREMIUM USE.
    IHOPE THIS HELPS

    AMIGOS, EL EFECTO DE BOKEH DE PICNIK ESTÁ ,DESPUÉS DE ABRIR EL ARCHIVO O FOTO, EN LA PESTAÑA “CREAR” LUEGO “ESTACIONALES” Y FINALMENTE “DÍA DE SAN VALENTIN”.LO QE NO SÉ ES SI SIGUE SIENDO DE PAGO-VERSIÓN PREMIUM- O ESTE EFECTO ES GRATIS. ESPERO SEROS DE ATUDA.

    ISHTAR

  10. Lusi says:

    Estoy enamorada del efecto Bokeh de picnik, voy a mirar tus enlaces a ver si aprendo algo mas!
    gracias istah!!

    saludos isleños ;)

  11. Maria says:

    Wow, thank for featuring me in your gorgeous blog, I am so honored ♥

  12. Este blog me parece muy interesante, te agregaré a favoritos, suerte!

  13. Marta says:

    Gran articulo y gran blog. Gracias por publicar articulos como estos en tu blog…

  14. So beautiful! I’m going to have to try this with picnik.

  15. Happy Party says:

    Menudo descubrimiento tus tutoriales, GRACIAS!!!!!!!
    Ya me he subscripto para no perderme nada.
    Un abrazo

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