Christmas Tree Bokeh?
In photography, bokeh is the blur, or the aesthetic quality of the blur, in out-of-focus areas of an image. Bokeh is not how far something is out-of-focus, bokeh is the character of whatever blur is there. The word bokeh comes from the Japanese word "boke" (pronounced bo-keh) which means blur or haze.
Rocking Santa with Christmas Bokeh
In our night photography eClass, we're now focusing on man-made light and what better time of year for that than Christmas. Streets are lined with colorfully lit holiday decorations, homes have candles in their windows, and Christmas trees are trimmed with bright lights and shiny bulbs. I love creating images with the bokeh of these lights as a background for nearly anything else - another tree, a rocking Santa, and even a a reindeer. Recently, we even brought out our best crystal for Peter's shot.
Christmas Crystal and Bokeh
I hope you enjoy these.
Merry Christmas to you both.
Nice bokeh!
Posted by: Ally | Sunday, December 25, 2011 at 06:19 PM
Thank you Valerie. Enjoy the holidays and happy New Year.
Posted by: Claudia | Friday, December 23, 2011 at 06:21 AM
Love them! Happy Holidays to you and Peter!
Posted by: Valerie Jardin | Thursday, December 22, 2011 at 02:35 PM