The technique seen here is something we all do, whether we mean to or not . . . this shot is totally out of focus - but it's
creatively out of focus. The term for this sort of in-camera effect is called
Bokeh - The term comes from the
Japanese word
boke (暈け or ボケ), which means "blur" or "haze", or
boke-aji (ボケ味), the "blur quality". You can see it in a lot of my images when I've used a wide open aperture to blur the background of my image, while keeping the subject sharp. In this case, I've
chosen to blur the entire scene - my blue Holiday lights on the front porch.
This was captured with the camera set to full manual mode. Shooting at a 30
th of a second on a tripod. My aperture is set to f/1.8 and my ISO is down to 100. You simply turn off auto-focus and spin the dial to suit. It's a popular effect this time of year with all the bright, twinkling lights all around.
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