Photos | Photobucket's Top Collections of Pictures, Images & Photos. DeviantART: where ART meets application! Guang Dong. The Importance of Art Education. How To Make Beautiful Custom Bokeh Shapes by Digital Photo Secrets. Christmas time is upon us, and I know a lot of you are looking for some fun ways to make your holiday photos more interesting. Well, what better time to introduce you to bokehs than right now?
Chances are you’ve got a lot of Christmas lights around the house, and they’re just dying to make a star appearance in your holiday images. Here’s a little tutorial on making custom bokeh shapes using your digital SLR and the Christmas lights in your house. What is a bokeh? Have you ever seen those gorgeous holiday images with balls of light everywhere? Bokehs happen whenever you shoot bright lights using a lens with a very wide aperture.
I don’t like to say it, but a lot of cameras (especially point-and-shoot models) don’t have apertures that get anywhere near this F-number. To get the bokeh effect, set your aperture to F1.8, find some lights in the foreground or background, and take a picture. I’ve got two more things to say about bokehs. How To Make A Custom Bokeh Shape Happy holidays!