Bokeh

What is Bokeh?

Bokeh is the aesthetics of the quality of blurred background in a photo. Bokeh has also been defined as the shape of lights in the background of an image. The purpose of Bokeh is to divert the attention of the viewer to the subject, not the environment around it.

In simpler words, Bokeh is the background of the image. The more out of focus it is, the better. There are two types of bokeh. Good Bokeh and Bad Bokeh.

What is good and bad bokeh?
Good bokeh does not distract the viewer from the subject, It instead enhances the photo, and makes the subject stand out and look better. Bad bokeh does the opposite. It keeps the background in focus, compared to good bokeh, and makes the image distracting.

In bad bokeh, The subject loses its priority, and viewers look less at the subject and more at the background. This makes the subject stand out less, and in turn, produces bad-quality photos.

The first picture here has bad bokeh since it distracts you from the horse. While the second phone has good bokeh. It barely distracts you and it makes the horse stand out more.

And that's it! This was a pretty short topic. Don't worry! I will be back next week with another cool blog! But for now, Goodbye!

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