How to photograph a bokeh

Creating a descent bokeh in photoshop will require a skill to do it. But now a days, single click will do the job. You can also find a tons of bokeh freebies around the web. And yes if you missed the Freebies: 19 Bokeh Hi-Res Photos, better download it now while it last.

Today, I am going to guide you as far as I can on how to take a bokeh shot. So the next time you want an additional design element that your camera can provide you, you have the edge. Shooting a bokeh is perfectly done during the night time with lots of light source.

Set your shooting mode to manual – my favorite, in this mode you can take control everything with your camera

Make sure to set the lens  focusing to Manual Mode – setting to manual mode will do the tricks in bokeh shooting, now turn the focus ring to have the most blurry focus you can achieve. You will be amaze when you have a good group of lights (streets lights or traffic jam). Take the shot.

ISO, Shutter Speed and Aperture – with manual shooting mode, these are the three things you need to play with.

Now your with the settings of your camera, try to look around for subject or should I say light source, in my case I went up to the rooftop and find good light source, you can use street lights, streets with traffic jam, and anything that is a group of lights, but I would recommend doing a bokeh shots with city lights and traffic jam.

I am a rookie in photography, if you have additional tips, please feel free to add in the comment box.

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Mars Cureg

Web designer by profession, photography hobbyist, T-shirt lover, design blog founder, gamer. Socially and physically awkward, lack of social skills, struggles to communicate with anyone who doesn't have a keyboard. Willing to walk to get to the promised land. Photo and video freelancer, SEO.

8 Responses

  1. melody says:

    nice shots— youre really a great photographer.

  2. Marcus says:

    Nice one, one tip is to photo the the actual traffic lights from a very close range. Look at this photograph: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/26/Led_traffic_lights.jpg – The yellow light is produced by several small bulbs placed closely together. Photographing one of those the Bokehway is just ACE!

  3. Thomas Craig Consulting says:

    Great tips, thanks for sharing.

  4. Adam C says:

    If you have the time and the subject is static then you’ll be able to reduce noise/grain considerably by turning the ISO down to it minimum level (in my case ISO 100 for a Nikon D80). You will, naturally, have to use a tripod to compensate for the increased exposure time but your shots will come out a lot smoother/cleaner when used at larger sizes.

  5. rod rodriguez says:

    Nice tuts dude, it just so happened I recreated an old tutorial on the faux “Bokeh”. I love coming to your website.

  6. sonny ragay says:

    nice uncle 5th ka sa google search ng bokeh ^_^