Did you know that you can shape the aperture on your lens to create a unique, artistic background? I discovered a simple DIY ...

The bokeh effect relies on a separation between the subject of a photo from the background. Smartphone cameras default to ...

Background blur, often called “bokeh” after the Japanese word for blur, is generally associated with high-end cameras with wide-aperture lenses. The effect is popular for portraits, and is ...

Once you have the lights, you need to shoot them with the right settings. To bring out their inner bokeh, you have to keep them out of focus, so make them the background element in your shot.