What is the Bokeh Effect?

WHAT IS THE ВОКЕН EFFECT? .and why do photographers use it? "Bokeh" Introduced into the international photographic lexicon in the mid 1990s Pronounced: "boh-kay" A Japanese word meaning "blur" or "haze" or "boh-kuh" Bokeh refers to the aesthetic quality of out- of-focus or blurry areas of an image. Photographers had been deliberately invoking this kind of effect long before the term came into popular use, but now it is a well- established photographic motif. Left: no bokeh Right: bokeh A good bokeh is pleasing to the eye and can enhance our perception of objects in the foreground of an image. Pushing the technique further can create an even more dreamlike aura. photographybirmingham.info