Month: October 2016

We know that telephoto lenses can create great bokehs. Even normal lenses wide open are great choices but what about wide angle lenses or even fisheye lenses. I tried my fisheye lens wide open at f2.8. This is the result I got.

Enjoy and keep on photographing!

There were lots of clouds in the sky early this morning. I thought I try something different. I picked a f2.8 135mm lens and mounted a flash with a small softbox on my camera. Then I photographed from the bottom up against the early morning clouds. This is what I got.

Enjoy and keep on working on your images!

I challenge you to continue last weeks exercise and try out as many lenses as you can to get a feeling for what kind of background blur (bokeh) they can create.

This image was created with a 200mm prime lens at f3.5. I just love the bokeh this lens can produce.

Enjoy and keep on photographing!

I created this image today at the Civil War Reenactment event in Fresno, CA. I used a 50mm lens wide open again.

Enjoy and keep on photographing!

Another image created with a 50mm lens at f1.8. I photgraphed these plants at the Asilomar State beach.

Enjoy and keep on photographing!

This image was taken with a 50mm lens at f1.8. I discovered this bush at a house in Monterey, CA. The different green tones intrigued me to create this image.

Enjy and keep n photographing!

I created this image using a 50mm lens at f1.8. I own several 50mm lenses and each of them creates a different bokeh.

Enjoy and keep on photographing!

Bokeh is defined as a certain quality of the background blur. I know photographers that collect a kinds of lenses just for the purpose of creating different bokehs in camera. Of course you can create all kinds of blurs in post production. This week I challenge you to photograph for bokeh. Use a fast lens wide open and have some fun with this exercise!

I used an old 105mm Super Takumar lens at f2.8 to create this image. Enjoy and keep n photographing!