![]() ![]() I know one thing for sure is that the average person who looks at your images, and clients who book you to take theirs really don’t care about these things. Just be warned, if you’re at work there’s some salty language in the video so don’t turn your speakers up too loud. Do we shoot wide open all the time with our fast lenses to justify the cost of the glass to ourselves? Is it so that we can be bokeh snobs around our photography friends and can boast about that f1.2 lens we just purchased? Check out the funny, entertaining, and informative video below. I think it’s natural for us to be blinded by the magical powers of bokeh, but we have to learn that just focusing on bokeh’s creamy goodness can make us miss the bigger picture, and that’s not good for anyone.Ĭamera Conspiracies recently shot a video that looks into our gear and bokeh obsessions, and they offer some really interesting thoughts on this subject too. I’ll admit that I’ve been here before, I think we all have. When used in the right situations bokeh can be absolutely gorgeous, and it can enhance and image, but it still doesn’t mean that every image has to be shot wide open. Are we chasing after bokeh too much for own good? I’m not saying that bokeh is bad. Videos on YouTube are consistently shot with wide open apertures which makes the background blur, but also makes the host go in and out of focus all the time because of the shallow depth of field honestly there’s nothing more annoying than watching a video like this. ![]() It doesn’t matter whether you open up your Instagram feed, watch a video on YouTube, or jump on any photography group on Facebook, one thing that you are guaranteed to see are thousands of photos and videos with blurred out backgrounds, and enough bokeh balls to last a lifetime.Įvery portrait on Instagram has maximum subject isolation which can end up making a photo lose context. We’ll go out and buy huge, heavy lenses with fast apertures that cost as much as a small used car just so we can see that blur out half of our images, but do non photographers really even care about it? Does it really make that much difference outside of your circle of photography friends? After the break we have a video for you from Camera Conspiracies that takes a look at this obsession. Over the last few years it seems as though bokeh and smooth creamy backgrounds have become the one thing that we as photographers and videographers obsess about. As photographers and videographers we’re always trying to get the creamiest bokeh in our shots, but does the average person or client really care about it? ![]()
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