bokeh

i got a special surprise from laurie this week...a bokeh kit for my camera!


bokeh is a photography term that means "blur" in japanese.  it's a really pretty effect where all of the out-of-focus light in your photo turns into pretty circles [see my attempts on flickr].  now, what's really awesome is that when you put a bokeh filter with a specific shape over your lens and set your camera's aperture really low, then you can get the bokeh in the shape of your filter.  it's a really amazing effect!




i had tried to make my own filters out of scrapbook paper over christmas, but the effect didn't quite work.  so i'm really excited to try it with this kit!  now all i need are some pretty twinkle lights :)