One of my (many) hobbies is photography. I use my 50mm f1.4 lens most of the time, because it is great for low-light portraits of my family at home. This lens also has great depth-of-field: where the items in background and foreground of the subject fall away with a graceful blur.
When there is a highlight in the background or foreground of one of these extreme depth-of-field shots, a bokeh (pronounced ‘bo-keh’) appears. With little effort and some black paper board, you can change the shape of the bokeh, making my imagination run with endless possibilities.
The folks at www.diyphotography.net also point out that you can buy a Bokeh Masters Kit online, which is awesome for a busy mom like me, but I can see myself buying the kit and then making additional custom shapes for it.
See more custom bokeh photos on flickr.
Tags: I want to make this, photo, Photography, project list
