Customize Your Bokeh!

Customize the shape of the bokeh with a neat little hack from diyphotography.net

Did you know you can sort of “customize” the shape of the bokeh in your shots? Me either. Just ran across this today over at diyphotography.net and thought I would pass on the link. Click here to checkout a very simple and cheap (nearly free) way to try something new. Can you imagine what Christmas lights on a house may look like with this? Or that Christmas tree in back of your kids? Maybe we could convince Jim to create a photo contest for the improvephotography.com community for the best use of this effect. Comment below if you have tried something like this or if you think you will.

3 thoughts on “Customize Your Bokeh!”

Jennie
December 20, 2014 at 9:39 PM

Yep, I tried it last year and created heart bokeh. This year, I’m going to try a few other shapes.
Jennie
December 22, 2014 at 12:37 PM

Here’s my heart bokeh: http://www.jennierosedesigns.blogspot.com/2013/12/christmas-traditions.html. I shot this photo with my Nikon D700 and a 50mm f/1.4 lens.
Erika Sneeringer
February 20, 2015 at 8:01 AM

Thank you for sharing this — I tried this out recently https://www.flickr.com/photos/123377169@N05/16361771437/ it was really fun! I encourage everyone to try it out.

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