Ok, so last time I wrote about getting traffic for images with the word “bokeh” in them, and I promised a how-to.

After thinking about it, I realized that I don’t really have a strong enough grasp of either optics or physics to pull off an in-depth, highly knowledgeable article on this.  For me, doing anything with bokeh is a bit of a crap shoot.  Intellectually, I get it – but I can only visualize it by feel, and I only know what works for me.

So, that being said, I’m slightly changing the subject: this is still a how-to, but it’s a “how to get a general feel” for bokeh.  Think of this as a training exercise, not a definitive lecture.

So, let’s start. Click to continue »