To some photographers, bokeh is a sought-after aspect of a photograph; to others, it's a buzzword that just won't die. But there's no denying that, when used correctly, bokeh can help your images ...

In other words, the iPhone 7 Plus has bokeh, but it’s fake bokeh, and compared side-by-side with the real thing, it doesn’t quite hold up. Of course, we can’t be completely sure until Apple ...

Enter Bokeh, from Alien Skin Software, a plugin for Adobe Photoshop, Elements, or Fireworks. Bokeh takes your existing image and draws attention to the subject by manipulating the focus and depth ...

Bokeh is directly affected by the depth of field. Depth of field refers to the area in focus when taking a photograph. Anything behind or in front of that focused area will no longer be sharp ...

The iPhone can perform a bokeh portrait effect, but it is handled via computational photography rather than as an in-camera change. Namely it is faked in software instead of performed in hardware ...

An example of bokeh in Portrait mode on the iPhone XR That brown shape in the top center of that image is exactly what can go wrong. The camera works fine in the image. It’s just a crap composition.

In the photo at left, Flick user trazomfreak, used the same technique to create snowflakes. If you'd like to see more interesting examples of custom bokeh in action check out the follow up to the ...