Photography Challenge # 14 - The bokeh challenge - how to blur backgrounds for beginners.

No14 in our regular photography challenge series. I think the Bokeh look is really cool, so in this video I share with you some tips on how to get the effect so you can join the thousands of people from all over the world who have been enjoying the regular challenges, having fun and learning new skills - PLEASE help this channel by giving it a thumbs up 👍 and sharing with your photography friends and colleagues. Thank you for watching.

Paul @ Photo Genius 🙂

I used my brothers 50mm yesterday and I was very impressed within the short time I used it. I got some really good shots

I think we have the same T.A.R.D.I.S moneybox :')

Thanks for your videos. Very helpful.
Hi from Papua New Guinea.

Really useful tutorial...I have been watching your videos to learn many things... really loving it....

Does mobile phones ha a low and high aperture too?

Simple to understand techniques, you are adding twists to my shoots and the many Facebook posts help me think beyond my creativity. Thank you for making theses challenge videos. Enjoyable, personable, professional, instructional and fun.

will you be giving tips on how to improve the images summited? or show your favorites that people submit?

I want to be like you sir. Kindly check some of my photos on my channel. Pls correct me if im wrong.

Wht thé best caméra for beginners but not so weak at photography

Such simple and effective tutorials with no useless waffle. Un-like most channels out there.

I would add to make sure that subject is far from the background as much as possible , so even with the kit lens (with F number like 3.5- 5.6) you have a chance to get blurry background.

Funny, when I first got my camera I was playing around with it and took some out of focus pictures of my Christmas lights and they looked just like the picture on your screen. I thought it was really pretty but this just isn't the way pictures are supposed to look. Thus I thought I was a terrible photographer and deleted all of them. Little did I know this actually could be a good thing, I had a lot to learn 😄

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How am I so late to this challenge! Wish I could go back in time! Can't wait to try my hands on this one😊

Thanks Paul, I often wondered what this Bokeh was all about, now I know. Much appreciated . Just got 90mm prime so I will give it ago.
I also wanted to thank you for a previous video you did on photographing the moon. I gave it ago and hey presto I’ve got a good image of the moon surface and not just a white blob!! I’ve also got a 500mm mirror lens which I might have ago at using for the moon shot.
All the very best Graham 🇬🇧🇬🇧👍📸📸

Thank you, Paul! Great idea and great video!

Excellent video .

What is a kit lense?

Another interesting video, Paul. Bokeh has always fascinated me, so it's time to get the prime lens out again.

Nice

Wow

Ooooooooo I’m going to love this one just got the 50mm 1.4 so going out on the weekend to give it a go

Woo hoo! Yes! Thanks Paul for the next challenge. 👍🏽

I'm excited for this challenge

Thanks Paul. I’ll be hunting for some interesting shallow depth of field shots now.

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Nice video