Hobby: Bokeh Photography Life would be very boring without hobbies We would appear like robots without feelings or color blind creatures or simply aliens on our own planet Since childhood, we are used to particular daily activity Hobby gives us time to relax and enjoy our life One can fill their spare time with relaxing activity such as playing computer games, reading novel, watching TV and so on In fact, there is a very long list of hobbies and interests to suit our passion A hobby or interest that has become well known recently is photography Through the social networking medias, one’s interest in photography has become something special Everyone has started to show off their masterpiece on those media such as Blog, Facebook, Twitter, Picasa or Instagram People who share the same interest can also find inspirational photographs easily on internet No need to go to an art gallery regularly to catch some inspirational thoughts or to see other masterpieces Photography is a wide field There are fashion photography, portrait photography, journalistic photography, macro photography and so on Moreover, there are many techniques to create an amazing photograph One of those techniques is bokeh In photography, bokeh ( /boʊkɛ/) is the blur,or the aesthetic quality of the blur in out-of-focus areas of an image Bokeh has been defined as "the way the lens renders out-of-focus points of light" However, differences in lens aberrations and aperture shape causes some lens designs to blur the image in a way that is pleasing to the eye, while others produce blurring that is unpleasant or distracting Bokeh is pretty similar with other types of blur In portrait photographss, blur is the background area behind the subject of the photograph In ordinary camera, blur can be produced automatically on setting menu but it produces standard blur This standard blur is common However, bokeh is not just any blur Commonly, particular type of lens is needed to create the bokeh photograph In this bokeh technique, the lens and aperture shape have to be adjusted After that, it can create circle-shaped blur which is uniquely attractive to the eye This bokeh technique can be used in portrait photography It is useful to capture portrait or any other photographss with particular subject in front and the light behind For example, a portrait with city lights background can be captured However, the background is not only limited for lights but also any other backgrounds can be produced as bokeh photograph It makes an out-of-focus background so the subject becomes stand out As a beginner in photography, one can produce a bokeh photograph with DSLR (Digital Single Lens Reflect) camera to produce a professional-looking photograph However, you can use your phone camera too You don’t need to buy those expensive photography equipments The things you need are camera and the perfect angle with the lights as the background Moreover, a cup of creativity is needed to create an amazing bokeh masterpiece Vocabulary Building: photography photograph masterpiece bokeh lens blur aperture capture portrait = skill, job, or process of producing photographs = photo = an extremely good work of art = a technique in photography to create a circle-shaped blur = thin curved piece of glass or plastic used in camera = unclearly vision = the size of the hole through which light passes to reach the film = the act of taking photograph or film = photograph of a particular person QUESTIONS: WHAT IS BOKEH PHOTOGRAPHY? COMPOSE SENTENCES USING EACH WORD IN THE VOCABULARY BUILDING ABOVE!