Three tips for taking great photographs with bokeh mode

Itz_evuti · 发表于 2018-01-09 21:59:28

Here’s just a quick recap: all digital bokeh effects are always based on your smartphone’s ability to distinguish between the foreground and background. This makes it possible to blur the background while the subject remains sharp in the foreground. And voila, the photo appears like it was taken from an SLR camera... maybe.

Tip 1: The right distance between subject and background

Of course, the first thing you need to do is activate the background blur or bokeh mode. This can be found either directly on the viewfinder screen of your camera app or in the menu with the various recording programs. If you can’t find a bokeh function, it might be hiding in portrait mode. In order for the distinction between the background and subject to made correctly, you can very simply hold your smartphone behind your hand. This makes it easier for it to work by increasing the distance between the subject and background. Everything above two meters is ideal.

Furthermore, a distance from the photographer to subject of between 50 centimeters to two meters is ideal for portraits.

2. Pitfalls: Eyeglass lenses, window panes, etc.

Even though digital bokeh effects are getting closer and closer to their optical precursor, there are still typical pitfalls. Transparent objects pose the greatest issue. Whether it's eyeglasses or cocktail glasses, smartphones usually group them with the foreground. Unfortunately, the blur is not applied to the background content on the other side of the glass, which should actually be blurry.

It is best to avoid having transparent objects in the foreground next to your subject. Make sure, for example, that the glasses of your model are completely in front of his or her face and that they do not protrude into the background, as they are in the following example with my colleague Eric.

3. The correct background
Hopefully after clearing some of the early stumbling blocks your smartphone is able to deliver a technically clean bokeh photo. We would now like to devote this section to finding the correct background because using bokeh mode isn't worth it if the subject of the photo is just placed in front of a gray background - which looks the same if the subject is sharp or blurred.