Exhibit 10

Creating and enhancing bokeh in Photoshop

Background Info

I wanted to do something totally different for my last exhibit for this class. I wanted to do something with bokeh, which is the out of focus light in a photo. I have tried to create bokeh a long time ago, but didn’t do a great job. I had no idea you could create it and enhance it in Photoshop! I watched the video for this week and also found a couple other videos to help me. I decided to go out at night to take some pictures. I found a video on making your own heart shaped bokeh filter for your camera lens out of construction paper and tape. So I did it and I love how it turned out! I opened a photo in Photoshop and enhanced the bokeh.

Photoshop Skills Used

o   Opened a photo in Photoshop, I had already created bokeh with my camera lens, I wanted to enhance it from the video this week, and other videos I have found

o   Went to Filter > Blur Gallery and used both Field Blur and Tilt Shift tools to enhance the bokeh

o   Used a color pop action I had purchased to enhance the colors more

o   Saved the design for my exhibit assignment and for my photography portfolio

Design Considerations

o   I went to take photos for this exhibit at night so I wanted a dark background with bright lights

o   I used contrast with the lights using lots of different bright colors from the city, the color scheme was also chosen for me with the city lights

o   I used repetition with the heart shaped filter I used to create the bokeh

o   The city lights were aligned nicely in the photo already so that created some great alignment

Credits

The image was my own

Photoshop filters were used

Florabellacollection.com actions were used

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eug9O95tghg YouTube video on making a diy bokeh filter

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