Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/07/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> I should probably answer, since I take modest credit for having helped > introduce the word to photographers in the West. The word means "blur."...<snip> Why don't we just call it blur? Fewer letter and most English speaking persons understand exactly what it means. Plus, we learn how to pronounce it in grammar school. Giving the blurred area of a photograph a fancier title doesn't make it more important. The out of focus portions of my images are that way so they don't distract from what IS important. Next thing you know Photoshop will come up with a Gaussian Bokeh tool. It'll do exactly the same thing as the Gaussian Blur tool. They'll charge more for the program and people will write books on how to use the Gaussian Bokeh more effectively. I can already hear the ad campaing... "Is it bokeh or is it Photoshop? Don't look at what sharp and crisp and well defined. Attain that which master photographers have lusted after since film was invented; controlled fuzzyness. Accutance is an illusion. Focus on the out of focus. Make an impression. Become an impressionist! Do the hokey bokey. Bokeh'm somebody". My head already feels fuzzy. Dave