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Better Bokeh – the 5 factors of background blur

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Getting Better Bokeh is one of the most desired things in photography. Did you know, that there are 5 factors to increase or decrease background blur? Let me get background blur explained to you in 8 minutes.

Most of you know that aperture will change the amount of blur (or bokeh if you will). But what about the other factors? In this photography tutorial/lesson, I´ll explain and show you all you need to know about background blur in photography and how to separate your model from the background.

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00:00 intro to the factors of bokeh
01:00 Better Bokeh factor #1: Aperture
02:30 Better Bokeh factor #2: Focal Length
03:37 Better Bokeh factor #3: Distance to Background
04:58 Better Bokeh factor #4: Distnace to Subject
06:44 Better Bokeh factor #5: Sensor Size

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