Bokeh Kit

"In photography, bokeh is the aesthetic quality of the blur produced in the out-of-focus parts of an image produced by a lens. Bokeh has been defined as "the way the lens renders out-of-focus points of light". Differences in lens aberrations and aperture shape cause 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—"good" and "bad" bokeh, respectively. Bokeh occurs for parts of the scene that lie outside the depth of field. Photographers sometimes deliberately use a shallow focus technique to create images with prominent out-of-focus regions." (obtained from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bokeh)

Bokeh is a really cool effect when used properly and something that most photographers have tried or actively use and is especially popular with photography enthusiasts all over the world.

One neat side effect from this technique is that if you have light on the background these will get blurred into into big circles of light (all credits for the included bokeh photo go to user SumbO, over at http://7-themes.com/6870065-bokeh-photography-wal... but you are not restricted to that shape. Those big circles are circles due to the shape of the lens, which is circular, so if you restrict the light coming in and force it to take another shape, then a correctly made bokeh photo with lights on the background will have that shape, enter the bokeh kit.

I've seen several bokeh kits for sale and some diy ones, but none of those was very appealing, I really didn't want to use rubber bands on top of piece of cardboard it just seems to cumbersome, what I wanted was bokeh kit that I could easily clip-on the lens with a single hand, something that was sturdy enough for repeated use and something I could easily create new shapes for.

This is a simple 1 piece model (holder) and it requires supports, the model is already in the correct printing orientation. As for the inserts, they can simply be printed flat and I also provided a blank version for customization.

Also as these were created in Fusion 360, I'm providing links to both holders, so if anyone wants to adapt this design to different sized lens you can more easily do it.

52mm

• http://a360.co/2jMJcxR

55mm

• http://a360.co/2jMJcxR