WITH A NATURAL IN–CAMERA BOKEH, ALL BACKGROUND AREAS WILL BE BLURRED EQUALLY
TO CREATE A more flattering portrait, professional photographers can manually set their Digital SLR camera to use a wide aperture. The wider the aperture’s f–stop (such as f2.0), the blurrier the background will be. This background blur is referred to as bokeh.
A blurry background removes distractions and helps focuses the eye