he term ‘bokeh’ refers to the character of the out-of-focus blur rather than the blur itself. It was coined in 1997 by Mike Johnson, a photographic journalist. He concluded, ‘It’s true that some photographers seldom or never take pictures in which anything is not sharp. For them, bokeh is not much of an issue when they’re working, although it’s still pertinent when they’re looking at other people’s pictures.
