My name is George Kushler, pro photographer here in New Orleans. If it requires a camera, I'm your guy. My gear of choice is my Fuji XC3. I switch from Canon to Fuji, but I have not looked back since. These are my vlogs, these are my videos. This is my YouTube channel. This is Focus for GK. Let's talk about Boka for a man in. The only person who cares about Boka is usually the photographer, not the client. If you've been on my channel for a little bit, you know that I am all about real true usability of any of your products that you're talking about. So, you know, people who are full frame camera users like I was for 24 years before going to the Fuji XC3, which I was a little nervous on going to because I thought I was going to be giving up so many things. You know, because everybody says full frame is just plain old better. Well, I am here to tell you I have a year plus now of doing everything that I do in my business with only the Fuji XC3. And I'm pulling in my normal dollar amount like we always do. My point is Boka is really, really cool because you're the photographer. The subject, you're client, the person you're working for is not paying you for the Boka. They are paying you for the quality of the image, but that effect that happens behind you is just cool. It's kind of like sugar or the cherry on top of whatever it is you like cherry's are. Today I did a little blog post on my Focus with GK Facebook group page, because I was looking at some images I did yesterday of my high school senior. It was the very end of the day, like 10 minutes of sunlight left, and we didn't have a whole lot left. My wife actually drove me, the senior was in her mom's car, keeping that social distancing thing happening. So we would get out and go shoot and get back in the car and run. Well, my wife, who's not a photographer, we're driving to the park and she's looking at that sun just going down. She's like, we should have thought it earlier. I don't understand, I'm like, honey, you're not the photographer. The best light in the world on a good day, not crazy clouds, is those last 30 minutes of sunlight. She's like, we have 20 left and I'm like, trust me, just trust me, okay. This is where the 16 millimeter 1.4 lens comes into play, because what makes Boka happen. And yes, by the way, I do like how Boka looks in the background. But it's not what I saw first when I looked at this senior's image. I didn't even notice the Boka until this morning, actually, when I was looking at the images again. Truth, the male photographer will say, hey, look at that Boka. The female photographer will say, hey, look how the wind is pushing her hair away from her face. Look at her jawline. Wow, her makeup is beautiful. She has a nice profile. This image shows her beautiful youth. That's the difference of male photographers and female photographers. I remember way back into film days when there wasn't a whole lot of females doing big camera rig thingies. And when digital came and more female photographers came into play, what I'm telling you right now has been topic of discussion for ever since they were just in multitudes like guys or in multitudes taking pictures. Photography is very emotional. And knowing the technical side of what you're doing is great and all. But there's still an emotional side, which is what you're really doing. No, granted, if you're a commercial photographer and you are doing all the technical things, an understandable afroot does not have emotion, that's not what I'm talking about. If you're a photographer and people and events, Boka is not playing a part in your story. It just isn't. It's really neat to pull your subject off of the background and it gives it something in the background. That's really nice. But it's not what makes your image beautiful. It's you. It's the light. It's what you're telling your subject to do. It's the composition. It's all those things. So look. Next time somebody says, you know what's cool about that picture? It's the Boka. Just ask yourself. Does it really matter that much? Hey, what do y'all think? I'll let it all grow, man. I'll let it go. I had a thing. You know, when the lockdown kind of happened, I'm like, I'm going to touch this until the lockdown is off. We're good to go. Back to normal. And I'm letting it rock, man. My kids have not seen me with hair up here in a very, maybe never actually. You know, we'll see. I think I'll be shaving this later on and keeping this rocking for a little while. You know what I mean? Alright, look. See you on the Facebook group. We have some discussion going on over there. Post your own pictures that has Boka in it. I personally as a photographer, I do like how that looks. It looks so beautiful and creamy and it pulls the subject off of the background. The point of the whole video is, I think it matters more to the photographer than it does the client. That's all. See you in the next video, you guys. And absolutely stay focused when you dream. Alright? GKM. Hey, hey, hey, hey. One more thing. If you noticed a mic up over here, I have a review on it as you can find a video earlier, but this is the fine, fine wireless mic system for under $60, man. Maybe under $50. Unbelievable. The fact that for under $60, this thing will work. The receiver is on the camera. Here's your transmitter. Pretty cool, huh? Not too shabby. I'm all about value, aren't you? Later.