Question: what is it called when you blur the background in a photo
Answer: In photography , bokeh ( originally / ˈboʊkɛ / , / ˈboʊkeɪ / BOH - kay -- also sometimes pronounced as / ˈboʊkə / BOH - kə , Japanese : ( boke ) ) is the aesthetic quality of the blur produced in the out - of - focus parts of an image produced by a lens .