These days cinematographers will stop at nothing to add character to their images.
Flares, filters, prisms, and panty hose are only some of the tools used to ‘de-tune’ digital images and currently, bokeh is king. Drawing a striking similarity from anamorphic glass is the lovely, painterly, waterful bokeh that seems to swirl around the center of the frame making it an ideal portrait lens. The circular nature of the out of focus areas force the eye straight to the subject.