Interesting: ‘Bokeh’ Searches On Google Peak Every December
Jan 22, 2016
Udi Tirosh
Udi Tirosh is an entrepreneur, photography inventor, journalist, educator, and writer based in Israel. With over 25 years of experience in the photo-video industry, Udi has built and sold several photography-related brands. Udi has a double degree in mass media communications and computer science.
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Here is a quick glance on how susceptible we are to trends. Redditor CarVac noticed that every year in December the searched on Google for Bokeh are spiking.
Now, this could of course be a coincidence, but the spikes have been there every year since 2009 and I think eight years definitely establish a trend.
Why is this? Redditor it-will-last-longer suggests that
Bokeh is probably most apparent when you’re taking a night picture with Christmas lights in the background. People want to take fancy pictures during the holidays and want to find out how.
He also notes that “the term ‘dslr’ or ‘digital SLR’ correlates well with ‘bokeh’ and has similar peaks in December“, but that may also be related to purchasing decision on the holidays season.
I would not be surprised if this is indeed the case. Between Christmas tree lights, house decorations, Hanukkah Menorahs, and new years fireworks, there are definitely a lot of lights that would look fab out of focus. Of course this makes one wonder if sales of the Nifty Fifty and Bokeh Masters Kit spike in corellation.
[google trends via reddit]
Udi Tirosh
Udi Tirosh is an entrepreneur, photography inventor, journalist, educator, and writer based in Israel. With over 25 years of experience in the photo-video industry, Udi has built and sold several photography-related brands. Udi has a double degree in mass media communications and computer science.
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9 responses to “Interesting: ‘Bokeh’ Searches On Google Peak Every December”
I blame the steady increase since 2010 on @kaimanwong and @digitalrevtv.
it’s fun because i have a lame photo on Flickr that Peak stat in December, and you use it for the article lol! https://www.flickr.com/photos/e-coli/4200675891
This is just awesome, and to think it’s just a test…
DIYPhotography it’s just a cardstock with an heart shaped hole in front of my 50mm :D
I did it too :D Because it’s fun
Lame maybe, but so fun :D
That’s pretty funny. I did multiple searches for “bokeh” in November/December. I was working on designs for Christmas and Valentines advertisements and there is nothing worse than when a client demands a Christmas tree photo for the background of their ad… Bokeh photos solve that horrible request.
@alamy funny that :)
“Canon 50mm” shows similar effects. “Canon” and “Nikon”, too. Canon is loosing over the years.