Image processing with adjustable Bokeh effect

An apparatus, comprising:

• a memory storing processor-readable code;
• and
• at least one processor coupled to the memory, the at least one processor configured to execute the processor-readable code to cause the at least one processor to perform operations including:
• determining, prior to image capture by a camera, a second aperture size that corresponds to the first depth of focus;
• determining, prior to image capture by the camera, a first aperture size of a plurality of aperture sizes of the camera that is nearest the second aperture size, wherein the first aperture size is smaller than the second aperture size;
• receiving image data comprising a representation of a scene captured with the camera configured with the first aperture size;
• and
• determining first modified image data by applying a first blur kernel to the image data, wherein the first modified image data represents the scene at the depth of focus corresponding to the second aperture size.