Blurry photos are generally a bad thing. But although it’s true that—with rare exception—no one likes camera shake in their photos, sometimes blur is intentional, such as when you shoot a photo with ...

Bokeh. To some, it’s the most sought-after aspect of a photograph; to others, it’s a buzzword that just won’t die. The term — which is an intentional misspelling of the Japanese word “boke,” meaning ...

Ever seen a shot with great bokeh – that wonderfully blurry background around a sharply focused subject- only to discover on closer inspection, that part of the subject had been blurred out too?

The pixel-peepers over at DxOMark have shared some of the interesting metrics and techniques they use to judge the quality of a smartphone’s artificial bokeh, or background blur in photos. Not only is ...

The next big thing in the world of smartphones are dual rear camera arrangements, one where a high-resolution camera is joined by a second typically low-resolution camera. The combination of the two ...

So, “bokeh”: a Japanese word that has no English equivalent, but once explained a very simple concept for any camera-wielder to grasp. How simple? Well, this five-step guide will clue you in on all ...

Did you know that you can shape the aperture on your lens to create a unique, artistic background? I discovered a simple DIY method to shape the aperture – and the results were mesmerizing. By ...

This collection shares practical oil painting insights, including the alla prima technique, painting realistic flames, creating soft bokeh backgrounds, strengthening artistic fundamentals, and ...

Most struggle to pronounce the word and argue about its pronunciation. Bokeh is one of the most popular photo effects, so much that smartphones use software enhancements to try and replicate it ...

What's a bokeh you say? It's that oh-so-wonderful fuzziness in the background of photographs with a shallow depth of field and accompanying starry highlights. You can create you own bokeh effects with ...