Who doesn’t love a gimmicky—but fun—special effects lens to add to your cinematographer's bag of tricks? The new 7Artisans Floral Bloom 37mm T2.9 lens isn’t here to be a regular lens option, but it’s ...

Pronounced "bo-kay," the bokeh effect refers to the out-of-focus background in a photo or video. Depending on camera type and distance to the object in focus, the bokeh effect is often unintentional; ...

Sunday: Cheap phone photography, editing apps, and a history lesson Sunday: Cheap phone photography, editing apps, and a history lesson The technological foundation of mobile photography How to take a ...

The iPhone 17 could offer a big boost to photographers, by including a variable aperture that gives more control over the blurriness of an image. Standalone cameras, such as DSLRs and mirrorless ...

In photography, the term bokeh (derived from Japanese, meaning “blur” or “haze”) refers to the visually distinctive appearance of light in the out-of-focus areas of a photograph. Various lens ...

Two new phones are doing something different with their cameras to create a stronger, more versatile depth of field effect, where the background is blurred around a subject. It’s a complicated ...

Don’t wait for the iPhone 12. Focos Live lets iPhone users film bokeh video today. Photo: Xiaodong Wang/Cult of Mac iPhones can automatically blur the backgrounds of still images but not video. Enter ...

The iPhone SE can take a 2D image and make it into a Portrait Mode picture with the bokeh effect. The 2020 iPhone SE is the first Apple smartphone to offer Portrait Mode photos created entirely with ...