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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Blur Gallery in Adobe Photoshop is different from the Blur Filters we’ve covered previously (both are found in Photoshop’s Filter menu). When you select Blur Gallery, Photoshop displays another ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Achieving realism in visual effects (VFX) is crucial for creating immersive and believable scenes in Unreal Engine. While the engine’s built-in cine camera is powerful and precise, it often produces ...