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; ...

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 ...

2016 has witnessed a fair share of design and performance tweaks in smartphones. There have been numerous improvements (at least the companies would like to call them that) but what we think has ...

Certain users report a new Google Photos manual bokeh effect appearing in the app. Along with the manual bokeh, it appears Google is also testing Color Pop…again. These two features appear to be in a ...

About a month after app researcher extraordinaire Jane Manchun Wong tweeted out one of the latest of her many scoops — that Facebook Messenger is testing a selfie mode for its camera that includes ...

Do you own an older generation iPhone with dual-cameras and after seeing the bokeh effect that comes with the new iPhones, you are convinced to upgrade to the newer models or probably looking for a ...

In last week’s blog entry on adding focus to your images with Bokeh, I showed you how you can use Alien Skin Software’s Bokeh plugin for Photoshop to draw attention to the subject of your photos by ...

Bokeh effects are a must-have feature on flagship smartphones, but these DSLR-like images look best when created with expensive dual-lens cameras. Rare examples such as Google’s Pixel 3 and Apple’s ...

Portrait mode for iPhone arrived back in 2016 as a beta. The Bokeh effect photo feature has improved and evolved over the years but Apple still hasn’t offered the feature for shooting video. Now a new ...

Bokeh adds a unique look to photos with creamy out-of focus highlights. If you want to get the best Bokeh effects, The Slanted Lens offers this lighting lesson with three basic rules. The Slanted Lens ...

Without a doubt, one of the highlight features Apple announced in its new iPhones are the serious upgrades to iPhone 7 Plus‘ image and video capture abilities, thanks in part to the device’s new ...

The iPhone 7 Plus gets a new portrait mode with the update to iOS 10.1 that lets you take dSLR-like photos right on your phone. Vanessa Hand Orellana Lead Writer Vanessa is a lead writer at CNET, ...