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Shooting for creative blur

Creative portraits: Going for the blur

Nothing quite like a creative portrait and shooting for the blur. Especially when it comes to shooting on location. My home studio is fairly small, so I can’t shoot effectively with my 85mm lens or a 70-300mm lens. Well, at least not full body shots. Why blur? Well, blur is

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How to blur your background in Lightroom Classic

Sometimes, no matter how hard you try you still wish your background had a little more blur. Whether it’s to remove distractions or you just like the aesthetics of it. Lightroom’s new masking tools make it super easy to achieve. So I thought I’d put together a little tutorial on

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No, not all your images need that creamy bokeh look

Bokeh has been exploding in popularity left, right and center. Everyone wants that creamy bokeh look on their photos. What is bokeh? Why has it become so popular? Should you use bokeh too? Well, this article will answer all those questions. What is bokeh? Bokeh comes from a Japanese word

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Quick Tip: Get Close to Achieve a Shallow Depth of Field

Love that blurred background look, but don’t have a lens with a wide open aperture? Even if you’re limited to something like a kit lens, you can still achieve the same effect. Both of the above photos were shot with my Olympus 40-150 f/2.8 lens at the same 40mm focal

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