Background blur, often called “bokeh” after the Japanese word for blur, is generally associated with high-end cameras with wide-aperture lenses. The effect is popular for portraits, and is emulated — ...

Basic photo edits only take a few seconds on iPhone, as Apple includes plenty of options in the Photos app to spruce up your pictures as soon as you take them. For example, you can remove the ...

One of the novelties that have arrived on Android devices in recent days is the 'Universal Portrait' of Google Photos. For more than two years it was possible to blur the background of any portrait, ...

Despite being at a disadvantage, your compact camera can be used to make your subject pop from its surroundings or give you shallow depth of field. Managing Editor Josh Goldman is a laptop expert and ...

is a Senior Producer on Decoder. Previously, he reported on the technology and gaming industries for more than a decade. Facebook is banking on the smartphone camera being the most influential and ...

Life moves fast. Sometimes it even feels like a blur. And for this week’s Shooting Challenge, we’re celebrating the speed of life. Take a photo where a subject is sitting still and their background is ...