Most creative arts suffer from trends. Someone does something new or unusual, and suddenly dozens of others are imitating it; just look at Hollywood. Since the arrival of the Canon 5D Mark II, shallow ...

With their tiny lenses and even tinier sensors, will cellphone cameras ever be able to take photos as good as those from SLRs and Micro Four Thirds cameras? The quality has all but been taken care of ...

iPhone/iPod touch: Small sensors in smartphone cameras always lead to everything being in focus. SynthCam uses some clever tricks to allow your iDevice to emulate the shallow depth of field look you ...

SynthCam is probably the coolest cellphone photography app we've seen in quite a while. In short, it allows you to snap iPhone pictures with a very shallow depth of field, blurring the background of ...

When photographers talk about the “depth of field” in an image, they’re referring to how much of the picture they choose to have in focus. You may think “but don’t I want all of my image to be in ...

Replay: Today's large sensor cameras allow us much more control over depth of field than older, small sensor devices. Here's some tips on how to use depth of field as a creative tool. When DSLR video ...

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If you’re looking forward to utilizing the upcoming depth of field effect on the iPhone 7 Plus, you should be aware of its potential limitations. Although it appears to be a great tool to have in the ...

Studio portraits are great and all, but shooting outdoor portraits offers so much more potential for interesting locations, backgrounds, and moments. The one downside, as we all know, is that shooting ...

I’m going to be using an imaginary lens of F4-F22 here for this discussion. It’s important to understand how the aperture works on your camera, but don’t get too obsessed in it. Think of the aperture ...