{"id":23219,"date":"2019-01-04T09:56:38","date_gmt":"2019-01-04T17:56:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nicolesy.com\/?p=23219"},"modified":"2019-01-20T09:54:08","modified_gmt":"2019-01-20T17:54:08","slug":"blur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nicolesy.com\/2019\/01\/04\/blur\/","title":{"rendered":"Creative Ways to Add Blur to Your Photographs"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you want to have a little fun with your images, why not add some blur? There are a lot of different types of blur you can add, and below I’ve listed some of the methods I enjoy using to add a creative addition to my photographs.<\/p>\n

Increase the size of the aperture<\/h2>\n

The most obvious way to add blur to a photograph is to photograph with a wide aperture<\/strong>. The extent of the blur you add to a photo will depend on a few different factors.<\/p>\n

First, the lens<\/strong> you use will physically allow you to open the aperture only to a certain width. Lenses that go to f\/2.8 and wider will typically let you to blur any element that is not your in-focus subject quite well.<\/p>\n

But aperture alone is not the only factor that determines how the amount of blur added the rest of a photo. Focal length<\/strong>, along with your distance to the subject<\/strong> (and the subject’s distance to the background\/foreground), can also play a very big role. Simply put, the longer your focal length, and the farther away you are from the subject (and the subject is from its background), the more blurry the background (or foreground) will become in your photo. Couple this with a wide aperture and you have a very out-of-focus background. (Click here to learn more about this technique, also referred to as lens compression<\/em><\/a>.)<\/p>\n\n\t\t