There are several technologies and skills that people use to take photographs. Most people focus on the camera equipment and complex setting to try to get good photos. In fact, there is a useful and simple way to make photos be more emotional and attractive, it named blurred processing. This is a skill which makes some parts of the photo be blurred and help highlight the main part. Photographers are able to make their photos be more creative by using. These are three typical ways of using blurred effect, and all of them have their specific function. 

The recorder (I) shot the first photo out of the Colonial Life Arena building in an evening last month. This photo does not have too many details, and it depicts a clear scene of wires with a blurred sunset background. He used a common shooting skill which is called macro shot that is making the camera mpletely focuses on the closest stuff to build such a strong contrast. This kind of technology makes the photo become closer to the shooter’s see sight. Besides, the artist used a slant see sight instead of a vertical one in order to add more stereo and extended feeling. 

Someone probably thinks it loses too many details in the background, but that is actually why it is special. Nowadays, as the development of the camera technology, some people believe that higher pixel cameras make better photos. However, sometimes, the impact of blur plays a more important role to make a photograph be successful. With this style, people are easier to be touched because of the more real see sight. In this picture, people can easily feel the distance between the background and the wires by the far blurred light spots. When the background becomes blurred, the wires that the camera focus will become clearer, and that is why the creator use blurred background to highlight the wires which he really want to express in this photo. 

The artist shot the second photo in the airplane at Columbia Airport before he left for his home. It was a rainy day, and he set his phone to focus on the raindrops on the window. The blurred background makes the raindrops become clearer, and it also helps depict the wet environment outside. What’s more, using the blurred background maybe is the only way that the artist can record the feeling of being surrounded by the airplane. The outside is cold and wet, but he felt warm and comfortable inside, and the blurs in the background help me put such special feeling into this photo. Therefore, the blurred background can not only show where he is but also help me highlight the safe feeling that he really wants to express.

The third photo is created by jnsilva who posted it on his Instagram account on September 28th. Jnsilva is a New York photographer and this photo shows a scene on New York subway. It looks like a simple shot which just recorded 3 people and a subway, but it does indicate the main features of New York City and the people who live there. The Two people who are in the photo looks a little bit tired and the color he uses is dark. He set his camera to focus on the people who sit far from him, so the one close to him is blurred. This person is a suspense that he set in this photo because it is hard for people to guess if he was going to stand up or sit there. However, anyway, he uses a static image to indicate a dynamic action in a smart way which is making the person be blurred, which tells people that the citizens who live in New York are busy. What’s more, from this photo, people could know that they can not only make the background be blurred, but also make the stuff that close to them be blurred, and both are effective ways to make the photo be more successful. In conclusion, the color and the emotion help this photo indicate that people in New York are tired and bored, and he uses the person who is moving to indicate that people in New York are busy. 

The forth photo is taken by Bay who posted it on Instagram. The two people are clear and the background is blurred. Because it is a photo of a nightfall city, the lights are turned on everywhere and the blurred background makes them seem colorful and have a stronger visual effect. What’s more, the blurred background makes the image be less complicated and makes the viewer be easier to focus on the characters. If the background is clear as the character, it will be harder for views to catch the highlight of this photo.

Therefore, learning from these three photos, it is obviously that using blurred scene is usually a great and irreplaceable way to help the shooter express some special feeling. The first photo proves that blur can strengthen the feeling of stereo, the second photo proves that blur can strengthen the feeling of being surrounded, the third photo proves that blur can record moving actions, the forth photo proves that blur makes the photo be more organized and less complicated, and it will be easier for the producers to express the highlight that they want to show. In some words, improving the quality is not the only way to get a better photo, by contrast, using blurred scene properly is a more effective way to make the photo become more impressive. 