Are you looking for some inexpensive ways to be a little more creative with your photography? Is a roll of aluminum foil and some color gels inexpensive enough for you? If so, then this incredibly ...

Google has been working on adding a manual blur adjustment setting to Google Photos for several months now, and the popular “Color Pop” feature has also been hinted for a manual release. Now, it ...

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Everyone likes a good, bright aperture lens. One of the reasons is that it provides exceptional bokeh and depth of field while also providing immense sharpness. While f1.2 lenses are rare (and ...

Certain users report a new Google Photos manual bokeh effect appearing in the app. Along with the manual bokeh, it appears Google is also testing Color Pop…again. These two features appear to be in a ...