Out of focus

Learn how out of focus, selective focus & motion blur photography can add an entirely new, unique & engaging dynamic to your photos!

Given the recent heat wave that has hit New York City, artist Philip Barlow's blurry renditions of a crowded city really resonate with me. The South

It’s a force that reveals all my curiosities. Envelopes my sight, to the left and right. Red earth, mile high giants, great plains… this is the land we roamed, the land we saw… it’s the land we call home. 2,743 miles we drove. I in one seat, my love in the next. The windows were […]

Cape Town-based artist Philip Barlow paints abstracted depictions of the cityscapes at night, blurring the focus of street lamps and headlights the way our eyes or a photographer’s lens might when adjusting to a city’s bright, multi-colored lights. In this way, Barlow paints from perception rather than reality, showcasing the beautiful ways we process our daily surroundings. In the foreground, the paintings feature overlapping orbs of white, red, and blue light, which obscure blurred…

Ballet can be intimidating. Many of the movements are difficult and unnatural, but adult dancers don’t have to master ballet technique to build confidence. Everyone has the tendency to be hard on themselves in ballet class, but there’s . . .

And a softness came from the starlight and filled me full to the bone - W.B.Yeats, pic by RiaPereira - Lensbaby

Often portrayed in the nude, Eleanor Callahan is sometimes the central event of a striking picture. In other memorable photographs, she is a tiny but powerful feminine force.

philip barlows out-of-focus oil paintings depict a world for short-sighted people | Netfloor USA

Reminiscence is a creation by the artist Hengki Lee. Category People, Male, Visual poetry, Surreal, Photography, Digital. Sony Alpha 850, Lensbaby. 4 distinctions, 10K views, 64 appreciations, 4 comments, 9 favourites, 1 group project.

Focus on the process and results will come.