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How to Create Beautiful, Blurry Backgrounds in Your Photos
How to Create Beautiful, Blurry Backgrounds in Your Photos
by Mathew Malwitz · Posted 06/16/2026
If there’s one question fledgling photographers often ask, it’s “How did you get such a nice background?” Backgrounds are an essential element of a photograph that are often neglected. In fact, it’s safe to say that a background is as important to a composition as the subject itself. After all, a distracting one will detract from an image. In this guide, we’re going to cover the many methods used to capture clean, smooth backgrounds in our images. This will encompass the settings and gear involved as well as the in-the-field techniques you can
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Photography Techniques
Wildlife Photography
Small World, Big Detail: The Ultimate Macro Lens Buying Guide
Small World, Big Detail: The Ultimate Macro Lens Buying Guide
by Mathew Malwitz · Posted 12/23/2025
We’ve all tried to photograph something up close. This small-scale world fascinates us all, whether it be a stunning flower or a bumble bee crawling about, but our cameras can’t seem to focus as close as we want. So, what is a struggling photographer to do? There are several ways to do close-up, or "macro" photography, but the 
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Macro Photography
Close-Up
Macro Lenses
Gift Guide for Vloggers and Mobile Creators
by M. Brett Smith · Posted 11/30/2022
It's holiday season, and if you're reading this on any kind of electronic device (shout out to everyone who still subs my handwritten newsletter, btw), you likely know someone who either is or is interested in becoming a vlogger or mobile content creator. If said creator or aspiring vlogger is on your holiday shopping list and you're not quite sure what to get them, fear not, for we have put together a gift guide of some of our favorite mobile photo and video accessories. SmallRig 1.55X Anamorphic Lens Thanks to the continued advancement of
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Vlogging
Vlogging Accessories
The Ethics of Wildlife Photography
by Jill Waterman · Posted 08/09/2021
In his 1997 article “The Problem with Wildlife Photography,” author and environmental activist Bill McKibben wrote, “Without Kodak there’d be no Endangered Species Act.” While viewed by some at the time as controversial, McKibben’s point has only gained traction in the intervening years. Recent news reports abound with stories of overenthusiastic shutterbugs who do harm to themselves—or worse yet, to their intended animal subjects—when attempting selfies in the wild or trying to capture a prize-winning close-up. Fueled by the power of
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Wildlife Photography
Animal Photography
Nature Photography
Transitioning from Binoculars to Cameras: Tips for Beginner Bird Photographers
by Todd Vorenkamp · Posted 03/10/2021
A few things happen when you look through a pair of binoculars, a spotting scope, or a telescope. The first thing that happens when you see awesomeness is you think, sometimes out loud, "Wow!" The next thing that happens is that you want to share what you are seeing with others—this
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Binoculars
Spotting Scopes
Bird Photography
Optics
10 Tips for the One-Lens Traveler
10 Tips for the One-Lens Traveler
by Todd Vorenkamp · Posted 06/05/2019
At some point, in the photographic journeys of many of us, we suffer from a chronic (or acute) case of Gear Acquisition Syndrome (GAS) and we keep buying stuff (thank YOU for shopping at B&H Photo!) that ends up in our camera bags. We launch into a holiday or family vacation wanting to be prepared for any photographic challenge, regardless of our destination. Super-telephoto action? Check. Wide-angle landscapes? Check. Moody street scenes
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Travel Photography
Smartphones
Prime Lenses
A Glossary of Digital Photography Terms
by Allan Weitz · Posted 03/21/2016
Sometimes, the phrases, acronyms and strings of numbers or number-letter combinations used to identify photographic hardware or techniques can be daunting to the uninitiated neophyte photographer. We've prepared a list of the basic terms. Have we left any out that you think should be added? Please let us know! 0-9 | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I |
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DSLR Cameras