The pixel-peepers over at DxOMark have shared some of the interesting metrics and techniques they use to judge the quality of a smartphone’s artificial bokeh, or background blur in photos. Not only is ...

Bokeh. To some, it’s the most sought-after aspect of a photograph; to others, it’s a buzzword that just won’t die. The term — which is an intentional misspelling of the Japanese word “boke,” meaning ...

Most struggle to pronounce the word and argue about its pronunciation. Bokeh is one of the most popular photo effects, so much that smartphones use software enhancements to try and replicate it ...

In photography, the term bokeh (derived from Japanese, meaning “blur” or “haze”) refers to the visually distinctive appearance of light in the out-of-focus areas of a photograph. Various lens ...

Smartphone cameras are extremely good, but the only way to get a bokeh effect is by using artificial portrait modes. Now on Pixel phones, you can add that effect to almost any picture stored on Google ...

How to capture images with attractive out-of-focus areas. Whenever you read a lens review, you’re almost certain to come across an evaluation of the ‘bokeh’ of the lens. It’s an aesthetic quality that ...

Ever seen a shot with great bokeh – that wonderfully blurry background around a sharply focused subject- only to discover on closer inspection, that part of the subject had been blurred out too?

Apple’s newest iPhones (specifically the iPhone 8 Plus and the soon-to-be-released iPhone X) have a hidden talent: They’re both really, really good at making you (and all of your friends) look way, ...

Chris Welch is a former senior reviewer who worked at The Verge from 2011 until May 2025. His coverage areas included audio (Sonos, Apple, Bose, Sony, etc.), home theater, smartphones, photography, ...