If there’s anything that portrait mode on newer iPhones (and the like) has shown us is that the blurry part informs our eyes where we should be focusing in order to understand what the photograph is all about.
It’s not that the blurry part isn’t important.
(In fact, it’s very important…it turns out making a large part of the photo really blurry is actually what we pay MORE for.)
The blurry parts tell us to stop looking over there and instead look here. Because here is where the purpose of the photo is.
It’s ok to have a blurry part (stuff that you aren’t at all focused on)…as long as the blur is highlighting your crystal clear part.
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