How to shoot fuzzy effect with mobile phone

Take a closer shot.

? The reason why the mobile phone can't shoot the blurred background is probably that the shooting distance is too far. Because the lens of the mobile phone is wide-angle, it is difficult to shoot the blurred background at a long distance. At present, as long as most mobile phones are close to shooting and focus on the main scene, they can form a certain blur effect. How close do you need? About 10- 15 cm.

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Close to shooting, the background is blurred and the subject is clear.

? Of course, the shooting distance can be flexibly controlled. Some main scenes are smaller, which can be closer, and some scenes are larger, which can be shot farther. It should be noted that this method can only shoot contrast scenery, such as flowers, cups, some small objects and so on. And it is impossible to blur the portrait.

Method 2

Keep the background away from the subject.

? According to the habit of human vision, in the same picture, the farther the subject scene is from the background, the smaller (virtual) the background is, and the larger the subject is, which often makes the blur effect of the background more prominent.

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The background leaves are far away from the main leaves.

The blurring effect is more obvious.

Method 3

Shoot in blur mode

? At present, mainstream mobile phones on the market already have a blur shooting mode, and basically all dual-lens mobile phones have a blur function. For example, iPhone；; Huawei, vivo, oppo, Xiaomi and so on. These phones all have fuzzy mode, but each phone has a different name for this fuzzy function. Huawei is called "big aperture", Apple /OPPO is called "portrait", vivo is called blur and so on. These functions can directly capture the background blur effect, especially the background blur effect of portrait photos.

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Huawei large aperture mode shooting

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iPhone？ Portrait blur mode

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Shoot flowers/leaves in blur mode

? As long as the mobile phone has the blur function, it can easily take a very soft blur effect. Therefore, if you want to change your mobile phone, you'd better choose a dual-lens mobile phone. The dual-lens mobile phone has a blur function, which has great advantages in taking portraits and still lives.

Method 5

Macro photography-add a macro lens

? Add an external macro lens to the mobile phone, and the mobile phone can take macro photos. Macro photography refers to the photo effect of enlarging the picture by 10-20 times, which can capture very subtle pictures, such as small insects, stamens, water droplets and so on. At the same time, macro can also form a background blur effect comparable to that of SLR.

▲ Mobile phone with macro lens.

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Mobile phone+external macro lens shooting

? It should be noted that macro photography needs careful observation and discovery, is good at discovering these subtle picture moments, and has strong patience to shoot, in order to capture these pictures.

Method 5

Add background blur later.

? Some later software can also add background blur, and software such as snapseed, mix and Tadda SLR can directly add background blur effect. Find the "shot blur" or "blur" tool in the software to add the blur effect. It should be noted that the "blurring" effect of the background of the later software is not natural, and the softness of blurring and the blurring transition of the edges are not as natural as the blurring function that comes with the mobile phone, so it is generally not recommended. If you want to use it, you should be very careful in post-processing and try to make the blur more natural.

? If the mobile phone has blur function, it is best to shoot directly in blur mode in the early stage. If there is no blurring function, you can only add it later. Background blur effect is added in the later stage of mobile phone, so these two softwares are preferred.

These are five ways to shoot a blurred background with a mobile phone. Portrait shooting, macro shooting and small scenes can all be blurred. Making good use of blur function can better enhance the artistic conception and layering of photos.