An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Soft focus photography can produce some beautiful images when used properly. It's used a lot in beauty and glamour shots, but can be applied to ...

Using a soft focus filter makes for flattering portraits and dream-like effects, but that comes at a cost. For about $6 you can make your own that offers the same benefits with a cool, unique look.

For the last month, I have been testing out Lensbaby's new fisheye and soft-focus optics, two glass cores which are drop-in replacements for the optic which comes inside the Lensbaby composer. The ...

Soft focus lenses and filters are popular with portrait photographers because of the control they give over the quality of out-of-focus areas and the softening of features at an adjustable level.

Soft focus lenses have been around for ages, but have somewhat fallen out of favor. It's been years since any big camera maker developed a lens with an intentionally soft look, but Lensbaby, a small ...

Photographers don`t always want the critically sharp images that modern cameras and films deliver. Some subjects, for example landscapes and portraits of women and children, are often improved with ...

Images, and the devices that capture them, are my focus. I've covered cameras at PCMag for the past 14 years, which has given me a front row seat for the changeover from DSLRs to mirrorless cameras, ...