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Wildly Easy Way To Cut Out Tricky Subjects + Add in A Blurry Background in Photoshop!

Having a creamy, dreamy background can sure make a photo look dreamy and can really make your subject pop out. It’s always best to try to achieve a blurry background right in camera. (Don’t Know how Read 4 Ways to Get a Blurry Background right here) But, if you just didn’t capture the blur the...

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4 Simple Ways to Get a Blurry Background in Your Photos

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  Photography Tips for Portrait Photographers! Do you want to know how to get a blurry background in your photos? You can do it! Keep reading to learn 4 simple steps to achieving this effect. You’ll see that once you take the time to set your photo up correctly using these techniques, you’ll be able...

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  • BeverlyApril 13, 2020 - 5:40 pm

    I truly appreciate your wonderful posts.  I have only viewed a few posts so far, and yet have learned so much!   Please know how much I appreciate your lessons!!ReplyCancel

  • StaceyApril 22, 2019 - 7:25 pm

    What photoshop app do you use or can you recommend some good ones???ReplyCancel

  • DanielaMarch 2, 2019 - 12:48 pm

    Hi Emily,
    Thanks again for all you do! I’m new at photoshop and maybe my hardware and software is not most up to date, but when following your steps to blur the background, I get this message “Could not complete the Gaussian Blur command because there’s not enough memorie (RAM)”. Do you happen to know why and how to fix this error? Thanks again, Emily!ReplyCancel

    • Cozy Clicks PhotographyMarch 4, 2019 - 9:01 am

      Hey Daniela!
      You are so welcome! it sounds like you are going to need to free up some space on your computer. Delete some of the programs or files you aren’t using to get yourself some more memory back:) EmilyReplyCancel

  • Janelle D.October 22, 2018 - 7:23 pm

    Thank you for the video tutorial.  I was wasting time using the blur tool and still not getting the effect I wanted.  Now I know the proper way to blur the background.  Thank you!ReplyCancel

  • EvaJune 3, 2017 - 11:32 am

    Beautiful edit. I love all of your tutorials. Thank you for sharing! My question is, how do you remove the ‘halo’ that’s around him, after you’ve erased the unwanted blur over his face/head?ReplyCancel

    • Cozy Clicks PhotographyJune 9, 2017 - 3:31 pm

      Hi Eva!
      Generally I edit a lot more slowly and carefully then I do in the videos. I use a smaller brush around the face and hair to try to eliminate any haloing effect. Also, this works best if the background is already somewhat blurred. If it wasn’t, you could draw around the subject with the pen tool, make a selection and then apply blur. Hope that helps!
      EmilyReplyCancel

  • SydneyApril 7, 2017 - 4:10 pm

    Hey, Emily! I was wondering what editing software you use? Also what camera to do recommend someone who wants to get started in photography?ReplyCancel

    • Cozy Clicks Photography LLCApril 9, 2017 - 11:53 am

      Hi Sydney!
      Thanks for asking:) I usually use ACR and then bring into Photoshop. Occasionally Lightroom. I think a great beginner camera is the Canon T6. That is the newest model, but I started using two of the earlier models and really liked it! Good luck:)
      EmilyReplyCancel

  • TinaJanuary 9, 2017 - 5:12 pm

    Hi again Emily.
    Great advice, I am getting the blurry backrounds but I would love to know how you paint in those dreamy colors, it makes your subject stand out from the background? I can’t master this. Is there a special brush? Any advice would help, or maybe a tutorial you have posted before?
    Thanks for sharing!ReplyCancel

    • Cozy Clicks Photography LLCJanuary 10, 2017 - 8:46 am

      Hey Tina! There’s actually a few different things I do for color. I wrote in article here on Digital Photography School awhile back on what I do before hand to get colors to really pop. No special brush, but I do use a few Photoshop tools as well on occasion to boost/change the colors- I’ll put it on my calendar to write an article later this month on a few of the ways I do it:) EmilyReplyCancel