In shallow focus one plane of the image is in focus while the rest is out of focus.

The opposite of shallow focus is deep focus, in which the entire image is in focus.

But she does use such traditional photographic devices as blur, shallow focus and unusual cropping.

The portraits, taken in 1983 and '84, have a shallow focus and purplish color that give their subjects a dreamy, intense air.

His photographic activities were amateur but rigorous; his photographs employed both shallow focus and rather incongruous juxtapositions to great effect.

Possible to have deep focus, shallow focus.

He orchestrates these tangles by using shallow focus to direct the viewer's attention to this or that level of his densely woven images.

He also makes good use of the exceptional detail and shallow focus provided by the larger film and camera.

Today, the trend is for more shallow focus.

I turned my gaze back to the mirror, trying to keep my focus shallow so I wouldn't look at my reflection.