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Digital Camera World
Kalum Carter

Beauty in the blur: Howthe photography style of "are, bure, boke" permitted me to push limits

Kalum Carter.

I’ve always been drawn to in-between moments and subtlety in my photography. The missed focus, the shake of movement, the way light falls softly onto a subject. Before I had the words for it, or the references, I was already shooting that way. It wasn’t a decision, just instinct. I wanted photographs that felt like memories and moments; imprecise and emotional, full of texture and mood.

I’ve never liked clinically sharp images. In fact, there was a time I would add motion blur in post, just to remove the clinical nature. It wasn’t about hiding mistakes, it was about searching for feeling. For something looser, something with character.

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