soft focus

noun

, Photography.

an image, often created by a special lens, that is recognizable but somewhat blurred or diffused.

First recorded in 1915–20

At the time, I’d gotten these mall shots, the ones with soft focus, your hand on your face.

From Ozy

And Turn looks and feels like some sort of soft-focus dramatic-reenactment segment from a PBS documentary about Aaron Burr.

The Liberal ad showed a soft-focus Trudeau in a school classroom meltingly promising a “better country.”

And the costuming of the soft-focus heroine is feminine, maternal and homey.

The oilman airs soft-focus ads promoting wind power (wind is about right).

April 23, 2024inveterate

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