sometimes i cheat even worse lol

if I have an image I really like and i wanted the background blurred out
I do it in photoshop. i dupe the original image into a new layer then i use gausin blur if thats how you spell it lol
and then i create a mask and with the black paint brush paint away what i dont want blured :-)

only because im not as bright as inshaala to know how to do this with a camera lol
Great tips inshaala :-)