When Is Vignetting Useful? One “good” use of vignetting is to mute distracting elements at the edge of your photo. Bright colors or strong linework could lead your eye right out of the image otherwise. In the same vein, you can use vignetting to draw attention to one portion of your image.

What does vignette do to a photo?

A vignette is a darker border - sometimes as a blur or a shadow - at the periphery of photos. It can be an intentional effect to highlight certain aspects of the image or as a result of using the wrong settings, equipment or lens when taking a photo.

Are vignettes bad?

That brings us further to our point in this article: vignetting at all isn't a bad thing. It is just simply a thing. ... Vignetting can also be used very well in black and white photos, street photos, portraits, etc. There are many surreal artists that use it to give off a specific feel to their images.