Contextual personalized focus for variable depth of field photographs on social networks

1. A method, comprising:

receiving, by a computer device, a photograph;

determining, by the computer device, a viewing user to receive the photograph;

determining, by the computer device, a contextual personalized focus for the photograph for the viewing user;

rendering, by the computer device, a version of the photograph based on the determined contextual personalized focus; and

providing, by the computer device, the rendered version of the photograph to the viewing user,

wherein the determining the contextual personalized focus comprises;

creating a tagging profile of the photograph;

extracting social network data of the viewing user;

analyzing focus selection criteria using the tagging profile and the social network data of the viewing user; and

determining the contextual personalized focus based on a weighted personalization analysis of the focus selection criteria.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the photograph is a variable depth of field photograph.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein:

the photograph is received from a first user of a social media service; and

the viewing user is a second user of the social media service.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the determining the viewing user comprises determining that the second user is a social media friend or a social media connection of the first user in the social media service.

5. The method of claim 3 , wherein the providing the rendered version of the photograph comprises publishing the rendered version of the photograph to a feed of the second user in an interface of the social media service.

6. The method of claim 3 , wherein the viewing user is a first viewing user, the contextual personalized focus is a first contextual personalized focus, and the version is a first version, and further comprising:

determining, by the computer device, a second viewing user to receive the photograph;

determining, by the computer device, a second contextual personalized focus for the photograph for the second viewing user;

rendering, by the computer device, a second version of the photograph based on the determined contextual personalized focus, wherein the second version of the photograph has a different focus point than the first version of the photograph; and

providing, by the computer device, the second rendered version of the photograph to the second viewing user.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the computer device comprises a server of the social media service.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein a social media service provider at least one of creates, maintains, deploys and supports the computer device.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein steps of claim 1 are provided by a social media service provider on a subscription, advertising, and/or fee basis.

10. A method, comprising:

receiving, by a computer device, a photograph;

determining, by the computer device, a viewing user to receive the photograph;

determining, by the computer device, a contextual personalized focus for the photograph for the viewing user;

rendering, by the computer device, a version of the photograph based on the determined contextual personalized focus; and

providing, by the computer device, the rendered version of the photograph to the viewing user,

wherein the photograph is a variable depth of field photograph;

the photograph is received from a first user of a social media service; and

the viewing user is a second user of the social media service; and

the rendering the version of the photograph comprises adjusting a focus point of the variable depth of field photograph to coincide with the determined contextual personalized focus.

11. A system comprising:

a CPU, a computer readable memory and a computer readable storage medium associated with a computing device;

program instructions to receive a photograph from a posting user of a social media service;

program instructions to determine a first contextual personalized focus for the photograph based on social network data of a first viewing user;

program instructions to render a first version of the photograph based on the first contextual personalized focus;

program instructions to provide the first rendered version of the photograph to a social media feed of the first viewing user;

program instructions to determine a second contextual personalized focus for the photograph based on social network data of a second viewing user;

program instructions to render a second version of the photograph based on the second contextual personalized focus; and

program instructions to provide the second rendered version of the photograph to a social media feed of the second viewing user,

wherein the determining the contextual personalized focus comprises;

creating a tagging profile of the photograph;

extracting social network data of the viewing user;

analyzing focus selection criteria using the tagging profile and the social network data of the viewing user; and

determining the contextual personalized focus based on a weighted personalization analysis of the focus selection criteria; and

the program instructions are stored on the computer readable storage medium for execution by the CPU via the computer readable memory.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the photograph is a variable depth of field photograph.

13. The system of claim 12 , wherein the first version of the photograph has a different focus point than the second version of the photograph.