Systems and methods for automatically rendering variable depth of field photographs are disclosed. A method includes: 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.