Edges and background

I'm new with photoshop and would like to blur(put out of focus) the edges and background of my photo, not the subjct. What's the best or easiest way to do this?

Hi Richard,
There are a number of ways to do this, but a good place to start might be:
1. Select the subject with the lasso tool (http://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/selecting-lasso-tools.html). 
2. Go to Select -> Inverse (so that the background is now selected). 
3. Go to Filters -> Blur -> Gaussian Blur.  Play with the amount of blur till it looks like what you want. 
Hope this helps!

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