Portrait mode photos can be shown in a side view, revealing contour map-like slices that represent depth. Sliders let me adjust which parts of the background and foreground get blurred.

To use this shooting mode, you need to be using the iPhone 7 Plus and the iOS 10.1 software. Open the phone's camera, slide the camera wheel at the bottom to Portrait mode, and tap the shutter ...

Portrait mode works best when the camera and the phone's software can easily differentiate between the foreground and the background. When those two things are too close together, or too similar ...

Starting with the iPhone 7 Plus and 8 Plus, newer iPhones feature a Portrait Mode that automatically focuses on foreground features, and blurs the background, creating studio-quality images.

All Portrait Mode shots are automatically taken with the “telephoto” lens, since the image from the standard non-telephoto lens is being used to distinguish between the foreground and ...

Depth editing with Google Photos To adjust the background blur, open a portrait mode photo in Google Photos and tap the edit button. You'll see a belt of filters (including the new Color Pop ...

The key to using Portrait Mode effectively is to have a singular subject in the foreground — ideally in high-to-medium light — and something somewhat interesting going on in the background.

In both flavors of Night Portrait mode, a tripod or flat surface is handy, and sometimes a necessity. In our test night portraits, Auto mode had a hard time capturing details in the background.

It’s possible that the iPhone 12, with those rumored camera upgrades, might finally bring an official Portrait mode to video. For now, at least, Focos Live gets the job done.

To further tweak the foreground from the background in Edit mode, tap the Portrait Lighting button (the hexagon icon in the upper left). Again, move the slider bar at the bottom.