You can adjust the Portrait mode photo blur on iPhone and Mac — even after you’ve taken the picture. Your iPhone stores the depth data that it uses to create the blur effect along with the photo. So, ...

Thanks to Apple, virtually everyone with an iPhone understands the Japanese word and photo term known as bokeh. Thanks to Apple, virtually everyone mispronounces the word. Unlike previous iPhone ...

Patrick Holland has been a phone reviewer for CNET since 2016. He is a former theater director who occasionally makes short films. Patrick has an eye for photography and a passion for everything ...

How does Apple get that snazzy blur on photos from the iPhone 7+? You’ve probably seen it — the product of the newly-finalized “portrait mode” the company has been pushing in a recent string of ads.

Portrait Mode is an arty photo format that first arrived with the iPhone 7 Plus. It uses the twin-lens camera that’s present on the back of some iPhones to create an artistic depth effect, whereby the ...

Smartphones may have smaller sensors and lenses than DSLRs, but what the cameras in our pockets lack in hardware, they can (sometimes) make up for with software and computing power — as well as tweaks ...

There’s a good chance you use your smartphone to take pictures and capture video. You’ve probably also seen portrait mode in your camera app, and it can up your photography game big time if used ...