A Mashable Choice Award is a badge of honor, reserved for the absolute best stuff we’ve tested and loved. I had my reasons for not going phablet-sized (again) even though everyone who's made the ...

It seems a lot of folks are wondering why they’re not seeing portrait mode on the Google Pixel 2 front-facing camera. After posting a couple photos of the Pixel 2 on social media yesterday, I got ...

When Apple introduced the iPhone 7 Plus in 2016, it contained a new camera feature that quickly became one of the most talked about — and copied — in Apple's lineup: Portrait mode. Portrait mode uses ...

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 ...

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.

You can adjust the background blur of a Portrait mode photo on iPhone and Mac — even after you’ve taken the picture. Because the iPhone stores the depth data that it uses to create the blur effect ...

You can use Portrait mode on your iPhone to take high-quality photos, as long your iPhone has at least two camera lenses built in. Portrait mode simulates the shallow depth of field in high-quality ...

If you're a fan of the blurred background "portrait mode" shots taken on phones like the Apple iPhone or Samsung Note 8, get ready for way more smartphones to be capable of this in the near future.

Apple's newest iPhones support Portrait Mode, which allows you to take professional-looking pictures of people, pets, still life and more. Using the mode is easy, you just need to know where to look ...

Portrait Lighting can make a movie star out of almost anyone. Almost. Photo: Ste Smith/ Cult of Mac Portrait mode is an iPhone 7 feature that has been supercharged in the iPhones X and 8, with the ...

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