Revolutionize Your Photography with iPhone 15’s New Camera Feature!
Longtime iPhone users, brace yourselves! With the advent of the iPhone 15 and iOS 17, it’s time to break old habits and embrace the future. Get ready to discover some brilliant features that will redefine your iPhone experience.
Remember the iOS 17 trick for quickly sharing photos in Apple’s Messages app? Well, there’s another photo-related trick you need to learn. This one is exclusive to the iPhone 15 models: Say goodbye to remembering to enable the camera’s Portrait mode.
With the iPhone 15/Plus or the iPhone 15 Pro/Max models, any photo you take can be transformed into a Portrait mode photo after the fact. No more scrambling through the camera menu trying to capture that perfect shot.
Apple first introduced Portrait mode with the iPhone X in 2017. iPhones capture depth information and apply bokeh effects (the background blur) accordingly. But with the iPhone 15 models, there’s a significant upgrade: You no longer have to set the Camera to Portrait mode to take portrait photos.
Just point and shoot. Each photo captured by the iPhone contains depth of field information automatically, allowing you to adjust it later.
The best part? You don’t need an iPhone 15 Pro or 15 Pro Max to enjoy this feature. The iPhone 15 and 15 Plus have got you covered. Unfortunately, this feature hasn’t made its way down to the iPhone 14 Pro and 14 Pro Max, which boast the same camera tech and chip as the iPhone 15 and 15 Plus.
To transform regular photos into portraits, simply open the Photos app, tap the Portrait menu at the top of the screen, and let your iPhone do the rest. You can alter the depth information using the menus that appear, adjusting the blur effect. If multiple subjects are in the photo, you can switch focus between them.
This new camera trick will revolutionize how you take photos, especially if you’re a fan of portraits. However, it only works if your subject is a person, cat, or dog.
While Portrait mode still exists in the Camera app and many people will continue to use it out of habit, you don’t need it for most of your regular photos anymore. Especially those fleeting moments that are easy to miss.
Lastly, remember that this portrait trick only works with images captured using one of the four new iPhones. That’s because you need that depth information to transform regular photos into portraits after they’ve been taken.
