When it comes to taking pictures of us, selfies have been important for ages, and while asking someone to help out can be ideal to get the most out of your background, a selfie is the way to go to highlight ourselves. While doing this, it is important to respect some basic rules and tricks that can make them look much better. Therefore, in this blog post we will teach you how to use portrait mode on your iPhone, and how to make the most out of it.
Choosing the perfect spot and background
All new iPhones already come with this portrait mode incorporated in the camera app, and what it does is basically blur out the background and highlight your face, which is exactly what we want. But just snapping the photo without taking some steps beforehand, can end up in results that you won’t like.
Finding the right spot to position yourself is always important. Try not to be too close to your background, for example a wall, or the portrait effect will start to struggle with what should be blurry and what not. Also always try to stand somewhere facing the light, this way the lightning conditions of your original photo will be excellent, and you can save yourself much time and stress afterwards when editing. But not only your positioning is important.
You also need to take in account how to hold your phone. For this, always try to hold it slightly higher than you, which will make the position of your face look much more natural and without twisting your neck down or sideways too much. It also helps catching more of the background, in case you want to show where you’re at, without taking away your face as the main focus of the photograph.
Lightning & Depth
Another interesting thing you can find in this portrait mode is the lightning adjustment and the depth of field. For lightning your iPhone will give you a couple of options to choose from, that will seem like filters but actually help a lot while finding the perfect spot for the light to hit you from. This way you can create a much lighter look, or also make some shadows appear. The depth will have a very different effect. It will help managing the blurriness of your background, while the smaller number will make the background almost disappear, and the larger number let it show a little more. This completely depends on what you want to show.
While it provides many tricks and hacks to improve your photography skills, learning how to use portrait mode on your iPhone properly can really help you give a different vibe to your selfies before posting them on social media, highlighting yourself over all things and allowing you to explore more of your creative self.
