Take Portrait mode-style photos, no iPhone X required. Photo: Charlie Sorrel/Cult of Mac We’ve written a lot about the Focos photo app here on Cult of Mac, because it’s like the Photoshop of focus.

One of the headline features of the dual camera system in recent iPhones is Portrait Mode, an effect that simulates a DSLR-style shallow depth of field by intelligently blurring the background of your ...

Put simply, depth of field refers to how much depth in your image is in focus. If objects both close to and far away from he camera are sharp, then you have a deep depth of field. If the foreground or ...

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 ...

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One of the reasons to move up from a cellphone or point-and-shoot cameras to a DSLR or digital mirrorless one is the ability to exert control over your exposures with the latter. With cellphones or ...