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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Phone 17 Pro and Max users have taken to internet forums to express frustration that Portrait Night Mode is missing ...

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 ...

When you take a picture in Apple's Portrait mode, iOS uses the dual cameras of your iPhone to create a depth-of-field effect, allowing you to compose a photo that keeps your subject sharp with a ...

Apple's newer iPhones, beginning with the iPhone 12 mini, ‌iPhone 12‌, ‌‌iPhone‌ 12 Pro, and ‌‌iPhone‌ 12 Pro‌ Max, are equipped with a photography feature called Night Mode, which is designed to take ...