Portrait mode has been making folks look great since the iPhone 7 Plus and 8 Plus—taking great portraits has never been so easy as picking a Portrait Lighting mode and letting the iPhone work its magic. With iOS 13, Apple has added even more flexibility: you can adjust the intensity of the lighting effect applied in Portrait mode. To avoid your photo looking like a bad photoshop job, just tap the lighting intensity icon at the top of the screen and swipe on the slider left or right to tune the effect up or down. A little goes a long way! Let's get started.
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How to Adjust Portrait Mode Lighting on the iPhone
Note that this feature is only available on the iPhone XR, XS, 11, or 11 Pro.
- Open the Camera app.
- Select Portrait mode by touching the camera modes slider below the viewfinder and sliding left or right.
- In Portrait mode, a new set of lighting effects will appear just at the bottom of the viewfinder. Touch the lighting mode icon and slide left or right to select a lighting mode. The Natural Light effect only applies a background blur and no lighting effect, so I’ll demonstrate with Studio Light effect.
- With Studio Light selected, turn to the row of options icons at the top of the screen, above the viewfinder. Tap the light intensity icon, which looks like a dot and circle inside a six sided polygon (a regular hexagram if you’re feeling precise).
- With the light intensity icon highlighted yellow, the viewfinder will slide up just a little, and the camera mode selection slider will be replaced by a light intensity slider. Touch it and slide left or right to adjust your lighting effect.
- You can also tap the f-stop icon at the top right of the screen—a cursive f and a number—to adjust how blurry the background is, using the same slider.
- When you’re done, you can snap your picture with confidence: the Portrait Lighting effect can be tweaked or removed later in the Photos app.
Now you know how to adjust the lighting mode in your iPhone’s Portrait mode!
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