A portrait background plays a much more important role than filling the space behind your subject. It can be a strategic tool, reshaping the picture’s essence and perception. A simple headshot or a ...

Honk honk! Goodbye pesky background. Photo: Charlie Sorrel/Cult of Mac The iPhone’s incredible Portrait mode does a great job of blurring the backgrounds of photos, making the subject stand out from ...

Creating a soft, out of focus background when you're shooting portraits will mean your subject will be the centre of attention and any distracting objects that are behind them are blurred out of view.

Learn how to master iPhone portrait mode with expert tips on lighting, lenses, composition, and editing for professional-quality photos.

Tips to help you produce engaging portraits in ambient lighting. Tight framing with a relatively long lens produced this jovial portrait of an ‘old salt’. Olympus E-M5 with 75-300mm lens at 75mm focal ...