portrait mode

Taller than wide

Portrait mode is a camera setting or orientation where the frame is taller than it is wide, suited for photographing people or vertical subjects.

On smartphones, portrait mode also refers to a feature that blurs the background to simulate the shallow depth of field of professional photography: The portrait mode on my phone makes selfies look almost professional.

Related

background · iPhone · phone camera · camera · selfie · focus · edge detection · face · headshot · head and shoulders · vertical · photography · aperture · subject · sharp · foreground · lens · DSLR

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Opposites
page/image orientation

portrait modelandscape mode

Wider-than-tall display setting

landscape · widescreen · letterbox

photography camera mode

portrait modelandscape mode

Wider-than-tall display setting

standard mode · auto mode · macro mode · night mode · panorama mode

Family

portrait, mode, portraits, portraiture, portray, portrayal, portraying, portrayed, portrays

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G