Portrait Lighting on iPhone X and iPhone 8 Plus
Wednesday 14 March 2018, 22:44 by Michelle Peeters | 6,210 views | 0 commentsThis article was translated from Dutch with the help of AI. Read the original.
With Portrait Lighting on the iPhone X and iPhone 8 Plus, you can create studio-style photos yourself. You can choose from several types of filters, including black and white or a completely black background.
This video shows part of the development of this feature by Apple.
Studying paintings and portraits
Apple first studied various portraits, both from famous paintings such as Girl with a Pearl Earring by Dutch master Johannes Vermeer and the Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci, as well as famous portrait photos.
They looked at how the lighting for those portraits was arranged and how it could be simulated with the iPhone X. Apple also worked with image-makers and photographers around the world.
In the end, all the data was combined with machine learning, making Portrait Lighting possible.
Only on the iPhone X and iPhone 8 Plus
Unfortunately, the video does not show the entire development process of the feature. The Portrait Lighting feature is currently only available on the iPhone X and iPhone 8 Plus, the newest and most powerful iPhones with dual cameras.
This year, the feature will probably become available on more devices. On the successor to the iPhone X and a larger iPhone X Plus. The new 6.1-inch iPhone, which has yet to appear, probably will not have dual cameras.
In the video below, you can see how to use Portrait Lighting:
About the author
Michelle Peeters is fotografe en oprichter van DeuxBleus Fotografie. Michelle herkent het bijzondere in het gewone en het gewone in het bijzondere. Ze heeft zich nooit willen specialiseren en is daardoor van alle markten thuis.
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