Portrait mode for iPhone XR, When I went to take a portrait picture of my dog my iPhone would not recognize that I wanted a portrait picture. It said no person detected and took a normal picture how do I change that? Then when I tried with my toddler because she wasn’t looking it did the same thing.
Evidently, iPhone Xr doesn't incorporate the same Portrait mode of the more expensive Xs and Xs Max phone. That said, I believe you can use portrait mode after you take the photo to create the bokeh effect. Try that and see if it produces the desired effect.
Thanks guys I Didn’t know this. I have an X and traded my husband for a few days to try his XR. I think I’m gonna trade back.
From my understanding of a description that was provided in an earlier thread about this, because the XR uses only a single lens camera for Portrait mode, it seems it can only take a portrait photo of a person. Seems the software will only handle Portrait mode for a human face. If the child was not looking towards the camera, it is very possible it did not recognize that it was human face. Try again with a person looking at the camera to test.
Ha! Yes, the new XR is less expensive because it only has a single camera and uses software for the Portrait mode.
iPhone XR Portrait mode
