How to Create a Mono Portrait with Your iPhone.

Give your portraits, or selfies an edge with this creative feature.

Self portrait by Petra Kidd.

You don’t have to have special photography skills to produce an imaginative portrait with your smartphone.

I created the above selfie with my iPhone 15 Pro Max using the ‘high-key light mono’ feature.

These special portrait features are available with the iPhone XS and later models.

Self portrait by Petra Kidd.

The portrait above was created using the ‘stage light mono’ feature. It is also available in colour.

• Choose ‘camera’ on your iPhone, go to portrait mode, and a menu will appear.
• Scroll across until you find a box icon labeled ‘stage light mono’ for a black background for your image or ‘high key mono’ for a white background.

Apologies for the goofy, slightly blurry screen shot below!

• To take a selfie, touch the circular icon with the arrows to the right of the central shutter button.
• Get creative and take your shot. With this feature, you don’t have to worry about the background. This method is also useful…