You know those travel photos where it looks like someone magically followed a person around taking all their pictures? Yeah…sometimes it’s just an iPhone, a tripod, and a tiny little remote shutter doing the heavy lifting while the person awkwardly poses in public pretending they’re not being judged.

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Use Night Mode – because sometimes life happens in the dark… and somehow our iPhones are out here performing witchcraft.

Starting with the iPhone 11 and later models, Apple gave us Night mode — which basically means your phone can suddenly see things your tired eyeballs cannot. Honestly, rude but helpful.

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Have you ever taking a photo of your dog (or your coffee… or your kid… or all three together) and wish you could magically blur out the background? Welcome to Portrait Mode, aka the cheat code for making your iPhone photos look suspiciously professional.

But wait—there’s more! It’s not just a fancy background blur. Portrait Mode has a few bonus features that let you fix and flat-out make your way to photo greatness.

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