Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about processors, digital photography, AI, quantum computing, computer science, materials science, supercomputers, drones, browsers, 3D ...

The Google Pixel 2 has one of the best smartphone cameras on the market, and one of the niftiest features is its support for portrait-style photos that blur the background. While that’s not an unusual ...

This guide shows you how to get the Pixel 2‘s Portrait mode on your older Pixel or Nexus phone. If you want to take stunning photos but can’t afford the new Pixel 2 XL, we have you covered. This mod ...

Android 16 QPR1 Beta 1 brings the new Magic Portrait feature on Pixel devices, which enhances lock screens with frames and dynamic weather effects. You can choose from different weather effects or cut ...

If you, like me, had stopped by Gray Area’s showcase of emerging new media artists last December, you would have run into a long, long line--for Susie Fu’s interactive “Self Portraits” installation.

Is portrait mode on your camera really any good? What happens when you take a smartphone to a model photoshoot, for example, and try it out under pro-lighting and with someone who knows how to pose?

Most modern smartphones are capable of taking great portraits. Amy Davies rounds-up the best on the market. The post Best ...