Portrait Mode comes to iPhone 7 Plus with iOS 10.1 download

WE'VE all been disappointed at the shakiness of our selfies from time to time.

But in the fashion and art worlds, a bit of controlled creative blurriness is actually very desirable.

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Professional snappers often use a visual effect known as "bokeh" which keeps the subject of a shot in focus, whilst the background is blurred.

This trick is very difficult to achieve with smartphone cameras, because it requires large and expensive lenses.

Now Apple has made this coveted photographic technique available to anyone who owns the new iPhone 7 Plus, which is the larger model of its famous smartphone range.

The tech giant wrote: "Using both 12-megapixel cameras on iPhone 7 Plus and advanced machine learning, Portrait mode applies a depth-of-field effect to make your foreground subject sharp while creating a beautifully blurred background.

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"This effect, also known as "bokeh" and previously only capable on DSLR cameras, turns the camera you carry around with you everyday into an even more powerful photography tool."

Apple fitted the iPhone 7 Plus with a particularly beefy camera with a new lens "enabling brighter, more detailed photos and videos any time of day".