Take a selfie in Portrait mode with your iPad camera
On supported models, you can use Portrait mode when you take a selfie with the front camera. This effect keeps your face sharp while creating a beautifully blurred foreground and background. Depending on your iPad model, you can also apply Portrait Lighting effects and adjust the level of the background blur.
Take a selfie in Portrait mode
Open Camera on your iPad.
Choose Portrait mode.
Hold your iPad in front of you, then frame yourself in the portrait box.
Tap the Shutter button to take the shot.
Change the Portrait Lighting effect
On models that support Portrait Lighting, you can apply studio-quality lighting effects to the selfies you take in Portrait mode.
Open Camera on your iPad.
Choose Portrait mode.
Hold your iPad in front of you, then frame yourself in the portrait box.
Drag to choose a lighting effect:
Natural Light: The face is in sharp focus against a blurred background.
Studio Light: The face is brightly lit, and the photo has an overall clean look.
Contour Light: The face has dramatic shadows with highlights and lowlights.
Stage Light: The face is spotlit against a deep black background.
Stage Light Mono: The effect is similar to Stage Light, but the photo is in classic black and white.
High-Key Light Mono: Creates a grayscale subject on a white background—iPad Pro 11-inch (2nd generation and later) and iPad Pro 12.9-inch (4th generation and later) only.
Tap the Shutter button to take the shot.
Adjust Depth Control in Portrait mode selfies
On models that support Depth Control, use the Depth Control slider to adjust the level of background blur in the selfies you take in Portrait mode.
Open Camera on your iPad.
Choose Portrait mode.
Hold your iPad in front of you, then frame yourself in the portrait box.
Tap on the right side of the screen.
The Depth Control slider appears on the right.
Drag the slider up or down to adjust the effect.
Tap the Shutter button to take the shot.
After you take a selfie in Portrait mode, you can use the Depth Control slider in the Photos app to further adjust the level of background blur. See Blur the background in portraits.