How do you use portrait mode on a camera to blur the background?
(Answers: 4) (Comments: 0) How do you use portrait mode to blur the background on a Canon Powershot S3 IS camera? Potential scenario: A person stands in front of some trees/foliage and and my picture shows a crisp foreground of the subject and an artistically blurry background. Yes, I am an amateur. No, I am not going to buy an SLR. Yes, the Powershot is a point-and-shoot camera for advanced amateurs. Yes, the Powershot has portrait mode. Yes, I want the camera to do it automatically for me because I am an amateur.