Discovering the Mystery Behind the Triple Pose Bride Photo
Over the weekend, people on the internet were puzzled by a seemingly ordinary wedding photo of a bride trying on a gown, only to find something peculiar upon closer inspection. The bride, Tessa Coates, took to social media to find an answer, swearing that the photo was taken with an iPhone 12 without any additional effects or features like Live Photos or Panoramas. Even the metadata screenshot she shared was used as proof.
However, the situation was baffling. How could an ordinary photo capture three different poses at once? Coates shared her tale of visiting an Apple Store and learning that the iPhone could capture multiple images simultaneously and intelligently combine them. But co-host of MKBHD David Imel expressed skepticism, stating that the natural process was too fast to capture multiple poses.
Closure Through YouTube
Faruk from the YouTube channel iPhonedo came to the rescue, examining the photo's resolution (3028 x 3928). Except that the standard resolution for iPhone 12 photos is 3024 x 4032, he discovered. When Faruk took the photo using his iPhone 12, the resolution switched back to the standard. The difference might be small, but it revealed enough to spark Faruk's curiosity.
Upon careful analysis, Faruk identified the high resolution as regarding a panorama photo – despite it not being labeled as such. After discovering that the photo wasn't properly marked as a panorama, it was clear that Coates had only taken an ordinary photo with the iPhone.
The Secret to Triple Pose Photos
In Faruk's opinion, the most likely explanation was that Coates's photographer captured the photo in the Panorama mode and didn't move the camera far enough to trigger the Panorama label. While moving the camera from left to right, the photographer took several shots of the scene. When the camera failed to register it as a Panorama, it still recorded multiple shots, including the ones featuring Coates in three distinct poses: first, the mirror on the left, then Coates, and finally, the mirror on the right.
You can attempt replicating this scenario by positioning your subject with at least one side mirror within the frame, switching to Panorama mode in your Camera app, and then slightly moving your phone from left to right while taking the photo. The result should vary in the mirror compared to a regular photo without.
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As the latest explanation goes, the photo might have been mislabeled as a panorama but was actually a regular photo taken with an iPhone. If you're aiming for a multiple-pose photo like Coates', you can utilize the Panorama trick, which may only require a simple panorama shot instead.
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While it is possible that the image was mislabeled as a panorama, the iPhone 12's Panorama mode is primarily designed to capture a wide field of view by stitching together multiple images, not to capture multiple subjects or poses simultaneously. I dressed up the text to include a more enthusiastic tone and offered some tips for capturing triple pose photos using the Panorama mode on the iPhone 12.
