The view is real, and so are you – on the screen.

A beachside table in full holiday mode: tall glasses of something cold, a plate of tacos, sunglasses and a flower tossed on the wood, the sea shimmering just past the railing. Then a hand lifts a phone into the middle of the shot – and on its screen are the two of you, drinks in hand, grinning back. The table and the ocean are the backdrop; you’re the picture inside the picture.

That’s the phone-in-frame POV trend. You film your vacation scene – the drinks, the food, the view – while holding up a phone that shows a selfie or clip of you in it, so you appear layered right into your own POV. It’s the vacation flex and the “wish you were here” all in one frame. Creator @evelajn_travels caught it on a Mexican beach – “two girls, one vibe” – and the layered look is spreading as the summer trip clip everyone wants to copy.

What is the phone-in-frame POV trend?

Three beats:

  • The scene – a styled vacation POV: drinks, food, sunglasses, a flower, and a great view filling the frame.
  • The phone – a hand holds a second phone up in the middle of the shot, its screen showing a selfie or short clip of you (and whoever you’re with) enjoying the moment.
  • The layer – the result reads as a picture inside a picture: the real scene behind, you on the screen in front, both in one shot.

The whole format fits in one sentence: film your vacation view with a phone held up in it showing yourselves, so you’re layered into your own POV.

Why it works

  • You’re in it without being on camera. The phone puts you in the shot while the main camera keeps the whole scene, so you get the selfie and the setting at once.
  • It’s a double flex. The view says where you are, the screen says who you’re with – one frame does the work of two.
  • The layering stops the scroll. A picture inside a picture makes people look twice to figure out what they’re seeing.
  • It romanticizes the everyday trip. A table of drinks and a sea view becomes a curated, “this is the life” moment.
  • It reloads anywhere. Any table, any view, any crew. New spot, same layered POV.

How to make it with Picsart

Step 1: Set the scene

Style your table so the whole frame feels like the trip – drinks front and center, a plate of food, sunglasses, a flower, whatever sets the mood – with the view filling the background. Shoot from slightly above so the table leads back to the sea or skyline.

Step 2: Capture yourselves

Take a selfie or a short front-camera clip of you and whoever you’re with, holding your drinks and enjoying the moment. Keep it framed tight so your faces read clearly once it’s small on the screen inside the shot.

Step 3: Hold the phone in the frame

With the scene set, hold up a second phone showing that selfie or clip and place it in the middle of the frame while you film the whole POV. Line it up so the screen sits against the view without covering the drinks or the food. If you’d rather not juggle two phones live, skip to the variation below and add the screen in Picsart afterward.

Step 4: Grade it warm in Picsart

Open the Picsart Video Editor, drop in your clip, and push a warm, sunny holiday look with the filters and adjustments – lift the golden tones and richen the colors so the drinks, food, and sea all pop like a real vacation memory.

Step 5: Add music and post

Drop a summery, upbeat track onto the timeline, keep the aspect ratio vertical for Reels and TikTok, and export.

Variations worth trying

  • Add the screen in Picsart. Film the scene without a second phone, then drop your selfie onto a phone-shaped layer in the Picsart photo editor or Video Editor and place it in the frame – no juggling required.
  • Cheers version. Have the clip on the screen be you clinking glasses, so the layer adds a little motion.
  • Solo trip. Just you on the screen, framed as a “sending this from paradise” note to whoever’s watching.
  • Every stop. Repeat the same phone-in-frame shot at each spot – breakfast, beach, dinner – for a whole-trip recap.
  • Print it instead. Hold up a printed photo or a polaroid instead of a phone for a more nostalgic, scrapbook feel.
  • Different view, same trick. Take it off the beach – a mountain lookout, a city rooftop, a cafe window – anywhere the background sells the location.

One scene, two of you, all the vibe.

The phone-in-frame POV trend turns a vacation table into a picture inside a picture – the view behind you, you on the screen, the whole mood in one frame. It’s the flex and the memory at the same time.

Set the scene, put yourselves on the screen, and let the frame tell the whole story.

Try it in the Picsart Video Editor.