Think you already know everything about the iPhone camera? Well, if you’re a professional photographer who loves to play around with camera settings, that might be the case. For everyone else, there is always something new to learn about photography.
So if you want to become an iPhone power user, read on. We introduce several iPhone camera settings that you can use to get the best photos.
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1. Keep settings
Do you have a favorite camera mode or custom filter? If so, having to reselect it every time you open the camera app is frustrating. By the time you set up your camera, that fleeting moment you wanted to capture could be gone forever.
The trick is to use the iPhone’s Preserve Settings feature.
To set it up, open the settings app and navigate to Camera > Preserve Settings. You have several options to choose from: camera mode, Creative Controls, exposure setting, night modeand Live Photo.
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The options may vary slightly depending on the iPhone model, but Apple includes brief descriptions below them to help you if you’re not sure what they refer to.
2. Activate grid lines
Most people who enjoy the art of photography are familiar with using the rule of thirds in photography. It’s one of the most important rules to follow when creating a photo. Put simply, it dictates that you should place the subject of a shot in one of the four intersections of lines on a 3×3 grid.
However, to get the most out of this rule, you need to enable an on-screen grid in your iPhone camera settings so you can see the four intersections. Gridlines are also useful for other compositional problems, e.g. B. to keep the horizon level or to ensure that walls and buildings are at an exact 90 degree angle.
To enable these gridlines, go to Settings > Camera > Grid and slide the switch in the On Position.
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3. Burst mode
Have you ever tried to take a picture of a fast moving object on your iPhone? Often the object in question is long gone before your phone can process the picture. And even if you do manage to get the shot, your subject will often be blurry and distorted.
The solution is to be used burst mode. This requires a quick series of shots from which to choose a selection of photos. You can keep the best and discard the rest.
To use burst mode, go to Settings > Camera and enable Use Volume Up for Burst. Then hold your finger on the volume up button while taking a recording. Burst mode turns on automatically and continues until you release your finger. For more details on this mode, see Taking, Viewing, and Sharing Burst Photos on iPhone.
4. Turn on Live Photo
If you are striving for the perfect shot, you can also use Live Photo to help you. Although a Live Photo looks like a regular picture in the photo library, if you long press on it, that moment you captured in time comes to life. In which camera app, just tap on the circular Live Photo icon at the top right to turn it on.
It’s a useful alternative to Burst Photos if you don’t want dozens of similar images cluttering up your photo albums. This is because Live Photo records the 1.5 seconds before and after a snapshot is taken. You can then convert your Live Photo to a still image later.
5. Lock focus and exposure
If you want to improve your photography skills, you need to start experimenting with focus and exposure. It’s impossible to consistently take professional-looking snaps without at least having a basic understanding of how these two features work. If you don’t learn these important iPhone camera settings, your smartphone photography will be ruined.
Simply put, exposure refers to how much light hits the phone’s electronic image sensor, while focus determines the sharpness of a photo.
You can manually block both values on the camera of your iPhone. This means you can customize your shots more effectively; You don’t have to worry about the app overwriting you automatically.
To manually lock focus and exposure, open the Camera app and tap and hold the focal point of your photo. After a few seconds you will see the AE/AF lock Banner appears at the top of the screen. To unlock it again, tap anywhere on the screen.
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6. Change the exposure deviation
We’ve explained how to manually lock exposure to prevent your device from automatically overriding it. But how can you change the exposure bias to lighten or darken an image?
It’s easy. First open the camera app and tap anywhere on the screen to bring up the focus point.
You will see a sun icon next to the focus point. Tap and hold on Sun icon and then slide it up and down to adjust the incline as desired. You can choose between -8 and +8 f-stops in your iPhone camera settings.
7. Use iPhone camera timer
The timer is perhaps one of the least-used iPhone camera settings. If you like taking selfies, it’s the perfect tool. Instead of trying to acrobatics with your arm to get everyone in the shot, you can use a nearby ledge, align the photo, and still have plenty of time to get into position.
To use the timer, tap Arrow icon in the bar at the top of the camera window, then press that timer Icon shown below. You have the choice of a 3 or 10 second timer. Make your selection and compose your picture. The timer doesn’t start until you press the shutter button.
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8. Mirror your front camera
Many of us might not admit it, but getting a good selfie takes time and effort to find the angle that shows our best side. Also, not everyone is naturally photogenic. Creating a natural yet picture-worthy smile can be a challenge.
After going through all of this, it’s definitely frustrating when you see an upside-down image looking back at you — selfies often look less attractive when flipped.
To avoid this result, make sure you turn on Mirror front camera in your iPhone’s camera settings. See How to stop your iPhone selfies from being mirrored for detailed instructions.
9. Mute the camera noise
It’s not clear why phone makers think we want to hear a fake camera shutter sound every time we take a picture. It’s more annoying than anything.
Unfortunately, there is no iPhone camera setting that will permanently turn off the noise. Instead, you have two options for preventing the sound. You can use either of those Mute switch on the side of your device, or you can use the volume buttons to turn off the volume completely.
If you’re using the latter, you’ll need to do this before opening the camera app, as the volume buttons take a photo within the app.
In some countries, like Japan and South Korea, you cannot mute this noise. In such regions, following these instructions will have no effect.
10. Enable geolocation of your photos
Are you a traveller? In this case, it might help to tag your photos with the location where you took them. It will help you stay on top of all your memories for years to come.
You can turn on geotagging on your iPhone, but it’s not immediately obvious where to find the setting as it’s not in the Camera app or the camera settings menu. Instead you have to go to privacy Menu. Go to Settings > Privacy > Location Services > Camera and select While using the app.
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Remember, you can toggle this feature on and off as you see fit without affecting the location data your phone has already associated with photos.
Learn how to take the perfect iPhone photo
Hopefully, the settings and tricks we’ve covered have introduced you to some iPhone camera features that you didn’t know before.
While it’s all well and good being an expert in the camera settings menu, that won’t get you very far in the real world. The only way to really improve your photography skills is to get out there and practice – so what are you waiting for? Use these iPhone camera settings to get the best photos.
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