We all take pictures with our phones. Here are some iPhone photo tips for when you need to take a serious photo:
- Set “HDR” to on. You will get a regular picture and a “high dynamic range” picture. You can pick the better one and delete the other one.
- Decide whether you want flash and set it to on or off rather than auto, which tells the camera to decide.
- Touch the screen where you want the focus point AND the exposure to be selected. If you are taking a picture of people, touch a face.
- If you hold your finger on the screen, you will see the message, “AE/AF Lock”. That means that the focus and exposure point will not adjust if you recompose the photo.
- You will also see a square with a little sun icon beside it. That is an exposure adjustment that will allow you to vary the exposure (up for lighter, down for darker).
- Turn on the grid to help you compose and keep the horizon straight (Settings, Photo and Camera, Grid. The grid is in thirds to help you use the “rule of thirds”.
- You can use the up/down volume buttons to trigger the shutter of the camera. That will help hold the camera still and maintain the composition.
- If you are shooting something in motion or if you or the camera is moving, use burst mode. You just hold the button down, and the camera takes lots of photos very rapidly. The photo library has options to keep the ones you want and automatically delete all the rest.
- If it is dim, or dark:
- hold the camera as still as you can, perhaps bracing it on something.
- Set the exposure so the highlights are not overexposed and dark areas look dark.
- Use the up/down volume buttons to take the picture, as discussed above.
- If you can’t follow all this from my description, there are tons of videos available, here is one: