Apple’s iPhones include several key camera features worth using, like portrait mode and photography modes. But if all you want to use is the standard photo mode, there are still many tools and settings that can improve your composition and help you capture the perfect shot using more traditional techniques, according to macrumors.
Whether you’re a new iPhone owner or a longtime user looking to improve your iPhone photography, here are six camera tools and settings in iOS worth checking out and trying out.
1. Use the rule of thirds
For a while now, Apple’s Camera app has included some optional settings that can help you organize your shots. First up in these settings is the grid tool, which should be used when applying the rule of thirds. It divides your photo frame into a grid containing two horizontal lines and two vertical lines. Which creates nine equal parts.
The rule of thirds helps direct the viewer’s eye to the most important parts of your image and create a more harmonious composition.
2. Level the footage from top to bottom
If you’re taking a photo of something from above, such as a plate of food or an ornament on the ground, consider using a camera level. This helps you get a balanced shot without having to use a tripod arm. It’s also helpful to take a shot of something directly above you, such as An object on the ceiling or in the sky.
The Camera Level widget used to be part of the grid overlay, but Apple separated the function in iOS 17, and it now has its own switch: Open the Settings app on the iPhone, select Camera, then toggle on the switch next to Level. . You are now ready to use it.
Open the Camera app, and set the capture mode to Photo, Portrait, Square, or Time Lapse, using the sliding menu above the shutter button.
Point the camera directly down above your subject (or straight up if the subject/scene you want to capture is above you).
Align the floating crosshair with the fixed crosshair in the center of the screen by adjusting the angle of your phone’s camera. Both hairs will glow yellow when they are in perfect alignment.
Press the shutter button to take the shot.
3. Straighten the horizontal shots
By making the Level tool a single option in iOS 17, Apple has also included an additional horizontal level for more traditional live photos.
Turning on the Level option causes a broken horizontal line to appear on the screen when your iPhone senses that you’re lining up for a live shot and tilting your device slightly out of horizontal, the line appears white when your phone is out of level and then turns yellow once the level direction is achieved to indicate success.
With the Level setting enabled (Settings → Camera → Level), open the Camera app and try shooting a subject at a straight angle, and you’ll see dashed horizontal lines in the middle of the viewfinder. Flatten your angle up to connect the lines and create a single yellow line.
The pop-up adjustment window only appears briefly and within a narrow range of near-horizontal angles (in either portrait or landscape orientation), so it won’t appear intrusive when you’re trying to take a photo at an intentional angle.
4. Take burst photos
Burst mode means the camera on your iPhone takes a series of photos in quick succession, at a rate of ten frames per second. It’s a great way to capture an action scene or an unexpected event, as you’re always more likely to end up with the photo you were aiming for. to her.
5. Mirror your selfies
When you take a selfie with your iPhone using the Camera app, it automatically flips — or mirrors — the image so that it’s an upside-down version of the mirrored image you see in the preview before you took the shot.
This may seem strange, because it makes a huge difference to the look of your selfies, and it can also be annoying, since most third-party social media apps automatically take mirrored selfies, which means you’re likely more familiar with the mirroring function than you are. Mirror selfies taken by iPhone.
Fortunately, you can change this default behavior of the camera app, which means you can get a mirror selfie you’re probably used to seeing. Here’s how.
