7 tricks of the iPhone camera to become a professional photographer

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La iPhone camera It happens to be one of the best cameras on the market present in a mobile device. This has cost Apple a huge job and since they launched the first iPhone with a 2 megapixel sensor, things have changed a lot. At present, a total of 800 engineers are working on the development of the iPhone camera, who, supported by an extraordinary sensor, has managed to allow users to take photographs of an enormous quality.

Despite that operating the iPhone camera is extremely simpleTo get the most out of it we must know the 7 interesting tricks that today we are going to show you in this article. Surely some of them already know them, but surely some had gone completely unnoticed by you. Ready to start getting the most out of your iPhone camera?

Use Apple EarPods to shoot

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All the iPhones that can be purchased on the market incorporate EarPods certified by Apple, which will not only allow us to listen to music. And it is that although the majority of owners of one of the Cupertino mobile devices do not know it, The EarPods serve to act as a camera shutter.

Specifically the central button of the EarPods will be the one that allows us to take a picture without touching the iPhone. For everything to work correctly, the camera application must be open.

If you want to record a video, by pressing the central button of the EarPods you can also start or stop the video recording.

Apple Watch can help you take a photo

If you are lucky enough to have a Apple Watch you can use it to try to get a perfect picture. And it is that the Apple smartwatch you can use it to see what the camera focuses from your iPhone.

This may seem a bit absurd, it can be perfect for taking certain photographs. For example, when it comes to taking a selfie, it can be super comfortable or when taking a photograph above many people, so you will not be able to see what is seen on the screen of your smartphone.

The grid exists and can help you

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The grid that many professional photographers use to get their photos completely straight or to apply the popular rule of thirds, is also available on our iPhone.

To activate this grid and see it on the screen of our mobile device is extremely simple and you just have to go to Settings and access the Photos and Camera menu. Now you just have to activate the Grid control.

From this moment on, you will start to see the grid every time you open the camera application to take a picture. Of course, keep in mind that you no longer have an excuse for a photograph to be crooked or without grace.

Use the 3D Touch

If you need to take a photo at full speed, the new 3D Touch technology found in the iPhone 6s or 6s Plus They can be your great allies and is that just by pressing with some force on the camera icon you can quickly choose what type of photograph you want to take.

In the image that we show you below, you can see the options that the camera shows us when using 3D Touch.

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Adjust the exposure and focus manually

Most of those who are lucky enough to have an iPhone do not tend to stop too much to discover the camera options and it is that without touching anything at all it is possible to obtain high quality photographs. However any user in a more or less simple way you can manually fix both the focus (by clicking on a specific area), as the exhibition.

The approach everyone knows how to modify it, but the exposure is somewhat more complicated. To be able to do this you must press on the screen until it appears in the form of an AE / AF message at the top. You can then modify the exposure by sliding your finger up and down.

Burst mode may be the key

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The best photographers in the world usually take hundreds of photos in one session. This may seem absurd allows them to choose the best image of all the ones they have taken. Although almost all of us boast of having taken a beautiful image the first time, most of us usually take several photographs until we get an absolutely perfect one.

For all this the burst mode offered by the iPhone camera may be the key to achieving a perfect photograph. Just by holding down the camera's shutter button, you can take a burst of photographs, and then choose the one you like the most or the one that looks the best.

This mode can be really useful when photographing a child, who does not stand still for a single moment or landscapes that change rapidly.

Yes, Bear in mind that with this method you will take several photographs of the same person or landscape and that many more images will be saved on your reel. Try to review them after capturing and delete them so as not to take up absurd space on your iPhone.

Large thumbnails are possible in Years view

Photos, the application to view the photos that we store on our iPhone allows us great possibilities among which is the possibility of viewing the photos for years. The only drawback of this option is that the images are seen in a size that hardly allows us to see them.

Luckily by clicking on a photo and keeping your finger pressed against the screen we can see how the photo gets bigger. Also, if you run your finger over other photographs that you have saved, you will be able to see how you are getting bigger and can see them in a more comfortable way.

Ready to start applying these tips with your iPhone?. Tell us in the space reserved for the comments of this post or through any of the social networks in which we are present that you have found these tips and if you know any more that you apply when taking your photographs.


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  1.   Rodo said

    First tip buy yourself a SLR

  2.   Miguel said

    Wow perfect I will sell my camera and all the rest of my equipment to do the next campaign that they ask me with an iphone, having found out before I did not study photography

  3.   generate said

    Q most absurd comment ... obviously it is for occasional photos ... and photography is studied by anyone who does not care to be very intelligent, the truth is not the case, your stupid comment ... very well for those who do not use the camera options much.

    1.    Carlos said

      I recommend a book called abc used by children who cannot read, the title says 7 tricks for the iphone camera that will turn you into a "professional". You have just won the award for the most total person on the internet 2016, you can withdraw it whenever you like.

  4.   Pedro said

    It is talk of a professional spit is your comment as much as using the word professional in the use of a mobile camera

  5.   generate said

    In what head does one go to become professional with an iphone camera if they read that believing it help me to say I did not think there were people so brutal to believe that ... that is the prize for stupidity but 2020 ... I read it to see if there was something that I did not know ... but I see that if there are people inept enough and still defend that they were deceived with the title ... it was only to call the title the title nothing more ... in case they still have not understood it ... in case they are still seeing how use the iphone camera and want to become professional ...