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How to Use Action Mode on iPhone Camera

Mar 17, 2023 - 3 Comments
Action Mode video recording with iPhone

Action Mode offers an impressive stabilizing function to recording videos, which can be particularly handy if you’re moving or active while recording something else that is also moving. Essentially, Action Mode stabilizes the video to turn shaky camera videos into smooth videos, and it works really well. For example, maybe you want to record a … Read More

How to Enable or Disable Macro Camera Controls on iPhone 13 Pro

Apr 18, 2022 - Leave a Comment
Macro Control camera setting for iPhone

You can choose to have manual macro camera controls, or use the automatic macro mode setting, on the latest top-end model iPhones including iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max. This can help you to take macro photos easier, and more suitable to how you use your iPhone camera. With manual macro camera controls … Read More

How to Take Macro Photos with iPhone 13 Pro

Apr 11, 2022 - 2 Comments
How to use Macro Camera mode on iPhone

The iPhone 13 Pro includes a really great macro photo capability, allowing you to take super close-up macro photos of objects, items, textures, or whatever else you want to snap a macro image of. Using the macro mode on iPhone camera is pretty easy but you’d be forgiven for not noticing how to activate the … Read More

How to Use Volume Buttons for Camera Burst & QuickTake Video on iPhone

Feb 2, 2021 - Leave a Comment
How to Use Volume Buttons for Camera Burst & QuickTake Video on iPhone & iPad

How’d you like to use your iPhone camera buttons for both camera burst mode and QuickTake video? With supported devices and the latest versions of iOS, you can use the volume buttons for camera burst and QuickTake video on an iPhone.

How to Enable Apple ProRAW on iPhone 12 Pro & iPhone 12 Pro Max

Jan 11, 2021 - Leave a Comment
How to Enable Apple ProRAW on iPhone 12 Pro & iPhone 12 Pro Max

If you recently purchased an iPhone 12 Pro or iPhone 12 Pro Max for it’s excellent camera and use it to take photos frequently, you’re in for a surprise. As long as you’re running iOS 14.3 or later, Apple has added the ability to capture photos using Apple ProRAW image format. Many of you may … Read More

How to Use HDR on iPhone & iPad Camera

Sep 4, 2020 - 3 Comments
How to Use HDR on iPhone & iPad Camera

High Dynamic Range (HDR) is an imaging technique that has been available on smartphone cameras for a while now. Essentially, the HDR feature aims to make the photos you capture on your iPhone or iPad as realistic as possible.

How to Use Portrait Lighting Mode on iPhone Camera

May 9, 2020 - 5 Comments
How to Use Portrait Lighting Mode on iPhone

Portrait Lighting is a powerful photography tool available on newer iPhone models cameras. Apple aimed to bring studio-quality effects to the camera app by analyzing light on a subject in real-time while in portrait mode, and the result is the portrait lighting mode feature.

How to Adjust Night Mode Camera Exposure Length on iPhone 11 Pro & iPhone 11

Apr 7, 2020 - Leave a Comment
How to adjust exposure time on Night Mode camera for iPhone

The Night Mode camera is a great feature of iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, and iPhone 11 Pro Max, and as you may know already the feature turns itself on automatically when dim lighting is detected. But did you know you can manually adjust the time length of the exposure for Night Mode camera on … Read More

How to Rotate Photos on Mac with Photos App

Apr 6, 2020 - 10 Comments
How to rotate photos on Mac Photos app

If you use the Photos app on Mac to manage your photo libraries, you may occasionally need to rotate a picture or two in your collection. Perhaps you snapped a photo in horizontal landscape mode but you meant it to be vertical in portrait, or maybe you just want to rotate a picture for some … Read More

How to Use Night Mode Camera on iPhone 11 Pro & iPhone 11

Mar 27, 2020 - 2 Comments
How to Use Night Mode camera on iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11

The Night Mode camera on iPhone 11 Pro, iPhone 11, and iPhone 11 Pro Max is one of the more interesting new features of the new iPhone models, and ones that iPhone photographers will surely enjoy and appreciate. Using Night Mode camera on iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Pro is somewhat unique, so read on … Read More

How to Use Deep Fusion on iPhone Camera

Feb 29, 2020 - 10 Comments
iPhone deep fusion

Deep Fusion is a camera technology from Apple that aims to increase detail of a photograph snapped on iPhone. The Deep Fusion Camera feature is currently only available on the newest phones, anything newer than iPhone 11 or iPhone 12 or later, but unlike many other new camera features for these iPhones, like ultra wide … Read More

How to Take Timed Photos with iPhone 11 & iPhone 11 Pro Camera App

Jan 9, 2020 - 5 Comments
How to Take Timed Photos wiith iPhone 11

Want to know how to take timed photos on the iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, and iPhone 11 Pro Max? You’re in the right place. Apple’s latest and greatest iPhone models are equipped with an all-new double camera or triple camera system that comes with a slew of new features. However, the Cupertino-based company didn’t … Read More

How to Check iPhone Camera Orientation When Taking Photos or Videos

Jan 3, 2020 - 2 Comments
How to check iPhone camera orientation

The iPhone camera can take photos in vertical orientation or horizontal orientation. Typically it’s pretty obvious when you’re taking a photo in either landscape or portrait orientation because the iPhone is physically rotated to one side or another, but sometimes it may not be clear. Maybe orientation lock is enabled on iPhone, or maybe you’re … Read More

How to Record Video Using QuickTake on iPhone

Dec 29, 2019 - 3 Comments
How to Shoot Video Using QuickTake on iPhone 11

Want to record a quick video with an iPhone? The new QuickTake feature of iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro, iPhone 12 mini, iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, and iPhone 11 Pro Max makes it easier than ever to quickly capture video clips. If you’ve used popular social networking apps like Instagram and Snapchat, there’s a … Read More

How to Use Camera Filters on iPhone 11 & iPhone 11 Pro

Dec 5, 2019 - 2 Comments
How to Use Camera Filters on iPhone 11

Camera filters can offer a fun way to quickly enhance the appearance of a photo, and Apple’s newest iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max arguably pack the best cameras in any smartphone at the moment. With powerful video recording capabilities and advanced features like Deep Fusion computational photography, it’s hard to … Read More

How to Use Ultra-Wide Camera on iPhone 11 & iPhone 11 Pro

Nov 30, 2019 - 1 Comment
Using wide angle lens on iPhone camera with ultra-wide and zoom available

Wondering how to use the new ultra-wide angle lens camera on iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Pro? It’s quite easy, and it can look fantastic for many photographic situations. The iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, and iPhone 11 Pro Max all include an ultra-wide camera lens, this article will detail how to use the camera … Read More

How to Record Time Lapse Video on iPad

Jul 6, 2019 - 6 Comments
How to record Time Lapse Video with iPad Camera

The iPad Camera has the ability to record beautiful time-lapse videos. Time-lapse offers a fun way to record activities and events over time, for example it can be a fun way to record a video of a fireworks show, a busy road, clouds moving in the sky, the change in colors of a sunrise or … Read More

How to Disable Smart HDR on iPhone

Feb 26, 2019 - 4 Comments
Smart HDR example photo from Apple taken with iPhone XS

The newest iPhone models include a camera feature called Smart HDR which aims to extend the High Dynamic Range feature to bring out even more details in the shadows and highlights of a photo. This is done automatically by iOS by blending together multiple exposures of the picture taken by iPhone camera, which is then … Read More

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