iPhoto University
Exposure
Your camera's a smartypants. It does all the work for you by auto-exposing, but every now and then, your photo will be too light or too dark.
Thankfully, you can avoid this bummer. Just tap the area of your photo that you want to be exposed correctly, and it'll adjust.
Bonus: When you tap on a part of your photo, you're not only exposing for that area but also focusing. Exposing and focusing go hand-in-hand in the iPhone camera app.
Your camera's a smartypants. It does all the work for you by auto-exposing, but every now and then, your photo will be too light or too dark.
Thankfully, you can avoid this bummer. Just tap the area of your photo that you want to be exposed correctly, and it'll adjust.
Bonus: When you tap on a part of your photo, you're not only exposing for that area but also focusing. Exposing and focusing go hand-in-hand in the iPhone camera app.
Power Move: If the auto-exposure keeps changing, tap and hold down your finger to lock the focus & exposure. Tap again to unlock.
HDR. What is it?
Problem: Sometimes your sky is or your subject is too dark. Thankfully, we were bestowed a solution from the golden age of film photography.
Those old dudes were smart! They shot two photos of a scene exposing for bright & dark areas, then combined them into a single photo that's exposed just right. Your iPhone's HDR (High Dynamic Range) borrows from that idea by shooting three photos.
B-t-dubs, while shooting in HDR, keep your hand steady. If you move, the photos won't line up, and it'll look just plain crazy.
That's why using HDR works best in bright daylight and when your buddy can sit real still.
Those old dudes were smart! They shot two photos of a scene exposing for bright & dark areas, then combined them into a single photo that's exposed just right. Your iPhone's HDR (High Dynamic Range) borrows from that idea by shooting three photos.
B-t-dubs, while shooting in HDR, keep your hand steady. If you move, the photos won't line up, and it'll look just plain crazy.
That's why using HDR works best in bright daylight and when your buddy can sit real still.
Power Move: Tap on the darkest part of your photo before shooting. HDR will then properly expose for both your dark and bright spots.