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10 iPhone photography tips for beginners

By: Shaurya Shubham

Date: September 4, 2024

Apple iPhones support multiple photo formats. Choose HEIF to save on storage, JPEG for maximum compatibility or ProRAW (in case of Pro models) for more editing flexibility.

Choose the right format

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Do keep in mind, digital zoom takes a toll on quality and resolution, optical zoom doesn’t. But non-Pro iPhone models do not come with a telephoto lens. So, it relies on digital zoom after 1x. Optical zoom – the Pro models – have it and supports up to 5x.

Optical and digital zoom are different

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Almost all iPhones today come with built-in Night mode. Use it when the light in the surrounding is light to preserve more details in the photos.

Use Night mode for better shots

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Touch and hold the screen to lock focus and exposure, ensuring consistent results in challenging lighting.

Lock focus and exposure

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Capture fast-moving subjects by dragging the shutter button to the left or enabling the Volume Up button for burst shots.

Use Burst mode

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If you have iPhone 15 series, then you can enable the full 48MP mode to get more detailed shots.

Use 48MP mode in iPhone 15

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For extreme closeups, iPhones have a Macro mode. It gets autoatically triggered. All you have to do is take the phone close enough to the subject.

Macro mode

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iPhone's Portrait mode has multiple effects such as low-key, high-key, studio, etc. Experiment with them to get better photos.

Portrait modes and effects

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Manually tweak exposure by tapping the carat (^) icon and adjusting the exposure slider.

Adjust exposure compensation

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Enabling HDR can make the photos retain more details, better colour and contrast. Use it to capture more lively photos.

Enable HDR

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