Take Control of iPhone Photography

Download or read book Take Control of iPhone Photography written by Jeff Carlson and published by alt concepts. This book was released on 2024-04-03 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take your iPhone's cameras to the next level Version 1.0, published April 03, 2024 Would you like to unlock the powerful features of your iPhone's cameras and create better photos and videos? This book is the friendly, step-by-step guide to capturing great photos using the iPhone, the camera that’s always with you, taught by an author and professional photographer who has been taking mobile photos on iPhones since the first model.n Apple's marketing for the iPhone always emphasizes the cameras over most other features. And it's true: iPhones have fantastic cameras, made even better by hardware and software that analyzes and improves your images as you take them. That makes your snapshots look better, but an iPhone can do so much more. Using the iPhone as a camera, you can create professional portraits and landscapes, capture stunning close-ups and remarkable low-light images, and even record cinema-quality video. Photographer Jeff Carlson has spent decades honing his craft, and he brings his expertise with photography and Apple equipment together in this definitive guide to iPhone photography. Whether you're a casual photographer wanting to get the best-quality photos or someone with lot photographic experience who wants greater control over the iPhone's cameras, this book has all the information you need. In this book, you'll learn: • All the details of Apple's Camera app and the iPhone's numerous options for triggering the shutter • The best ways to compose your photographs to get the effect you want • How to take better selfies • What you can do to control the exposure and change the zoom level • The differences between optical zoom and digital zoom and how the iPhone cameras handle each • When and why to capture raw images • Options for capturing images in low light, such as Night Mode and the built-in LED flash • What to do when you want an extreme close-up (macro) image • Approaches to taking better portraits, including Apple's Portrait Mode and Portrait Lighting • How to create a panoramic photo in either horizontal or vertical orientation • Why and how to create a Live Photo that features a few seconds of video • Ways you can alter a photo's appearance with Filters and Photographic Styles • The details of Apple's file formats available for photos and videos, including HEIC, JPEG, ProRAW, HEVC, and H.264 • How aspect ratio, resolution, file format, and (for video) frame rate affect the size and quality of images • Numerous ways in which you can adjust settings to customize camera behavior • How to record video with your iPhone in standard, Slo-Mo, Time-Lapse, and Cinematic modes • What third-party apps and accessories can do to enhance your photography even further This book covers the iPhone 12 and newer models, including the iPhone 15 series and the iPhone SE (3rd generation). This richly illustrated book contains enough details to satisfy the most tech-savvy user, while also making the process of photography simple, accessible, and fun for beginners.