[Useful tricks for iPhone] Make full use of the iPhone camera app! Techniques and shooting tips

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The iPhone and iPad have a lot of features, but are you using them well? A process that has taken a lot of effort in the past may become a lot easier with a little operation. In this series, we will introduce useful tricks (TIPS) for such iOS devices, so please make use of them. This time, I will explain useful tricks when taking pictures on iOS. [Image] A little trick to make your photos look beautiful! iOS "Camera" app iPhone "Camera" app that allows you to take beautiful pictures simply by tapping the shutter button. Recently, not only people's faces but also pets such as dogs and cats can be recognized, so it's a failure because the focus and exposure are not correct! That's almost gone. Even so, depending on the composition and angle, I sometimes think, "If only this part was in focus..." or "I wish this part was a little brighter...". Let's take a look at some of the minimum shooting operations that are useful in such situations. Have you ever seen a yellow frame appear around a person's face when trying to take a picture of a person using the iPhone's "camera" app? This is the frame that the iPhone recognizes the face of the person in the frame and indicates that it is a face. In addition to people, if you point the camera at a dog or cat, it will be surrounded by a yellow frame in the same way. At this time, the iPhone focuses on the location of the frame (autofocus) and adjusts the brightness (auto exposure) so that the part is most beautiful. So just press the shutter and you can take a beautiful picture. However, the autofocus and autoexposure functions are not perfect either. If there are several people in the frame to be shot, the intended person may not be in focus. If you try to take a picture of your pet on your lap, it is possible that the person will be in focus. In landscape and still life photography, there are no people or pets, so there are cases where the focus and exposure are not correct for the desired location. What I want you to use in such a case is a function called "touch focus". Try touching the screen in the frame with your finger when you point the camera at it. A square frame indicating the focus range appears at the touched location. It will adjust the focus and exposure to that location. If you can't get the focus or exposure right by pointing the camera, try touching the screen like this and then pressing the shutter. You should be able to get the picture you want. If there are bright and dark parts in the shooting target, tap the part where you want to adjust the exposure. Whether you want to make the whole scene brighter or darker, there are appropriate operation methods for that. When you tap the screen, a sun mark appears next to the square frame that indicates the focus range, so you can adjust the exposure by touching the screen with your finger and sliding it up and down. You can change the brightness by editing after shooting, but if you want to adjust the exposure during shooting, try using this method. If you keep your finger on the screen (long touch), the [AE/AF lock] display will appear at the top. Since the exposure and focus are fixed to the touched part, the brightness and focus do not change even if the angle is changed. Remember that this is also a useful feature.

Shigeru Matsuyama