15 Taking Photos and Video with Your iPhone

In this chapter, you explore all the photo and video functionality that your iPhone has to offer. Topics include the following:

Getting started

Using the Camera app to take photos and video with your iPhone

Taking photos

Taking video

Taking photos and video from the Lock screen

Taking photos and video from the Home screen

The iPhone’s cameras and Camera app capture high-quality photos and video. Because you’ll likely have your iPhone with you at all times, it’s handy to take photos with it whenever and wherever you are. And you can shoot video just as easily.

Whether you’ve taken photos and video on your iPhone or added them from another source, the Photos app enables you to edit, view, organize, and share your photos. (To learn how to use the Photos app with the great photos and video you take, see Chapter 16, “Viewing and Editing Photos and Video with the Photos App.”) You’ll likely find that taking and working with photos and videos are among the most useful things your iPhone can do.

Getting Started

Each generation of iPhone has had different and more sophisticated photo and video capabilities and features than the previous versions. All current versions sport high-quality cameras; in fact, there’s a camera on each side of the iPhone. One takes photos of what you’re looking at (the back-facing cameras, located on the backside of the phones), whereas the other takes photos of what the screen is facing (the front-facing camera, which is usually for taking selfies or having FaceTime conversations, located on the face of the phone).

All current generations of iPhone have a flash; can zoom; take burst, panoramic, and time-lapse photos; and have other features you expect from a high-quality digital camera. They also can take Live Photos, which capture a small amount of video (about 3 seconds) along with the photo; when you view a Live Photo, you can hold on the screen to see its video.

The iPhone 7 and later models have automatic image stabilization, more resolution, and other enhancements to enable them to take even higher quality photos and video with both the back-facing and front-facing cameras.

From there, the differences between the models become greater as additional cameras have been added to the backside of the phone. The following list describes the major photographic features of various groups of iPhone models that can run iOS 13:

  • SE, 6s, 6s Plus, 7, 8, and Xr—These models have one camera on the back. While they lack some of the features of more advanced models, they are more than capable of taking excellent photos and video in many different situations.

  • 7 Plus, 8 Plus, X, Xs, and Xs Max—These models have two cameras on the back. With these models, you can use Telephoto zoom; this capability enables you to have much greater magnification than models with a single camera. These models also enable you to use Portrait mode in which the subject is in very sharp focus and the background is a soft blur.

  • 11—The 11 also has two cameras but doesn’t have the Telephoto zoom capability of other models with two or three cameras. Instead, it supports the Ultra Wide mode, which is analogous to using a wide-angle lens. It also has Night mode, which enables it to take photos in dark conditions without the use of the flash. The 11 also provides Portrait mode.

  • 11 Pro and 11 Pro Max—These models have three cameras on the back and support all options that are currently available including Telephoto zoom, Ultra Wide mode, Night mode, and Portrait mode.

There are sections in this chapter that correspond to each of these groups. At the beginning of each of these sections, you see which iPhone models the section applies to; if you don’t have a model in the listed group, you can skip over that section.

Be aware that there are differences even among the models in the same group, so you might see some minor differences between what you see on your phone and the figures in this chapter. However, you can still follow the steps that apply for the group associated with your iPhone.

Regardless of the model, the iPhone’s photo and video capabilities have been increasingly tied into iCloud. For example, you can store your entire photo library under your iCloud account; this offers many benefits, including backing up all your photos and making it easy to access your photos from any iCloud-enabled device. Therefore, I’ve assumed you are using iCloud and have configured it to work with photos as described in Chapter 4, “Setting Up and Using an Apple ID, iCloud, and Other Online Accounts.” Like differences in iPhone camera capabilities, if you don’t use iCloud with your photos, some of the information in this chapter doesn’t apply to you and what you see on your phone might look different than what you see in this chapter.

Lastly, the Camera app’s settings can change how it works. See the Go Further sidebar, “Camera Settings,” at the end of this chapter for an overview of the more important settings that you might want to configure.

Using the Camera App to Take Photos and Video with Your iPhone

You use the Camera app to take photos and video with your iPhone. This app has a number of controls and features. Some features are easy to spot, whereas others aren’t so obvious. By the end of this chapter, you’ll know how to use these features to take great photos and video with your iPhone.

The general process for capturing photos or video follows:

  1. Choose the type of photo or video you want to capture.

  2. Set the options for the type of photo or video you selected.

  3. Take the photos or video.

  4. View and edit the photos or video you captured using the Photos app.

The information you need to accomplish steps 1 through 3 of this process is provided in tables and tasks throughout this chapter. The details for step 4 are provided in Chapter 16.

The first step in taking photos or video is to choose the type of photo or video that you want to capture. You do this by swiping to the left or right on the selection bar just above the large Shutter icon at the bottom of the Camera app’s screen, as shown in the previous figure. The option shown in yellow at the center of the screen just above the Shutter icon is the current type of photo or video you’re capturing. The options available in the Camera app are explained in the following table.

Types of Photo and Video iPhones Can Capture

Type of Photo or Video Description

TIME-LAPSE

Captures a video with compressed time so that the time displayed in the video occurs much more rapidly than “real time.” This is what is often used to show a process that takes a long time, such as a plant growing, in just a few seconds.

SLO-MO

Takes slow motion video so that you can slow down something that happens quickly.

VIDEO

Captures video at a real-time speed. The steps to take video are provided in the task “Taking Video,” later in this chapter.

PHOTO

Captures static photos or Live Photos. Step-by-step instructions showing how to use this option are provided in the task “Taking Photos with Standard Zoom,” later in this chapter. Using an iPhone’s telephoto zoom capabilities is described in “Taking Photos with Telephoto Zoom.” Taking photos in Ultra Wide mode is covered in “Taking Wide Angle Photos.” Using Night mode is covered in “Taking Photos with Night Mode.”

PORTRAIT

Takes portrait photos of people using a sharp focus in the foreground on the subject and a soft blur in the background. Additionally, there are a number of lighting options that you can apply to the portrait photos. On the Xs, Xs Max, 11 Pro, and 11 Pro Max, you can also adjust photo depth. The steps to take portrait photos are in “Taking Portrait Photos.”

SQUARE

Takes “square” photos in which the height and width are the same. This mode isn’t provided on the 11, 11 Pro, or 11 Pro Max because these models enable you to choose among several different proportions when you are using the PHOTO tool.

PANO

Takes panoramic photos that enable you to capture very wide images. An example of capturing a panoramic photo is provided in the task “Taking Panoramic Photos,” later in this chapter.

After you choose the type of photo or video you want to take, there are options you can select to adjust how that photo or video is captured (the options available to you depend on the type of photo or video you’re taking and the specific model of iPhone you’re using). When you select options, the icons you see on the screen change to reflect your selection. For example, when you choose a self-timed photo, the Self-timer icon changes to show the time delay you’ve selected. Not all options are available at the same time. For example, you can’t set the flash and HDR to go on at the same time because you can’t take HDR images with the flash. If you use a model that has Smart HDR, you don’t turn it off or on for specific photos; it works automatically if it’s enabled.

The following table describes the icons and tools available on the Camera app’s screen. Remember that the specific icons and tools you see depend on the type of photo or video you’re capturing and the model of iPhone you’re using. These icons can also appear in different places depending on the model you’re using. For example, on an iPhone 11 Pro, they’re shown on a toolbar just above the Shutter button, whereas on an iPhone Xs, they appear at the top of the screen. (In the table, iPhone 11 refers to the iPhone 11, 11 Pro, and 11 Pro Max models.)

Photo and Video Options and Icons

Icon Description

Show/Hide Toolbar—On iPhone 11 models, these arrows appear at the center of the top of the screen; tap one to show (arrow pointing up) or hide the toolbar (arrow pointing down). When shown, the toolbar appears above the Shutter icon.

Toolbar—On iPhone 11 models, this toolbar enables you to quickly select options including (from left to right) Flash, Night mode, Live Photos, Proportion, Self-timer, and Filter.

Flash—When you tap this icon, you see a menu with the flash options, which are Auto (the app uses the flash when required), On (flash is always used), or Off (flash is never used). Tap the option you want to use and the menu closes. When the flash is set to on, the icon is yellow. On iPhone 11 models, tap this at the top of the screen to turn the flash on or off. Tap it on the toolbar at the bottom of the screen to set it to Flash Auto, Off, or On.

Flash Being Used—When this icon appears on the screen, it indicates the flash will be used when taking a photo or video.

On iPhone 11 models, the flash icon at the top of the screen turns yellow to indicate the flash is on; it is white and has a slash when the flash is off.

High Dynamic Range (HDR)—Tap this to set the HDR options (only models that don’t support Automatic or Smart HDR). (You learn more about HDR in the Go Further sidebar, “More on Taking Photos and Video,” later in this chapter.) The options are Auto (Flash Auto on iPhone 11, 11 Pro, and 11 Pro Max models), On, or Off. When the flash is set to on, this is disabled, and you see a line through the HDR icon because you can’t use the flash with HDR images.

Live Photo on—When this feature is enabled, you take Live Photos (see the “Live Photos” note following this table) and the Live Photos icon is yellow. To turn Live Photos off, tap this icon. On iPhone 11 models, you can tap the Live Photo icon on the toolbar to choose Live Auto to have Live Photo in automatic mode as well as turn it on or off.

Live Photo off—When disabled, you take static photos and the Live Photos icon is white. To turn Live Photos on, tap this icon.

Self-timer—When you tap this icon, a menu appears on which you can choose a 3- or 10-second delay for photos. When you choose a delay, the icon is replaced with one showing the delay you set. When you tap the Shutter icon, the timer starts and counts down the interval you selected before capturing the image.

On iPhone 11 models, the Self-timer icon appears on the toolbar. Tap it to choose a delay. When a delay is active, you see the amount of delay at the top of the screen.

Filter—When you tap this icon, which is on the toolbar on iPhone 11 models and at the top of the screen on other models, a filter selection bar appears above the Shutter icon. Swipe on this bar to select from the available filters. As you move among the filters, you see the effect of the current filter on the image you’re viewing. The name of the current filter appears above the white box that is above the Shutter icon. For example, you can apply the NOIR filter to give the photo a cool Noir-movie look.

You can also apply filters after you take a photo; typically, this is easier so the details of applying filters are provided in the task “Applying Filters to Photos” in Chapter 16.

Filter applied—When the Filter icon is in color, you know a filter is currently applied (on iPhone 11 models, this appears at the top of the screen and on the toolbar). You also see the filter highlighted on the selection bar. When you capture a photo using the filter, the filter preview is marked with a white dot (except for iPhone 11 models). Tap the Filter icon to close the filter selection bar. To remove a filter, tap the Filter icon, select the Original filter, and tap the Filter icon.

Change Camera—When you tap this icon, you toggle between the back-facing and front-facing cameras (the front-facing camera is typically used for selfies). It looks a bit different on iPhone 11 models than on other models.

Shutter—This icon changes based on the type of photo or video you are taking. For example, when you’re taking a photo, this is a white circle as shown. When you take a video, it becomes red. It looks a bit different for other types as well, such as Time-Lapse. Regardless of what the icon looks like, its function is the same. Tap it to start the process, such as to take a photo or start capturing video. If applicable, tap it again to stop the process, such as stopping video capture. To take burst photos, you touch and hold it to capture the burst.

Timer—When you capture video, the timer shows the elapsed time of the video you’re capturing. The red dot on the left side of the time indicates you’re currently capturing video. On iPhone 11 models, the timer is highlighted in red while you’re recording.

Focus/exposure box—When you frame an image, the camera uses a specific part of the image to set the focus, exposure, and other attributes. The yellow box that appears on the screen indicates the focus/exposure area. You can manually set the location of this box by tapping on the part of the image that you want the app to use to set the image’s attributes. The box moves to the area on which you tapped and sets the attributes of the image based on that area.

Exposure slider—When you tap in an image you’re framing, the sun icon appears next to the focus/exposure box. If you tap this icon, you see the exposure slider. Drag the sun up to increase the exposure or down to decrease it. The image changes as you move the slider so you can see its effect immediately.

AE/AF Lock—When you tap an image to set the location of the focus/exposure box and keep your finger on the screen for a second or so, the focus and exposure become locked based on the area you selected. This icon indicates that the exposure and focus are locked so you can move the camera without changing the focus or exposure that is used when you capture the image. Tap the screen to release the lock and refocus on another area.

Faces found—When your iPhone detects faces, it puts this box around them and identifies the area as a face. These are especially important when you take Portrait photos because they indicate where the image will be sharply focused. You can also use faces to organize photos by applying names to the faces in your photos.

Zoom slider—You can unpinch on an image to zoom in or pinch on an image to zoom out. When you do this on models that don’t support Telephoto zoom, the Zoom slider appears on the screen. The Zoom slider indicates the relative level of zoom you’re applying. You can also drag the slider toward the – to zoom out or drag it toward the + to zoom in to change the level of zoom you are using.

Zoom Level icon—On models that support Telephoto zoom, this indicates the level of zoom currently applied to the image, such as 1x or 2x. If you pinch or unpinch on an image to change the zoom level, you always see the current level in this icon. On the iPhone 11 Plus and Plus Max, you see three icons. Tap .5 for wide-angle shots, 1x for normal view, or 2 to magnify the image by 2x. The current level is highlighted in yellow. When you zoom using the slider (see next item), the current magnification level is shown in the center of the icon and highlighted in yellow.

Digital Zoom slider—On models that support Telephoto zoom, this appears when you touch and hold on the Zoom Level icon. Dragging on the slider along the curve increases or decreases the level of magnification.

On the iPhone 11 Plus and Plus Max, the slider looks a little different, but works in the same way. Swipe to the left to decrease magnification or to the right to increase it. The current level is highlighted in yellow on the dial.

After you lift your finger from the slider, it disappears and you see the current magnification level on the Zoom Level icon.

Portrait Lighting Effect—Indicates the current lighting effect applied to an image when you’re using the Portrait mode.

Depth Level icon and slider—When you’re using Portrait mode, you can set the depth level by tapping this icon. When active, it turns yellow and the Depth Level slider appears. Swipe to left and right on this slider to change the depth level. When you have manually set the depth level, you see the setting in the icon.

Light Level icon and slider—When you’re using Portrait mode on an iPhone 11 Pro or 11 Pro Max, you can set the light level by tapping this icon. When active, it turns yellow and the Light Level slider appears. Swipe to left and right on this slider to change the light level.

Night Mode—This icon only appears in low-light level conditions when Night mode is available (only on iPhone 11 models). Night mode activates automatically at a very low light level, or you can turn it on by tapping the icon when it’s white (top of the screen or on the toolbar). When active, the icon is yellow, and you can set the amount of time used to take the photo by swiping to the left or right on the Night mode gauge that appears just above the Shutter icon.

Proportion—Tap the Proportion icon, which shows the current proportion, and then tap the proportion for the photo you want to take on the proportion bar (iPhone 11 models only). The proportion bar closes, the icon changes to show the proportion you selected, and you see the image in the proportion you selected.

And Now a Few Words on Live Photos

iPhones can capture Live Photos. A Live Photo is a static image, but it also has a few of what Apple calls “moments” of video around the static image that you take. To capture a Live Photo, you set the Live function to on and take the photo as you normally would. On iPhone 11 models, you can select the Live Auto option (in addition to turning Live Photo off or on), which takes a Live Photo automatically based on specific situations, such as if the camera detects motion or sound.

When you’re viewing a Live Photo you’ve taken (these photos have the LIVE icon on them), tap and hold on the photo to see the motion and hear the sound associated with the video portion of that photo. When you aren’t tapping and holding on a Live Photo, it looks like any other photo you’ve taken.

Like other types of photos, you can share Live Photos with others. If the recipients are using an iPhone model 6s or newer, they can view the motion part of the Live Photo too. If the recipient is using an older model or some other type of device (such as an Android phone), the recipient sees only the static image (what you see when you’re looking at a Live Photo without pressing on it).

Taking Photos

Taking photos with your iPhone is fun and easy, but that doesn’t mean you’re limited in your photographic achievements. As you read in the previous section, the iPhone’s photographic tools are extensive, so you’ll be amazed at the photos you can take. Following are tasks dedicated to some very useful types of photos. After you understand how to take these types of photos, you’re able to take advantage of all the photo types your iPhone supports.

Taking Photos

Models: All
You can use the Camera app to capture photos by performing the following steps:

On the Home screen, tap Camera.

To capture a horizontal photo, rotate your iPhone so that it’s horizontal; of course, you can use either orientation to take photos just as you can with any other camera.

Swipe up or down (right or left if the phone is vertical) on the selection bar until PHOTO is in the center and in yellow.

If you want to change the camera you’re using, tap Change Camera. When you change the camera, the image briefly freezes, and then the view changes to the other camera. The front-facing camera (the one facing you when you look at the screen) has fewer features than the back-facing camera has. These steps show taking a photo with the back-facing camera.

Set the Flash, HDR, Live, Self-timer, and other options you want to use for the photo; see the previous table for an explanation of these options. (You won’t see options that don’t apply to your model—for example, the HDR option doesn’t appear on models that have Smart HDR.)

iPhone 11 Models

On iPhone 11, 11 Pro, and 11 Pro Max models, you can tap the icons at the top of the screen or open the toolbar above the Shutter icon to configure options. For example, tap the Flash icon at the top of the screen to turn it off or on, or you can open the toolbar to turn the flash on or off or put it in Flash Auto mode.

Frame the image by moving and adjusting the iPhone’s distance and angle to the object you’re photographing; if you have the Grid turned on, you can use its lines to help you frame the image the way you want it. When you stop moving the phone, the Camera app indicates the part of the image that is used to set focus, brightness, and exposure with the yellow box. If this is the most important part of the image, you’re good to go. If not, you can set this point manually by tapping where you want the focus to be (see step 9).

Zoom in by unpinching on the image. The camera zooms in on the subject. If you’re using a model that doesn’t have telephoto capabilities, the Zoom slider appears. If you’re using a model with telephoto capabilities, you don’t see this slider; instead you see the current zoom level in the Zoom level icon (not shown in the figure but shown on figures in the next section).

Unpinch on the image (all models) or drag the slider (nontelephoto models only) toward the + to zoom in or pinch on the image or drag the slider toward the – to zoom out to change the level of zoom until it’s what you want to use.

Tap the screen to manually set the area of the image to be used for setting the focus and exposure. The yellow focus box appears where you tapped.

To change the exposure, swipe up on the sun icon to increase the brightness or down to decrease it.

Continue making adjustments in the framing of the image, the zoom, focus point, and brightness until it’s the image you want to take.

Tap the Shutter icon on the screen, either Volume button on the side of the iPhone, or press the center button on the EarPods. The Camera app captures the photo, and the shutter closes briefly while the photo is recorded. When the shutter opens again, you’re ready to take the next photo.

You can repeat these steps to keep taking photos, or, if you want to view the photos you’ve taken, tap the thumbnail to see the photo you most recently captured.

Use the photo-viewing tools to view the photo (see Chapter 16 for the details).

If you don’t want to keep the photo, tap the Trash Can, and then tap Delete Photo.

Edit the photo by tapping Edit and using the resulting editing tools to make changes to the picture (see Chapter 16 for the details).

Tap Back (<). You move back into the Camera app and can take more photos.

Taking Photos with Telephoto Zoom

Models: 7 Plus, 8 Plus, X, Xs, Xs Max, 11 Pro, 11 Pro Max

To take photos with iPhones that support Optical and Telephoto zoom, perform the following steps:

How Can You Tell?

You can tell if your phone has telephoto capabilities by unpinching the screen. If you see different zoom levels in the Zoom Level icon as you zoom in or out, you have a model that supports Telephoto zoom and can perform these steps. If the Zoom slider appears instead, use the information in “Taking Photos” to take photos.

Select the PHOTO mode, set up the image you want to capture, choose the options (such as flash or Live), frame the image, and set the exposure as described in the previous steps.

To zoom in at 2x using the optical zoom, tap the Zoom Level icon; on an iPhone 11 Pro or 11 Pro Max, tap 2 on the Zoom Level icon. The magnification level changes to 2x using the iPhone’s Optical zoom.

Just a Little Pinch Will Do You

The standard pinch and unpinch gestures to zoom or unzoom work, too. When you use a pinch or unpinch motion to zoom, the amount of magnification currently applied is shown in the Zoom Level icon. Using the pinch and unpinch motion to zoom is less precise than the method shown in these steps, but can be a bit faster.

Touch and hold on the Zoom Level icon. The Digital Zoom slider appears. On iPhone 11 Pro or 11 Pro Max models, this slider looks like a dial, but works in the same way as the slider that you see in the figures.

Drag the Digital Zoom slider to the left to increase the level of magnification or to the right to decrease it. As you drag, the amount of magnification is shown in the Zoom Level icon, and, of course, you see the magnified image on the screen. When you’ve set the magnification level and lift your finger from the screen, the slider disappears.

Telephoto Zooming Applies Everywhere—Almost

The zooming features shown in these steps apply to all modes except Portrait. (On iPhone 11 Pro and 11 Pro Max, you can zoom to 2x.) However, there are different maximum levels of zoom in the various modes. For example, when using the VIDEO mode, you’re limited to 6x, whereas in the SLO-MO mode, you’re limited to 3x. In PANO mode, you only have the 1x and 2x options. Experiment with the zoom in the modes you use to see what zoom capabilities they have.

Tap the Shutter icon to take the photo or video.

Quick Reset

To quickly return the magnification level to 1x, tap the Zoom Level icon. On iPhone 11 Pro or 11 Pro Max, tap the center of the Zoom Level icon to set the magnification level to 1x.

Taking Portrait Photos

Models: 7 Plus, 8 Plus, X, Xs, Xs Max, 11, 11 Pro, 11 Pro Max

The Portrait mode captures the subject in sharp focus and blurs the background. You can also apply various lighting effects and set the depth level. Use these steps to take portrait photos:

Swipe on the Selection bar until you reach PORTRAIT mode.

Make sure the subjects are inside the yellow frames; the frames indicate where the image will be sharply focused. Once the subjects are recognized and captured inside the frame, the frame automatically stays on the subjects even if they move. If you’re too close to the subjects, you see a message indicating you should move farther away.

Touch and hold on the Lighting icon. The Portrait Lighting Effect slider appears.

Portrait Photos

When you take a portrait photo, you can use many of the Camera app’s features, such as the self-timer. These work just like they do for other types of photos. You can’t zoom or use HDR when you’re taking portrait photos.

Swipe the Portrait Lighting Effect slider up or down (left or right if you are holding the phone vertically) to change the lighting effect applied to the image. In some cases, such as STAGE LIGHT, you see a focus area that shows where the light will be focused; you can use this to set up the image you want to capture.

To capture the image with the current depth, tap the Shutter icon; to change the depth level, proceed to the next step.

To manually set the depth level, tap the Depth Level icon. The Depth Level slider appears.

Zoom (11 Pro and 11 Pro Max)

When using Portrait mode on the 11 Pro and 11 Pro Max, tap 1x to increase the magnification to 2x. Tap 2x to return the magnification to 1x.

Swipe the Depth Level slider down (or left) to increase the depth or up (or right) to decrease it.

Light Level (11 Pro and 11 Pro Max)

When using Portrait mode on the 11 Pro and 11 Pro Max, you can also change the light level when you’re using the Portrait mode. Tap the Light Level icon and then use the slider to set the light level. See the table, “Photo and Video Options and Icons,” earlier in this chapter to see what the icon and slider look like.

Tap the Shutter icon to take the photo.

Taking Panoramic Photos

Models: All

The Camera app can take panoramic photos, which is ideal for landscape photography, by capturing a series of images as you pan the camera across a scene, and then “stitching” those images together into one panoramic image. To take a panoramic photo, perform the following steps:

Open the Camera app.

Swipe on the selection bar until PANO is selected. On the screen, you see a bar representing the entire image that contains a smaller box representing the current part of the image that will be captured.

If you’re using a model that has telephoto capabilities, you can zoom the image to 2x by tapping the Zoom Level icon (except 11 Pro or 11 Pro Max). On iPhone 11 Pro or 11 Pro Max models, tap 2 to set the magnification to 2x or .5 to use the Ultra Wide mode.

Tap the Shutter icon. The app begins capturing the image.

Slowly sweep the iPhone to the right while keeping the arrow centered on the line on the screen. If you move the phone too fast, you see a message on the screen telling you to slow down. If the arrow goes too far above or below the line, you see a message telling you to move the phone to better align the arrow with the line. The better you keep the tip of the arrow aligned with the line, the more consistent the centerline of the resulting image will be.

When you’ve moved to the “end” of the image you’re capturing or the limit of what you can capture in the photo, tap the Shutter icon. You move back to the starting point and the panoramic photo is created. You can tap the panoramic image’s thumbnail to view, delete, or edit it just as you can with other types of photos.

Taking Wide Angle Photos

Models: 11, 11 Pro, 11 Pro Max

The Ultra Wide mode is similar to using a wide-angle lens on a traditional camera. Here’s how to use this option:

Open the Camera app.

Select the type of photo you want to take and configure its options. (Ultra Wide is not available for all types.)

Tap .5. The magnification is decreased to .5x, which shows more of the image you’re capturing. If that’s the level you want to use, skip to step 6.

To adjust the level of magnification, touch and hold on 0.5x. The Zoom Level slider appears.

Swipe to the right to increase the magnification or to the left to decrease it.

When the photo is what you want, tap the Shutter icon.

Taking Photos with Night Mode

Models: 11, 11 Pro, 11 Pro Max

The Night mode captures photos under low lighting conditions without using the flash. The resulting photos have better color and other properties that tend to be damaged by the bright light of the flash. You can change the amount of time that is used; the longer the time, the better quality of photo you capture, but you also have to hold the camera still longer.

Night mode is active automatically when the phone’s sensors determine the light is low. When active, you can use the automatic setting or adjust it. Here’s how to use Night mode:

Open the Camera app.

Select the type of photo you want to take and configure its options; if it is very dark, you might not be able to see the image super clearly, but the Camera app attempts to present a usable image. If the conditions warrant, Night mode becomes active, and you see its icon in yellow and the current setting (for example, 1s) is indicated. If light levels are low, Night mode becomes available, but it isn’t active. In this case, you see the Night mode icon in white at the top of the screen and on the toolbar.

If Night mode is active and you want to use the current setting, tap the Shutter icon and skip to step 7. To manually activate or adjust Night mode, move to step 4.

Tap Night mode at the top of the screen or on the toolbar. The Night mode slider appears.

Swipe on the slider to the left to increase the effect or to the right to decrease it. The greater the time, the better the image will be, but you will also have to hold the phone steady for longer.

When you have set the amount of time, tap the Shutter icon to take the photo. The camera starts taking the photo. The image goes dark and slowly lightens.

Hold the phone steady until the process is complete; when it is, you return to the normal Camera screen and can preview the photo or take more photos as you normally can.

Taking Video

You can capture video as easily as you can still images. Here’s how.

Open the Camera app.

To capture horizontal video, rotate the iPhone so that it’s horizontal; of course, you can use either orientation to take video just as you can with any other video camera.

Swipe on the selection bar until VIDEO is selected.

Taking Video on iPhone 11, 11 Pro, and 11 Pro Max

You can take video on these models while you are in PHOTO mode by swiping to the right on the Shutter icon. The video process starts and you can control it as described in these steps.

Choose the back-facing or front-facing camera, configure the flash, or zoom in, just like setting up a still image. (The Self-timer, Filter, and HDR modes are not available when taking video.)

Tap on the screen where you want to focus.

If needed, adjust the exposure by sliding the “sun” icon up or down just like a still photo (not shown on the figure).

Tap the Shutter icon to start recording. You hear the start/stop recording tone, and the app starts capturing video; you see the timer on the screen showing how long you’ve been recording.

Take still images while you take video by tapping the white Shutter icon. (If the Live Photos preference is enabled, the photos you take are Live Photos. If not, you take static images.)

Stop recording by tapping the red Shutter icon again. Also, like still images, you can then tap the video’s thumbnail to preview it as well as any still images you took while taking the video. You can use the Photos app’s video tools to view or edit the clip.

Taking Photos and Video from the Lock Screen

Because it’s likely to be with you constantly, your iPhone is a great camera of opportunity. You can use its Quick Access feature to quickly take photos when your iPhone is asleep/locked. Here’s how:

When the iPhone is locked, press the Side button, tap the screen, touch the Touch ID/Home button, or lift your phone up (if you have a model that supports the Raise to Wake feature, and you have it enabled). The Lock screen appears.

Swipe to the left (all models) or press the Camera icon (X models). The Camera app opens.

Use the Camera app to take the photo or video as described in the previous tasks. You can only view the most recent photos or videos you captured from within the Camera app when your iPhone is locked; you have to unlock the phone to work with the rest of your photos.

Yet Another Way

You can also open the Camera app from the Control Center. To do this, open the Control Center (on X models, swipe down from the upper-right corner, or on non-X models, swipe up from the bottom of the screen) and then tap the Camera icon. (If you don’t see the Camera icon, you can add it to the Control Center using the information in Chapter 6, “Making Your iPhone Work for You.”

Taking Photos and Video from the Home Screen

The Quick Access menu offers a selection of photos and video commands that you can choose right from a Home screen.

Touch and hold on Camera until the Quick Actions menu opens.

Tap the type of photo or video you want to take. The Camera app opens and is set up for the type you selected.

Use the Camera app to capture the photo or video (not shown in the figures).

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