A few tips for getting the most out of your iPhone 11 camera – BGR

After a few years of arguably incremental upgrades, Apples iPhone 11 lineup was a breath of fresh air. Aside from boosting battery life significantly, Apple made some serious improvements to camera quality across the board. Night mode in particular is an absolute game-changer as it delivers low light photography performance that surpasses what youll find on Googles Pixel devices and even the Huawei P30 Pro.

Of course, if you want the best that Apple has to offer photography wise, youll want to consider the companys iPhone 11 Pro models which both feature a triple lens camera scheme. And while its certainly easy to take stunning and crisp photos right out of the box, there are some tweaks you can implement here and there to help take your photos to the next level.

Writing for the USA Today, Jefferson Graham spoke to a handful of professional photographers and asked them for a few simple but effective tips that can vastly improve iPhone photos. Whether youre a seasoned photography guru or a newbie looking to learn the ropes, there are a few tidbits here well worth checking out.

With respect to taking Portrait mode photos, for example, Matt Van Swol notes:

Create distance. The more physical distance between your subject and the background, the more separation your iPhone can create for you. Portrait mode creates depth by mimicking the depth of field that youd get on pro-level camera.

One tidbit not in the article but worth mentioning involves taking selfies. By default, your iPhone will take a 7-megapixel selfie in portrait mode if you just open up the camera and hit the shutter button. However, if you want to take full advantage of the iPhones 12-megapixel front-facing camera, tap the expand button (symbolized by the two-arrow icon) and youll be able to take a slightly higher quality photo. Incidentally, if you take a selfie in landscape mode, the default photo will be 12 megapixels.

One final tidbit worth mentioning if only because Ive been surprised by how many friends arent aware of this is that you can take high quality photos while video recording simply by tapping the white button on the right-hand side of the display while a video recording is in progress.

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