2 Quick Tip for Better iPhone Pictures

Struggling to take nice photo’s with your iPhone?

This is a follow up on my previous post on Tips for Taking Better pictures with your iPhone that I wrote while travelling through Australia, New Zealand and Thailand only using my iPhone (because more than one device is a hassle)

So far I have seen two common problems iPhone users have experienced with regards to taking pictures with their phone’s which I will now provide some advice for:

Common Problems
1. Blurry photos due to shaking camera
2. The person or object appearing as a black silhouette on only the background visible

1) Preventing Blurry pictures with your iPhone, iPhone 3G or 3GS:

I’ve seen most people trying to take a picture the way you would with a normal push button camera, but only to blur the image because of the shaking when you try and push the picture button.

Apple have done something interresting with the iPhone, whereby you need to release the button, rather than pressing it, which would make the phone move, and thus provide a blurred picture.

To prevent blurry iPhone pictures this is what to do:

1. Hold down the Picture button
2. Now freely move your phone until you have the desired scene you want to take a picture of
3. Remove your finger from the picture button.

I am a big fan of taking photo’s with my arm outstretched of myself and my friends… meaning we don’t need to stop strangers and ask them to take a picture. This technique has helped me grow quite a collection of outstretched arm pictures from all around the world.

2) Prevent silhouettes or darkened subject photo’s

In my experience, especially when taking photo’s at the beach, the iPhone doens’t fare that well with bright skies or bright lights in the background.

Unless you are looking for the same effect below which I took a few weeks ago in London on the way home taking a picture of the spectacular clouds around the Hendon Town Hall, it is best to follow the advise below.

To prevent darked out subjects or darkened photo’s here’s my advice:

* Lower the iPhone to include more of the ground than the sky. This will adjust the iPhone camera and you will instantly see a better picture.
* Don’t take photo’s where there is a bright light from behind. Always position your subjects to be lit from the front by the light, be it a street lamp or the sun.

Try it out and let me know what you think!

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Update: 9 Sept 2009 – iPhoneclub.nl is having a iPhone Photography competition:

http://www.iphoneclub.nl/33348/aankondiging-iphoneclub-organiseert-fotowedstrijd/

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