A guide to using your iPhone 5 digital camera for taking great photos!

2. Getting Started
 I’ve been working on an iPhone 5 Version 7.0.3 for
this project
 In the past I have used both traditional film and
digital cameras , but it wasn’t until I got an iPhone
with a built in camera that I began to get excited
about taking photos
 Now I’m pretty much an obsessive compulsive
photographer, and shoot nearly every day. Most of
my favourites I post to Facebook or Flickr, but that’s
about as far as I take my work.

3. On camera effects and editing
Before taking a shot, you can select the following options:
1. LIGHTING: From the top left of the
screen, you can turn the flash to ON,
OFF or AUTO. Flash is useless on
objects more than a metre or so
away but comes in handy to ‘fill-in’
shadowy areas.
2. HDR: High Dynamic Range captures a
greater vibrancy between lightest and
darkest areas of an image. It will pick up
more texture, for example, in a sky or
washed out area.

4. Regular vs HDR
skies

5. 3. Rotate camera lens
front-to-rear: Shoot what is
in front of you or take a
‘selfie’ by pressing the
camera image at top right.
Note that in the second
option, you’re seeing a
mirror image and on the
actual photo rights and
lefts will be reversed

6.  4. Filters: Press the 3
interlocking circles icon at
the bottom right to bring up
9 filters you can choose from.

Select one of these before
or after you shoot.
To the right is a screen shot of
what the photo viewfinder sees
when you choose the filter
button before shooting
Filters cannot be applied to
panoramas or videos

7. Fade filter
option

8. Chrome
filter option
More on this later…

9. 5. Scroll along the bottom of your screen viewer to set the camera to
VIDEO, PHOTO, SQUARE and PANO
The PANORAMIC option allows for a 180° view.
Hold the camera in the upright (portrait) orientation, and turn
your body all the way to your left. Press the photo button and a
horizontal line
and  will appear mid-screen.
Pan slowly and steadily to your right, without stopping, aiming to
keep the arrow on the horizontal line.
Release your finger when done.
Any photo can be cropped square or rectangular when editing afterward.

10. Panoramic View
Panorama shots tend to have a flattening and curving effect on scenery so
shooting a smaller range, less than 180 degrees, often gives a better result.

11. Other features
 There is also a ‘burst’ shooting feature that allows
multiple photos to be taken in rapid succession simply
by keeping the shutter depressed. This is excellent for
photographing sports, pets and other moving
subjects.
 When photographing in
PHOTO or SQUARE mode, zoom
in by touching two fingers to the
screen and stretching them
apart. Note that zooming will
make images less sharp and
more pixelated.

12. Editing photos on the iPhone

13. Editing tools
From your camera
roll select a
picture to work
from
At top right of
your screen select
‘Edit’
Across the
bottom of your
screen will
appear 5 icons
for editing tools
•Rotate
•Enhance
•Filter
•Remove Red Eye
•Crop

14. Rotate
Not hard to figure out

15. Enhance
Click on the
magic wand
Colours will
appear brighter
and darker
If you don’t like
the effect, click
the wand again
If you do like the
effect, click ‘Save’
at top right

16. Black & White Filters
Mono
Tonal
Noir
•Many grey and black tones, fewer white
•Darks appear quite strong
•Many min-tone greys, softer values
•Fewer deep blacks & bright whites
•More texture in dark areas
•Higher contrast between black and white
•Few tones of grey in between
•Whites appear over-exposed

17. Colour Filters
Fade – greyer, muted values
Chrome – brighter, more vibrant, like Kodachrome slides
Process – turquoise, cooler hues
Transfer – golden, warmer hues
Instant - greener, earthier hues, like Instamatic film

18. Let’s compare differences
FADE
CHROME
TRANSFER
PROCESS
INSTANT

19. A Few Examples
FADE
CHROME

20. Normal vs Fade

21. Normal,
Chrome &
Tonal

22. The filters can be
applied before or after
you shoot. Don’t forget
to try the enhance wand
too!

23. Tap the eye icon and a
message will appear
at the bottom:
“Tap each red-eye. Tap
again to undo.”
Remember you can
use two fingers to
zoom in for a more
accurate result
iPhoto has a built in face
recognition program, which
makes it nearly impossible to
remove bright dots from areas
other than faces.

24. Cropping
MANUAL
ASPECT
GRID
Tighten your view of
the subject
•Choose from preset
sizes
•Touch screen to
center image within
that size & shape
•Allows for
balanced
composition
•Follow Principle of
Thirds
•Remove clutter and
distractions
•Zoom in on subject
Remember you can crop in iPhoto on your
computer as well

25. Original flaming tree

26. Now you are ready to shoot!