5 cool iPhone camera tricks to help you become a better photographer

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For anyone who's looking to buy a smartphone with a great camera, the iPhone is the first option that comes to mind in most cases. Known for their quality of hardware and optimization of software, iPhones have some of the best camera systems in the smartphone industry. Despite not boasting a ridiculously high megapixel count on paper, there are not many phones which can stand side-by-side with iPhones in terms of image quality. Although iPhones can take stellar pictures, they cannot perform magic. So, if you lack the basic skills, your pictures won't come out as great as you expected. However, this can be fixed with a couple of cool tricks.

So, if you love taking photos, check out 5 tricks to take better photos with your iPhone.

Your iPhone has a portrait mode which you can take advantage of to take stunning portrait shots of your subjects. The portrait mode features 6 portrait light options - Natural, Studio, Contour, Stage, Stage Mono, and High‑Key Mono, all of which offer slightly different lighting tones to suit different conditions.

ProRAW gives you greater creative control when editing photos. Apple ProRAW combines the information of a standard RAW format along with iPhone image processing, which gives you more flexibility when editing the exposure, color, and white balance in your photo and therefore, turning your iPhone into a professional camera. Though it should be noted this feature is only available on iPhone 12 Pro or later Pro models, and not on standard iPhones.

Taking pictures with the wide-angle lens on the iPhone can sometimes result in a fish-eye effect in photos which is known as barrel distortion, and it can ruin photos. There's a simple fix for this. Simply go to your Camera settings and turn on the