Hi, I'm Kristi Hemric. I live in New York City.
I've been creating visual content for the last three years.
One of my favorite things that I love about photography and videography
is that technology these days is so advanced.
So, if you have a vision, you can create it,
and it doesn't matter how expensive your equipment is.
I find myself using my phone more and more.
So, I'm gonna share with you my five favorite iPhone photography tips.
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Tip number one: live mode is your best friend.
When you use live mode, you can pick any key frame after you've taken the picture.
So this is something you use when you have either a stranger or a friend taking your picture
who isn't that confident behind or in front of the camera.
So, with live mode, even if you get a terrible shot,
you can edit it later,
and I'm going to show you how to do that.
[When] asking your friend to take your photo,
make sure your phone is always on live mode.
That way, if you end up with something like this,
you can change it.
Click edit, and then the live icon at the bottom,
and you can toggle back and forth
and change your key photo.
This is what i got.
Tip number two:
use long exposure to make any passing object into a colorful blur in the background.
I personally love doing this for taxis, subways or any type of car,
and I'm going to show you how to make a boring photo
into something super creative in the next reel.
You want to take something ordinary and turn it into an extraordinary picture?
Next time, try this.
Make sure your phone is on live mode.
Take a few pics.
Choose your favorite.
Swipe up, then swipe over to long exposure,
and this is what you get.
Tip number three: pano mode.
Sometimes, you can't fit the entire scene into a photograph,
and that's where pano mode comes in.
With pano mode you can take a traditional panoramic picture
and make it the next level.
Trying to take a photo but you can't fit the entire background into the frame?
Here's what you do:
Switch to pano mode, flip your phone horizontally
and swipe up with the arrow.
Here's how mine turned out.
While discussing pano mode, here is a bonus tip:
you can use pano mode to duplicate yourself in a picture,
and I will show you how.
Seeing double? This is how I duplicate myself in an image
using just my camera.
First, I switch to pano mode,
hit a pose,
tap to start.
Then, I switch positions, hit my second pose,
tap to complete,
and this is what I got.
Tip number four:
use live mode on your camera near a puddle, pool or even the snow.
It's going to take your photo and add a ton of dimension to it,
and let me show you how to do that.
Want to make your pictures stand out?
All you need is a puddle or a pool.
First make sure your phone is on wide angle.
Then, switch to live mode,
flip your phone upside down,
get the lens really close to the water
and start kicking.
This is what you get.
Lastly is tip number five--
and it's one of the simplest tips--
flip your phone upside down.
It's totally going to change the perspective.
What you do is you flip your phone upside down
and put it near the floor, but tilt it up.
It's going to add foreground and directing lines towards your subject.
I'm going to show you exactly what I mean in my next reel.
Want to take your photos to the next level?
Stop taking photos straight on.
Instead, flip your phone upside down,
drop it to the ground and tilt it up towards the subject.
This is going to give you foreground detail and dimension.
So, these are my favorite iPhone photo tips.
Thank you B&H for letting me share them.
I'm always looking for new ones,
and I usually share one or two a week on my Instagram
@Khemric
and my Tik Tok is @ChicItinerary
I'd love to hear your favorites, so please share them with me
either in DMs or in the comments below.
Thank you so, so much for watching!