BEST
iPHONEOGRAPHY
ACCESSORIESThe iPhone 11’s Night mode
enables you to capture
stunning nocturnal cityscapes.MUVI X-LAPSE
$29.95 veho-world.com
On a tripod, your iPhone can
capture stunning time–lapse clips
that show the ebb and flow of
people or clouds at high speed.
This clockwork tripod rotates
very slowly, adding a smooth
pan to your time–lapse clips.LED LIGHT LUMIMUSE
From $54.99 manfrotto.com
The LED Light
Lumimuse enables you
to light your photo or
video subject from an
angle and reveal more
detail in low–light locations. The
light comes in 3, 5 and 8 LED
brightness options, and you can
adjust the intensity of the light.MINI TRIPOD
$36.99 manfrotto.com
This mini tripod and universal
iPhone clamp enables you to
capture rock–steady clips and
Live Photos. Its small size gives
you dramatic low–angle shots. It’s
also great for capturing motion
blur during long exposures.High–key Mono
The High–Key Light Mono setting
uses the depth mask created in Portrait
mode to isolate the subject from their
background. This is a quick way to
simulate a high–contrast monochrome
studio photo in any location.Portrait mode
The Portrait mode’s shallow
depth–of–field blur isn’t restricted to
portraits of people or pets. You can use
it to add bokeh blur to other subjects.
Here we used Portrait mode to draw
attention to the foreground ivy.
A high ISO speed such as 2,000 will
add ugly particles of picture noise to
your low–light shot. When faced with
a high ISO speed shot, click on Edit
and use the Noise Reduction slider to
smooth out the noise.5
Shoot in raw
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HEIC and JPEG compress an image
so that it takes up less space. This
makes it harder to reveal color and
detail in low–light shots. With an
uncompressed image, such as a .DNG
(Digital Negative), you can restore
missing detail without revealing as
many nasty compression artefacts.astonishingly good results, revealing
details such as clouds and stars that
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from high ISO speed noise.
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Read the metadata
To understand the settings
that the iPhone uses in low–light
locations, click on a picture in your
Mac’s Photos app. Click the “i”
icon at the top right. This opens
a metadata panel that provides you
with the photo’s shooting settings
such as ISO (sensitivity to light). The
higher the ISO speed, the more
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