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Sunday, April 29, 2018

Smart Phone Photography Tips

April 29, 2018 App , Camera 0 Comments



Hello everyone.
I’m going to bring you today some mobile photography tips that'll help you take much better smartphone shots.

1. Be ready

The phone is always with us, always ready to shoot. But at the same time a good moment is so easy to lose. So make sure the phone is ready. If you can keep your phone in camera mode, so when you unlock it its ready to shoot. Make sure you have charged your phone and keep extra charger source (like a power bank) with you.
Don’t think twice, take pictures whenever you want and of whatever you wish because some moments will not be repeated and if you don’t like your picture you can always delete it later.



2. Get to know your camera

Find out the strong and weak sides of your phone. Learn how you can control the exposure, or focus on the objects better. Search about your phone and make sure you’re using your phone in the most efficient circumstances.


3. Don’t use zoom!

If you want to zoom in on something, don’t Use the Digital Zoom. This is a basic step towards taking a bad smartphone picture. Just zoom by moving.
But these days that advice isn’t always correct. Many phones, including the iPhone X and Samsung Galaxy Note 8, include secondary cameras that provide 2x optical zoom. There’s no reason you shouldn’t use those cameras, as they provide an optical zoom without the loss of image quality.


4. Get the right light. Don’t use Flash

Lighting is what makes a great image. If you know what makes great light then you should able to get great shots. Photography is about creativity after all.
Natural lighting will almost always produce a better shot with realistic color than a photo taken with a camera flash. The problem with many smartphone flashes is that they don't actually, well, flash. So, what do you do in the dark, then? The best thing to do is to seek out another light source.
 
5. Perspective

Choose unique angles. Get down on your knees, lay down on the ground. There are hundreds of possibilities for capturing another point of view of the same subject… try as many of them as possible. But hold the smartphone camera in a stable way for reducing blur.



6. Clean your lens

Usually we keep our phone in our jeans pockets or handbags. So give your lens a quick wipe before you shoot. There can be lint or dust. You will never take great pictures with pocket lint, dust or thumbprints on the lens. Try not to keep your phone in your pocket or bag with things that might scratch the lens like coins and keys.


7. Take lots of pictures

Take different and lots of shots by changing your angle, changing your distance to the subject, changing your exposure… Don’t try to stick to one style. So the end result will be better than the first image you took.


8. Learn to edit

Actually in most cases you’ll need to process your images to get the best possible final photo. Try to choose only the best pictures and then edit those. Feel free to change colors and to add elements, filters to your photos. Editing apps can help you to make your pictures much better. There are many apps that will help you to do this. But don’t try too hard. You should remember that sometimes a picture can be better off without any filters.



9. Shadows

See the light, get the shadows too. In most cases shadows help to create lots of interesting scenes for you to capture.
 


10. Focus

Do focusing correctly and creatively. Usually manual focus is activated with a tap on the screen, on the point where you want the camera to focus.
Focus on forms, structure, textures, and surfaces. Light models things, try to capture that!
 


So finally I want to tell that mobile photography is about fun. The joy of having a camera available at those moments you want to keep is what it’s all about. The best way to improve is to have fun and to enjoy the process of doing better than what you had done before. Have fun!

  
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Saturday, February 17, 2018

Find My iPhone

February 17, 2018 App , Apple 1 Comments


If your iPhone or iPod touch has been lost or stolen, it's not necessarily gone for good. If you set up Find My iPhone before it vanished, you may be able to get it back (or at least keep the person who has it now from accessing your data).

Today I’m going to talk about how to use the Find My iPhone app. In this article I’ll illuminate,
        • What it is
        •  How to set it
        • How to use it
        • What to do if your iPhone is offline
 Find my iPhone is an app and service provided by Apple Inc. that allows remote location-tracking of iOS devices and Mac computers. This is a free service that's part of iCloud, which uses your phone's GPS and Internet connection to help you locate it on a map and take certain actions.If you lose your iPhone, iPad, iPod or Mac this free tool help you get it back. And, even if you can't get it back, you can prevent a thief from getting at your personal data.

                                                                                                  
How to setup Find My iPhone

What you’ll need to do this are,
  • An iCloud account
  • Find My iPhone set up on your phone before it was stolen or lost because there's no way to turn on Find My iPhone once the phone is gone.
  • A web-connected computer or device           

To setup Find My iPhone first go to Settings from home screen and then select the Apple ID,iCloud,iTunes & App Store then tap on the iCloud. Then scroll down to Find My iPhone. You can see it is in the off position.
      
     

So we can turn it on in next view. And also we want to turn on Send Last Location. What that’s going to do is, if my battery gets critically law It’s going to store and send the location of the iPhone to Apple when that battery is law. It means your battery dies and you lost your phone, once when you sign back to locate your iPhone it’s going to show you where was last located before that power went out. 
                                  

    


















So now Find My iPhone is enabled. Now we want to make sure that we set up some extra added security. Before that make sure you have either your passcode or touch ID and the passcode enabled.
To do that go to settings click on touch ID & Passcode and then make sure you’ve got one set up.

Another thing you can do on here is that you can share your location with family members as well. In order to do that go to settings > Apple ID, iCloud, iTunes & App Store > Set Up Family Sharing. So now you can use Find My iPhone to help find your family members iPhones or their iOS device as well.



How to Use Find My iPhone to Find or Erase Your Phone 

 There's  a Find My iPhone app  (link opens iTunes) that you can install on another iOS device to track yours but in this article I'm going to show you how to use the web-based tool, though using the app is pretty similar.

  • As you have already set up Find My iPhone service on your device before it was stolen, Now go to https://www.icloud.com/  in a web browser. 
  • Log in to iCloud using the account you used when setting up Find My iPhone.



  •  Click on Find iPhone.

  • Then again you have to enter the password for your AppleID. Find My iPhone immediately begins trying to locate all the devices you have it enabled on.



  •   If you have more than one device set up for Find My iPhone, click All Devices at the top of the screen and select the device you're looking for.


  • Now it shows the location of the device using a green dot. So you can zoom in or out of the map, and view it in standard, satellite, and hybrid modes, like in Google Maps. When your device is found, a window appears in the right corner of your web browser. It lets you know how much battery your phone has and offers a few options. 




Click Play Sound. This is the first option because sending a sound to the device is best when you think you've lost your device nearby and want help finding it.

You can also click Lost Mode. This allows you to remotely lock the device's screen and set a passcode (even if you hadn't previously set up a passcode). This prevents a thief from using your device or accessing your personal data.

If you don't think you'll get the phone back, you can delete all data from the device. To do this, click the Erase button. You'll see a warning (basically, don't do this unless you're absolutely sure you want to). Click the box that says you understand what you're doing and click Erase. This will delete all the data on your phone, preventing the thief from accessing it.If you get the device back later, you can restore your data from backup.
If you think your device is on the move, click the green dot representing your phone and then click the rounded arrow in the pop-up window. This updates the device's location using the latest GPS data.

If your iPhone is Offline???

Even if you have set up Find My iPhone, your device may not show up on the map. Reasons for why this may happen include that the device:
  • is turned off or out of battery
  • isn't connected to the Internet
  • Has had its Location Services disabled.
If Find My iPhone isn't working for whatever reason, you have a handful of options:
  • ​Check the Notify Me When Found box. Find My iPhone will let you know when your device next connects to the Internet so you can find it.
  • The three options – Play Sound, Lost Mode, and Erase – are available. Use whichever you want and the next time the device is connected to the Internet, the option you picked will happen.
  • Choose Remove from Account if you've sold or given away the device and don't want it to show up in Find My iPhone anymore.

Was this article helpful to you? Feel free to comment below about your own experiences and thoughts on this article. :)



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Monday, October 16, 2017

iPhone Tips

October 16, 2017 App , Apple 0 Comments

There are dozens of cool features hidden within the iPhone that you may not even know they existed. Here I 'm bringing some of the best iPhone hacks you didn't know about, and exactly how you can find them.

1. Setting custom vibrations on your iPhone

By assigning a custom ringtone or text tone to a contact you can easily tell who's calling you or what kind of notification you're receiving without even looking at your iPhone. But what about doing it all silently? As it happens, you can do just that by assigning custom vibration patterns or creating your own vibration patterns. Here's how,

Open Phone or Contacts. Then select a contact that you want to customize. And then tap the Edit button in the top-right corner. Scroll down to tap the ringtone field. Then, there is a vibration field. Tap that, and you can see a list of built-in vibration patterns you can choose from.

Further down there is a section to add a custom pattern. To do so, tap Create New Vibration, and you can tap on the screen to create your own rhythm. When you're satisfied (tap the Play button to see what it will feel like), tap Save to set the pattern.

And the same time you can also assign a custom vibration pattern for text messages as well.



2. One-handed keyboard

If you're using iOS 11 or later you can use a keyboard that is designed for use with one hand. One-handed typing mode works on any iPhone that's 4.7 inches or larger. That includes every iPhone 6 and 7 as well as the new iPhone 8 and 8 Plus.

Go to Settings > General > Keyboards, and tap One-Handed Keyboard. Then select Left or Right.


3. Lock iPhone to one app

How do I lock my iPhone or iPad to one app? Use Guided Access! Guided Access limits users to one specific app, preventing them from switching to another program or returning to the Home screen.
Guided Access can even be used to create a "guest mode," allowing you to hand your device to someone so that they can use only a app (Safari, Calculator, Video, or a game) without having to worry that they'll get through your personal information as It prevents them from accidentally exiting to the Home screen or another app.

To enable Guided Access,
Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > Guided Access and tap the switch to turn on Guided Access. Then tap on Passcode Settings and tap Set Guided Access Passcode and set a passcode. Toggle Accessibility Shortcut to On, which allows you to triple-click the Home button and enter Guided Access at any time.


4. Create custom iMessage replies for calls you can't answer

Sometimes it's not the right time for a phone call .if a call comes in and you can't answering right then and there, with a swipe and a couple of taps, you can quickly send an iMessage or SMS instead of answering. It's a great feature for when you're busy or in a meeting and want to let someone know you will contact them later.

When you receiving a call tap the button labelled Message above the “Slide To Answer” slider.
By default, you'll get three pre-written options as "Sorry, I can't talk right now", "I'm on my way" and "Can I call you later?", along with Custom option that lets you enter text then and there.

To  customise the prepared messages,
Go to Settings > Phone > Respond With Text.

Here you can't have more than three, however: if you want to add a new one, you'll have to sacrifice one of the current options. Tap the one you're willing to lose and type in the new response.



5. Skip calls with Remind Me Later

You're in the middle of a meeting and your phone starts vibrating. It's your mom calling, but you definitely can't talk right now. Instead of just declining or silencing the call — and forgetting to call your mom back later - there's another super-useful way you can handle the situation.

You can tell your iPhone to remind you to call back later.
When you receiving the call tap the button labelled ‘Remind Me’ above the “Slide To Answer” slider and you get two options: to be reminded to call back that contact when you leave your current location or in an hour. Select one of these and you can rest assured that you won't forget to call your mom.


6. How to take photos while shooting videos

When you're using your iPhone to shoot an important moment, you wish you could capture a photo at the same time. Don't stop recording! Just tap the camera button, which appears on-screen in addition to the shutter button. 

The screen will blink whenever you capture a photo during video capture.
The ability to take photos while shooting video has been available on iPhones since the iPhone 5.


7. Get your iPhone's flash to blink when you get a message

If the vibration or sound that your phone makes when you get a message is not always enough to attract your attention, there's another element that you can add to the alert: light. By going to Settings > General > Accessibility and scrolling down to the 'Hearing' section, you can turn on 'LED Flash for Alerts'.

Now every time you get a notification, the flash next to your iPhone's rear-facing camera will blink.


8. Switch direction in Panorama mode

You can change the direction of your Panorama photograph in the Camera app by tapping the arrow that appears in the middle of the screen in the Panorama mode.


9. Ask Siri to do maths for you

Siri is Apple's virtual digital assistant. You can get help from Siri to solve simple and complex maths questions. All you have to do is open Siri and tell your equation to it.


10.  Night Shift

Nowadays most of us staring at a screen late into the night and it can destroy our sleep patterns. Night Shift can help on that!

With the iOS 9.3 update, Night Shift became an available feature for all compatible iOS devices.
Night Shift dims the white tones of your display manually or automatically, in order to make it easier on your eyes in low-light conditions.

Go to Settings > Display & Brightness > Night Shift. Then switch ‘Scheduled’ to on. If you select ‘Custom Schedule’ option then you can assign a starting time (Tap Turn On At) and an ending time(Tap Turn Off At) . Otherwise you can select the option ‘Sunset to Sunrise’.



So, until the next post try these tips and enjoy!  Feel free to comment below about your own experiences and thoughts on this article. :)

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