The Adventures of Rob & Lauren

Some more iPhone photos from Peru for you today! These were taken one night as we were walking around the streets of Cusco. 

If you’re interested in iPhonography, definitely keep following along as we’ll try to give you as many pointers and tips as we can! 

When it comes to taking iPhone shots at night, you’ll need to remember that the “shutter” will be open for a long time to let all the necessary light in. This means that if you start shaking the iPhone at all, your photo will come out blurry. To prevent it, we have a couple easy tips.

1. Make sure you’re standing very still. It’s even better if you can brace yourself against a wall. If you wanna be super duper still, breathe out just before taking your shot. That’s getting pretty intense, but hey, everyone likes to be intense right?

2. Hold your finger on the “shutter” button of the iPhone, and then release when you’re ready to take the shot. Don’t just press it, or you’ll make the phone move around. Press the button, hold, compose, then release. You’ll vastly improve the sharpness of your nighttime images if you shoot this way!

At night, your phone will also have some trouble knowing what to expose the shot for. Make sure you select the darker parts of the scene (in these examples Rob selected the buildings for the phone to focus on), otherwise all you’ll see is black! The iPhone will take a moment to figure it all out, and then you should see the buildings nice and bright on the screen. Then you’re ready to take your shot!

This is the famous 12-sided stone that was created by the Incans. It is truly an incredible feat of engineering, as it has held up for hundreds of years, with no mortar, surviving even earthquakes. The 12 sides represented the 12 kings in the region. Apparently there are stones with far more sides than this, but it was this meaning that makes it so famous. 

Feel free to leave any questions you might have about shooting with the iPhone in the comments and we’ll answer them for you!

Hope you’re all having a great weekend! 

Lauren :)