Chapter 13
Everyone Say “Cheese!”
IN THIS CHAPTER
Understanding the Camera app
Taking a picture or recording video
Recording yourself
Activating the flash
Including yourself in a photo
Changing resolution and quality
Controlling the location tag
I have no idea why people say “Cheese” when they get their pictures taken. Supposedly, it’s to make them smile. Yet even in other countries, where the native word for cheese can’t possibly influence the face’s smile muscles, they say their word for cheese whenever a picture is taken. Apparently, it’s a tradition that’s present everywhere.
Alexander Graham Bell never thought anyone would utter “cheese” around his invention. That’s because the notion of integrating the phone with a camera didn’t occur until just before his death. Folks had to ...
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