Take Control of iPhone Photography

Capture Photos in Bursts

Anyone who has taken photos of children or pets knows that it’s nearly impossible to keep them still. And if you’re trying to capture a family get-together, good luck getting a shot with everyone looking at the camera with their eyes open.

You can improve the odds of getting good photos by shooting in Burst mode. Instead of one image, the iPhone captures lots of photos in one pass. And when I say “lots,” I mean dozens of exposures every second. It’s a digital firehose of photos that you’ll be happy to sort through.

Take Photo Bursts

Here’s where you might fight against photographic muscle memory. On most cameras set to burst mode, you hold the shutter button to capture successive shots. That was the same behavior on ...