How to Create Stunning Photos on the iPhone

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How to Create Stunning Photos on the iPhone

This tutorial shows teaches you how Apple's Retina Display works, and when it comes to photography, getting the best use of it.

Robert Nelson Jr

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In this tutorial i will be explaining how to take and edit stunning photos on the iPhone 4/4S. First lets get to know how the iPhone camera works and just how the pictures are so high quality

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Apple created their "Retina Display" by having 2x the pixels needed, for example 480 x 320px would be the iPhones screen size, without the Retina display. But, the iPhone 4/4S are 2x that (950x640px)

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Therefor the iPhone's camera takes the images 2x their original size, and the iPhone automatically divides the size in pixels by 2. Now lets get to the fun part!(:

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This is a picture of my cat, Billy. I simply took this picture with my iPhone 4, and with some of the editing apps i got installed, this is my output; Pretty good, right?

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Here is another example.

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Here is my Photography folder, equipped with Timers, and a variety of different editing apps. I suggest Photogene2 (0.99c USD) and 100Cameras (Free) but i also suggest apps like Instagram for quick...

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...and easy, but really nice, photo editing. With these apps you can create some really stunning photos. Here are some more examples

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Thanks for reading and good luck all you photographers out there! For more examples check me out on Facebook! Http://fb.me/YesItsRobertNelson

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Robert Nelson Jr

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Hi there! I'm an Independent Web Designer who also enjoys many other things like cooking, going to the gym, and hanging out with friends. :)

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That's a really great idea! Maybe i'll make a part two once i learn some cool new techniques. Thanks :)

Robert Nelson Jr (author) 5 months ago

Cool pics...u know what would push this guide to top would be some before after pics...of the same image... Then people can see the difference n really wana give it ago for themselves. Good work tho!

Sumit Sood 5 months ago

Your cat is really awesome! It looks amazing with the brown spot on his/her nose.

Bart Dingen 12 months ago

I think these pictures are pretty amazing. Given these are done with an iPhone, and not a professional camera, imagine the possibilities if you had a better camera :)

FabuloCity By Jessica last year

Recommend "AppPriceDrop" app to find daily FREE photography apps & filters. I've currently got ten folders full of photo apps, although some will get the heave-ho after awhile, but others are indispensable.

Ron Evry last year

No offense taken(: , mostly wanted to teach people some good techniques and apps to improve their photos. Also to give a better understanding about how Apple's Retina Display works

Robert Nelson Jr (author) last year

Man, no offense, but these pics are pretty far from "stunning"

Steve McQueen last year

Awesome photos!

Suresh Ravichandran last year

Ok mate

Charlie Schacher last year

@Charlie its simply just extra information, but, it should help you understand how photos taken on a Retina iDevice turn out so crisp and nice.

Robert Nelson Jr (author) last year

Well done! :)

Tiny One last year

I'm struggling to understand what you are talking about on the first two slides. The aspect ratio of the screen has nothing to do with the camera so I am very confused as to why you are taking about it.

Charlie Schacher last year

No problem!(:

Robert Nelson Jr (author) last year

Thank you for your help with this guide

Kostas Georgioy last year

Thanks for this ... It helps alot xox

Lorna D last year

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Oh didn't realize that, thanks for catching that mistake! It is 960x640px

Robert Nelson Jr (author) last year

Do you mean 960 ( 2 * 480 ) or actually 950?

Lukas K. last year

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Nice!

Henley Ian last year

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Love Snapseed :)

Rehany Mooy 10 months ago

I find Filterstorm a bit complicated, I really don't like the interface, but I hear it's good. Will still try it again though.

Henley Ian 11 months ago

Snapseed is very good. But I would also highly recommend Filterstorm.

Chris Tarantino 12 months ago

Yea snapseed is the best!!!

Ihsan Qibar last year

Thanks for the suggestion! I'll check it out(:

Robert Nelson Jr (author) last year

You don't have Snapseed?? You should really get it. I use it for my Instagrams and it does everything. Great for everyday use :)

Henley Ian last year

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It's a really good picture and taken from an iPhone?? Unbelievable!!

April Blue last year

Aah lol then that was prolly a golden hour. That's my favorite time!! Everything looks just right. I live in the country, and just after it rains my pasture looks AMAZING so I go out there and take pics. Haha just thought I might say that.

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