Gadgetory

it seems like everybody is ditching their digital cameras and using their smartphones for everyday photo captures and why not my iPhone has a great camera is always with me and I can share my photos instantly I'm Sharon Vaknin frisina and today I'll show you four Photography tricks for your iPhone the iPhone the latest software it lets you snap a photo using the volume up button it's convenient but what's even cooler about this is that you can plug in your iPhone headphones and use the volume up button here to snap a photo as well that means that you get super steady shots and you can mount your phone on a tripod and use this as a remote shutter release now let's talk about lighting and focus when you're taking a photo you can tap the screen to set the focus and exposure for any object but when you move around those settings change so to lock those settings tap and hold until the blue box pulsates and this message shows up here now as you move around those settings won't change you might have seen a new grid option on your iPhone's camera tap options turn the grid on and hit done now with this grid you can use something called the rule of thirds some people believe that if you align objects along these horizontal and vertical lines or along these intersections you can create a more pleasing photo so with this flower I'll put it on this intersection tap to focus and now I have a more interesting photo than just placing it in the middle once you take a photo you might want to crop it to change the composition iOS has that tool but here's an even easier way to do it open your photo in the photo gallery and pinch to zoom to change the composition now hold the home button and tap the lock button to take a screenshot now your cropped photo will show up as a new image in your camera roll so there you have it four simple tricks for taking better photos on your iPhone if you take any great shots send them to me on Twitter for cnet.com I'm Sharon Vaknin