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Keep Your iPhone Safe on Family Summer Adventures

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Summertime is full of activities and gatherings that make lifelong memories and encourage fun experiences for you and your kids. Before you head out on your next family summer adventure, here are a few ways to use your iPhone’s versatile features as a resource while simultaneously protecting it from summer fun. Beach Days Ocean waves, sandy beaches, and snack food make for a great day at the beach for all ages. Bring along your iPhone and a Bluetooth speaker to amp up the fun, or use an attachable, waterproof iPhone camera lens to capture family memories on the beach. But unfortunately, your iPhone alone isn’t made to handle all the fun in the sun. Get a waterproof and shockproof case to protect your iPhone from water, sand, and food crumbs. Worrying about keeping your phone dry is distracting for everyone. Keep it simple and easy by protecting your iPhone from your beach day adventures. Sport Tournaments Your all-star players probably have a soccer tournament ...

Travel Photography Tips: Trade Your DSLR for an iPhone Camera

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Packing light when traveling makes a world of difference on the road. Less stuff means less stress, and why worry about lugging heavy bags around when you can do without? Capturing memories from your adventures can be fun and challenging, but carrying a cumbersome DSLR can seriously dampen your experience.  Lucky for us, every current version of iPhone available can capture high-quality photos that compete with pro-level cameras. It’s absolutely untrue that you need training and expensive equipment to take quality photos. Here are a few tips to transform your travel pictures without adding more heavy gear to your bag. Get Inspired Following professional travel photographers and influencers on social media platforms is a fantastic way to get inspired for your own adventures. Get ideas on perspective, editing, and composition without having to take a single class. Search for photographers on Instagram through the Discovery page and check out different hashtags...

Master the Art of Photo Styling with iPhones

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Whether snapping travel photos, posing for family pictures, or trying to find the best angle for products for your online shop, photo styling is a necessary skill for every photographer. Smartphone cameras have amazing capabilities today, from higher pixel resolution to multiple cameras. The iPhone is making it easy to drop traditional digital or film cameras and rely solely on your phone. Even for important photos for business or life occasions, the iPhone camera lens can capture it all in high resolution and better saturation than in previous years. However, the way these photos are styled changes everything. You have the basic equipment, and here are a few ways to take your photos from amateur level to expert status. Styling is not just about putting objects or people together in a pretty way but conveying a message or tone through the photograph. Maintaining consistency in a photo set with lighting, editing, and composition is important for branding. Whether cultivating ...

5 Tips for Stunning Travel Photos with an iPhone

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Thanks to technology, adventurers no longer have to carry a bulky, heavy, and complex DSLR or film-based camera along anymore. Over the last few years, the iPhone has easily replaced more expensive cameras and outranks them for convenience. When traveling, it is incredibly easier to whip out a smartphone and take photos, whether on a safari in Africa or floating the canals of Venice. However, there are always ways to better photography skills, even with a camera as basic as the most recent iPhone. Here are five ways to improve photographs while traveling with an iPhone:  1) Tripod: Using a tripod can increase opportunities for interesting shots and beautiful time lapses. Making sure that the iPhone is stable and given a view of a weathered landscape or busy traffic area, set a time-lapse for at least three or four minutes. This can capture the movement or life that a photo could not embody otherwise. Note: time-lapses do not record sound. 2) Lighting: Unlike older versions of ...

Get Stunning Pictures with an iPhone Camera Lens and Case

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The world is a great big beautiful place. And by adding an iPhone camera lens to their phones, people can capture their experiences and adventures within it better. iPhones and smartphones have opened up our lives in amazing ways (and yes, this includes all those goofy kid and pet videos). People can tuck them away and carry them just about anywhere—beaches, mountains, jungles, you name it. And when they get there, they can snap a picture or shoot a quick video to remember the occasion. Attachable camera lenses and cases protect phones and enhance the quality of images and videos. Some Phone Camera Lens Basics Basically, a camera lens is like an eyeball. On a regular camera, it focuses and guides the light that hits the film and allows an image to form. A iPhone camera or a standalone digital camera works differently than a film camera. Obviously, it does not use film to capture images. Instead, light travels through the iPhone camera lens and hits an image...