I'm embarrassed to say that I haven't had much luck shooting photos with
my iPhone 6s. I knew it mostly boiled down to not being able to hold it
properly to keep it steady and on-target. It doesn't matter too much in
bright light using a fast shutter speed but low light that calls for
slow shutter speeds is another story. Few phones have optical image
stabilization (like the iPhone 6s plus) so, as in the bad old days of
film, it's up to you to hold the camera steady.
Just this morning someone sent me an iPhone photo that clearly suffered
from camera shake. It wasn't mine but could have been. So I decided to
see if I could find some help on the web on how to properly hold these
little phone cameras and I did. I found two methods mentioned... one (a
single handed method) that I really didn't care for since I found it
awkward and thought it made it easy to drop the phone. But the other
method (IMHO) has it just right. You can see it demonstrated here:
<http://www.canonblogger.com/how-to-hold-your-phone-camera/>
One of the most significant parts of the trick is using either the up or
down volume control button** (at least on the iPhone) as the shutter
button. As you'll see in the video, when the phone is firmly gripped in
both hands, using the touch-screen button is very awkward.
The method illustrated only shows holding the phone in landscape mode.
But I found I can make an equally stable grip in portrait mode by
cupping the bottom half of the phone in my right hand, then placing my
left thumb on one of the volume control (shutter) buttons and
overlapping my right hand with the left.
Either grip allows you to pull your elbows down to rest on your body and
greatly stabilizes the camera. The only downside for me (which is
probably good) is that I must wear my reading glasses to see the screen
when held close.
Chuck Norcutt
** I've not seen this documented in any other place. My 650 page iPhone
book doesn't mention it at all. The volume control bar on your earbuds
is also usable as a shutter button by squeezing the middle but that
defeats the two handed steady grip.
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