Using Your iPhone to Light the Scene
In general, I don’t recommend using your iPhone’s built-in flash, but only because it’s not very good (that’s not a knock on the iPhone—I don’t know a single DSLR or mirrorless camera that has a decent built-in flash. More on why it’s pretty awful back on page 5). Anyway, while the flash is pretty bad and pretty harsh, the Flashlight feature on your iPhone can be just the trick for lighting your backlit food in a restaurant or even your backlit friend outside. The trick is, though, to not use your phone’s Flashlight feature—use your friend’s iPhone flashlight to light your scene, so you can have them put the ...
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