iPad, iPhone July 10, 2012

Capture Better Pictures by enabling the iPad/iPhone’s Camera Grid

The old artistic technique, using the grid to make composing pictures with the rule of thirds has been used by photographers for quite a long time. Turning On the Apple’s gadget camera grid divides the image that is about to be snapshot into nine equal parts for having a better perspective over it. Rest assured that the grid will not appear on the capture.

The steps are quite easy to follow for providing better pictures.

Firstly, you need to launch the camera app
Click on Options and afterwards turn Grid ON
Click Done for making the setting disappear from the screen and return to the Camera

Proponents of the technique claim that aligning a subject with these points creates more tension, energy and interest in the composition than simply centering the subject would.

The picture above from Wikipedia highlights the idea of “rule of thirds”. For further information about the artistic technique and its history you could check the Wikipedia site.