Use Night Mode – because sometimes life happens in the dark… and somehow our iPhones are out here performing witchcraft.

Starting with the iPhone 11 and later models, Apple gave us Night mode — which basically means your phone can suddenly see things your tired eyeballs cannot. Honestly, rude but helpful.

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Have you ever taking a photo of your dog (or your coffee… or your kid… or all three together) and wish you could magically blur out the background? Welcome to Portrait Mode, aka the cheat code for making your iPhone photos look suspiciously professional.

But wait—there’s more! It’s not just a fancy background blur. Portrait Mode has a few bonus features that let you fix and flat-out make your way to photo greatness.

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So there I was, standing on the sandy shores of Lake Erie near Cedar Point (Six Flags), trying to capture the picturesque serenity of the beach with live iPhone photos….when a smug seagull strutted into my shot like it owned the place. Naturally, I took a Live Photo. Because if you’re going to accidentally photograph a bird that looks like it wants royalties, you may as well get a few seconds of sass in motion.

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How do you experiment with Panoramas? As I’m trying to get back into creative photography, I am having a hard time moving forward. My brain has a hard time coming up with ideas of what to do and I end up watching true crime instead. But…now that we have nicer weather (and I need more exercise) I am hoping to spend at least a few hours a week on photography fun.

This time? I chose to go to Hudson Mills MetroPark and roll with what ever came up in my brain. One of those ideas was Panoramas.

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