But it’s easy to turn the grid on and off within Settings if you need to but I found that once I got used to seeing the faint grid across my camera, I could easily ignore it when I didn’t want to use it while having it readily available when I do.

Unlike many camera settings on iPhone, putting grid on your iPhone camera is done within settings and not within the Camera app itself. While I don’t need my shots to look professional, they’re instantly more appealing when I apply the rule of thirds using the grid. To me, the best use of the iPhone camera grid is creating balance in the everyday photos we take. Suddenly a candid shot looks professional. The images below (found on Wikipedia) demonstrates the differences between a photo taken with the rule-of-thirds and without.Īs you can see above, a simple camera grid shift changes the entire feeling of the photo. The rule also states that the horizon line (of your photo) should line up with the top or bottom horizontal line of the grid.The rule of thirds states that the important compositional elements or subjects should reside along the lines or at the intersections of the lines.The camera grid is split into nine squares of equal size.But if you’re new to photography, learning the rule of thirds may help you with the balance and overall feeling of your images. Of course there are no hard-and-fast rules for anything. Rule of Thirds on iPhone & The Benefits of the Grid

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