Set the phone like a pro photographer
Burst on, grid on, exposure locked, Full Quality when you add them. Two minutes, once, and every game is easier.
- Step 1
Turn on burst, and turn Live Photos off
The play lasts a second. Burst (hold the shutter, or the volume button on iPhone) gives you a run of frames of that second. Live Photos slow the camera down right when the play happens.
- Step 2
Switch the grid on
On iPhone it’s in Settings, Camera, Grid. The lines help you keep your kid near the middle and the horizon level when you’re kneeling or sitting in the stands.
- Step 3
Lock the exposure on a player
Bright sky, gym windows and stadium lights fool the phone into darkening your kid. Tap your player and hold until the lock appears. Lock again when the light changes.
- Step 4
Choose Full Quality when you add them
For the photos you might print or put on a team poster, pick Full Quality when you add them. A compressed photo looks fine on a phone and soft on paper.
Do this at home before you leave. At the game you won’t remember.