From the course: iPhone Photography: Capturing and Editing Raw Photos

iPhone photography

From the course: iPhone Photography: Capturing and Editing Raw Photos

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iPhone photography

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- When you're shooting on an iPhone, pretty much every RAW file you capture is going to be a DNG. But remember the DNG is really just a container format. What's inside that container can vary from capture application to different camera application. What I would suggest is really think things through, if you prefer to use the native Mac camera, which is perfectly viable, and what's going to be right there in your home screen, when you swipe up, well, then you can take advantage of Apple Pro RAW as long as you're shooting on an iPhone 12 or newer, this'll give you that ability to really tap into those higher quality options. Now, if you're using an older iPhone or you want to take advantage of more manual controls, take a look at some of the other third-party apps. A quick search through the app store will show you many different available options. Look at the comments, the ratings, and the feature descriptions, and download a few and try them out. What you'll find though, is that each of these offers some different choices. So if you're using something like Lightroom Mobile, it does give you the ability to switch into a Pro mode or into a HDR mode. Professional mode gives you way more manual controls. Whereas the HDR mode is going to allow you to shoot multiple images and then stitch those together. What I suggest is work backwards. Think about where you do most of your editing. If you tend to use photos from Echo S, stick with the Mac app, if you're using a lot of Adobe, well, you might want to look at the Lightroom app, but if you're the type of person that likes to mix and match things together and uses a lot of different applications in your workflow, then I suggest a more standardized DNG. In any case, it's a little bit of trial and error because software updates all the time. But in this course, we're going to show you the built-in Mac camera app, as well as three third party apps that are quite versatile. With that in mind, let's go head out and do some shooting, and I want to walk you through how to use these different options to get the maximum control.

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