We gave the iPhone 14 Pro a coveted CNET Editors’ Choice award for various reasons, but one of the biggest is due to its superb camera setup. The three rear lenses can take beautiful photos that rival shots from the best camera phones out there, including Samsung’s Galaxy S23 Ultra and Google’s Pixel 7 Pro. It takes great photos at night too.
The iPhone’s potent combination of gorgeous image quality, software processing and advanced features, such as Apple’s own ProRaw image format, means the iPhone’s images can look like they were taken on a professional-level camera.
Then there’s the wide array of amazing photo editing apps available on iOS that can help turn even a regular image into an eye-catching piece of digital art.
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But simply having a great camera isn’t the only thing you need to take award-worthy images. Knowing the tricks of the trade will make the difference between coming home with some fun snaps and coming back with beautiful photos you can’t wait to print and frame for your wall.
Here, then, are my top tips for better images, techniques that I use every day as a professional photographer, from working with the light to using more-creative angles to polishing up your shots in editing apps like Snapseed or Adobe Lightroom. Many of these tips will apply on any recent phone you may have, including the base iPhone 14 or older models like the iPhone 13 and iPhone SE and even many Android phones.
Know when to use the different lenses
Waiting until the evening for this shot really paid off, with an incredible fiery sunset.
Night mode allowed me to capture a vibrant and sharp shot here, despite it being the middle of the night.
Don’t think that once the light goes altogether you need to stop shooting. The iPhone 14 Pro has one of the best night modes on any phone and can take astonishing night-time photos. City scenes, with car headlights, vibrant shop window displays and even festive holiday decorations can provide superb fodder for night shots. And don’t worry if it rains. Those wet streets will now reflect all of those lights, which can look amazing.
Check out our tutorial If you want to get even better results from your night-time phone photography.
Shoot in ProRaw, edit your shots later
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