Thanks to impeccable hardware Apple’s iPhone can give many high-end pocket cameras run for their money. Taking images with Camera+ gives pretty interesting results with your iPhone and the improvements have been dramatic following iPhone 3. Below we have compiled a list of unique ways to enhance your photography skills with iPhone.

1. Instant crop photos

Pinch to zoom to get the desired crop and then press Home button along with Lock button. This takes a screenshot of the image moving the cropped image to the camera roll.

2. Lock the exposure and focus

If you want to set the focus and exposure of a section of your image you better tap on that part of the image. Though if you move your phone around immediately your phone readjusts the setting. The trick is to tap and hold, which displays a pulsating blue box with the bottom of the phone displaying AE/AF Lock. Now the exposure and focus is locked and moving your phone around wouldn’t change the settings.

3. Utilize the rule of thirds

Place the object along the nine grids, which become visible by going to options and turning on the Grid function. This tends to improve the composition of the snapshot.

4. Photoshop Mobile

It offers you the in-camera editing facilities missing in the iPhone. Do anything from crop, rotate, to apply FX to your images. It has four icons Basics, Color, Filters and Effects. You get multiple options under these settings to modify your images accordingly to get best results. It is the best photo editor app available for free.

5. ProCamera

In case you’re still not satisfied with the zoom capabilities of your iPhone, you must give Procamera a try. It can zoom around 5x and has a steady mode to counter the shake while holding the phone. You can use timer, composition grids, Big button to allow use of screen as shutter and shake your phone to take videos.

6. Camera Genius

In addition to the features of ProCamera, Camera Genius offers a Burst mode that takes three snapshots in quick succession.

7. Use your headphones to take pictures

You have seen in the past that the volume rocker can also be used as a button to take snapshots. The one on iPhone serves the same purpose. The surprising part is not only the volume control on your phone but also on your headphones that can serve the same function. Surprisingly, this gives more clear pictures in case you place your iPhone on a tripod or something. This also means you can easily take a family picture without you missing the same.