Apple Photos - iOS 13 white paper

Back in September 2019 Apple released a detailed PDF report on features in Photos: Private, on-device technologies to browse and edit photos and videos on iOS and iPadOS - it is a good review of editing features, views, the user interface and privacy.

Privacy - iOS14 and iPadOS14

The Apple brand has embraced user privacy and we see this in the current version of our operating system. Expect additional changes in the future. 

After the iOS14.x and iPadOS14.x update, when you open a photo editing app you will be prompted to select photos to edit with the app or allow access to you photo library. 

"If an app requests access to your photos, you can choose which images you’d like to share without granting access to your entire library. Or if an app wants to add a photo to your library, you can allow it to do so without accessing your photos. You can also choose to grant an app general access to your photos."

What if you give minimal access and then change your mind and want to edit additional ... all photos with this app? You can make changes in the Settings app. Here is the path: 

Settings > Privacy > Photos > app name > All Photos 

Read this page for more information on privacy from the Apple viewpoint. Including the following white papers: 

• Location Services 
• Sign-in with Apple 
• Safari web browser 
• Photos 

Listen Up

Here are some podcast episodes featuring photography and editing for your listening pleasure. You might subscribe to the podcasts or just listen to the episodes that interest you. 

PhotoActive #81 iPhone 12 Pro - 

PhotoActive #83 RAW and ProRAW on iPhone 

PhotoActive #84 Editing Shadows and Highlights  

The Digital Story - Podcast Archive 

Also a book mentioned in our conversations

Learning to See: A Novel of Dorothea Lange, the Woman Who Revealed the Real America by Elise Hooper -  

On the Libby app with Library Card or at Amazon 

Your Next (iPhone) Camera

Some members of this seminar have upgraded to iPhone 12 while others are (happily) using earlier models. When researching your next camera read all you can. Here are the links and highlights at this moment. Read the linked articles and then compare your priorities to the following camera specs.

MacRumors: iPhone 12 Pro includes links and features. 
https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/iphone-12-pro/

Camera app maker Halide has details on how ProRAW works, and photographer Austin Mann has a guide on when you should use it.

iPhone 12 Pro and x12 Pro Max details:  

• larger sensor = improvement in low light
• 4x optical zoom - Max 5x optical zoom 
• dual optical image stabilization
• Max supports sensor-shift optical image stabilization - cuts down on camera shake and blur 
• night mode available for the front-facing TrueDepth camera and the Ultra Wide camera
• Deep Fusion is available for all cameras 
• Smart HDR 3 feature brings more true-to-life images
• support for ProRAW, offering full control over color, detail, and dynamic range 
• LiDAR Scanner enables Night mode portraits 
• improved Portrait mode 

Use iPhone 12 Pro to Create Amazing Floral Photos is a fun read with inspiring examples for using Portrait Mode.  

Shot on iPhone 12: Portraits, Cityscapes, the Night Sky and more is an article on Apple.com for all iPhone models.