Tip of the Day: How to Focus iPhone Photos without Tapping the Screen
Tapping your iPhone's screen to take pictures can be awkward and cause you to take shaky photos if you tap too enthusiastically. That's why it's so handy to take photos by pushing your iPhone's volume button. But what if you want to focus the photo before snapping the picture?
To focus a picture without tapping your iPhone screen, all you have to do is briefly hold the volume button before releasing to take the picture.
Just be careful not to press and hold too long, because then you will activate Burst mode and will have to delete 50 pictures of the same thing later.
Also, if you want to change the area of focus in your image you will still have to tap on the area on which you want the camera to focus.
Sarah Kingsbury
As the Editorial Director at iPhone Life, Sarah Kingsbury manages the online editorial team and oversees all website content. She is a long-time Apple enthusiast who never goes anywhere without her Apple Watch and owns way too many HomePods. Since joining iPhone Life in 2013, Sarah has done everything from writing hundreds of how-to articles to founding the Daily Tip newsletter. She even co-hosted the early episodes of the iPhone Life Podcast. When not at work, Sarah can be found hiking in the mountains and canyons around Las Vegas, where she lives with her partner and dogs.
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