iPhone Photography – Find, Organize, Manage, Share and Edit your Photos with the Photos App

April xx, 2024  12:00 – 2:00 PM ET

 

Your Online Page

This is the online page for your class.  On this page you will find information about the class,  general instructions for class and the class handout/slides that you can download and optionally print.  

Also, the table at the bottom of the page includes online lessons about the topics we will explore during class.  Click on the lesson titles to access this additional information. 

Class Description

Explore the functions in your iPhone Photos App that you can use to organize, edit and share your photos and videos. We will help you organize your photos with albums. Learn to crop, edit and enhance your photos and videos and also explore the various ways that you can share your creative work with the app.

This class will teach you the following topics:

  • Organize your Photos in Albums
  • Various ways to Share Photos 
  • Edit, crop and markup Photos
  • Use Special Effects with Live Photos
  • Search for Photos
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Additional Information

iPhone User Guide – Photos App  You can choose your version of IOS from the pulldown at the top of the screen

 

Senior Tech Club Recipes and Nuggets on the iPhone Camera  apps:

TitleSummary
How to Turn a Live Photo into a Still Photo
How to Turn a Live Photo into a Still Photo

This lesson provides step-by-step actions to turn off the live motion of a live photo.

Tap the Heart to Favorite or un-Favorite Photos for your Brag Book
Create a Brag Book with Photo Favorites

The Photos app has a simple feature that allows you to quickly create a photo album that is similar to the old-fashioned brag books that people used to carry.  It is called the Favorites album.

In 5 to 10 minutes of marking favorite photos, you can have your brag book ready for holiday gatherings. 

How to Order Photo Prints using the Walgreens app
How to Order Photo Prints using the Walgreens app

You can order photo prints directly from your iPhone using the Walgreens app and then go to the store to pick them up without having to take your iPhone to the store and sitting for hours at their kiosk picking out the desired photos. This Nugget will walk through the steps.

How to Delete Photos on your iPhone or iPad
How to Delete Photos on your iPhone or iPad

This Nugget reviews the options available to delete photos and videos from your Photo Library. We also identify the options available to manage the Recently Deleted album.

How to View and Manage Burst Photos
How to View and Manage Burst Photos

Burst photos are great for capturing action or the best shot.  This Nugget shows you how to manage those bursts.

How to Set Up and Use the iCloud Photo Library
How to Set Up and Use the iCloud Photo Library

The iCloud Photo Library is recommended as an approach to optimize your photo storage and backup your photos and other content. This nugget provides the details to set it up.

How to Trim an iPhone or iPad Video
How to Trim an iPhone or iPad Video

Did you ever capture a nice video to discover that you thumb was in front of the lens for the first few seconds.  As a result you have ugly video that you would like to trim from the video.

This Nugget will take you through the steps to trim a video with your iPhone or iPad.

Checkmarks and Add To to batch add photos to albums
Organizing your Photos with Albums

The primary way to organize photos in the Photos app is to create and place photos into albums.

This recipe will show you how to create albums and add photos to your albums. 

Share Photos with iCloud Photo Sharing
Share Photos with iCloud Photo Sharing

Imagine that you have been taking photos while on vacation with a friend. With iCloud Photo Sharing, you can invite others to view and share a collection of photos. You can also make the sharing public by publishing your album to a website for anyone to view.

This recipe will show you how to use iCloud Photo Sharing.

Turn off Live Photos
Turn off Live Photos

Live photos were introduced to iPhone photography with iPhone 6s. Live photos will capture sound and movement a second and a half before and after a photo is taken. It does this by taking a short video clip with the photo. However, the effect isn’t always desirable for everyone who wants to record life events with simple photography. This Nugget demonstrates how to turn off the default setting.

Add Text or Drawing to a Photo
Add Text or Drawing to a Photo

Hidden under the edit tools, you can add text or markups to Photos.

Show your Photos with a Slideshow
Show your Photos with a Slideshow

This lesson provides the basic steps to take an album of your photos and display them in a slide show. It is very easy!

Double Tap on the map to get more details
Tips and Tools for Finding Photos

Tired of scrolling through hundreds of photos looking for that one photo of an events. Learn about the search tools that the Photos app provides to make that search easier.

Get More Photo Information
Get More Photo Information

Can’t remember the location and date of a photo in your Photo library. This Nugget demonstrates the information attached to every photo.