
Ever since i got my new older model iphone over a year ago i have been fighting a battle with technology when it comes to photographing color. The camera on this version of iphone is always doing two things: trying to correct night time exposure to look like a daytime sky and trying to correct the color of sunsets and sunrises as if it were erasing rosacea from a face in a portrait. Unable to capture night time or color as i could see it with my eye and not tech savvy enough to figure out how to tell the camera to stop “correcting” conditions i was trying to capture, i quit photographing sunsets, sunrises, and the moon. Why bother? I couldnt capture it as i saw it so what was the point? I just enjoyed the moment and unfortunately did not share those moments on the blog this past year. Now, i have finally taken the time to sit down and research what it is i have to do. There is a “night mode” setting that must be selected for moon photography and a “vibrant” setting that must be selected for sunsets and sunrises. This is annoying because you have to open one drop down menu, then select another, then choose the setting, then click again to select. All that wastes time when the moon is orange and has just risen or a sun is setting…the light conditions can change in mere seconds and you risk missing the shot doing all that nonsense. I liked my old camera…it just assumed you didnt want anything corrected unless you specified otherwise. I only had to click and grab the shot. So, for those who care, the brilliant shot was missed, when it was deep pink and purple and the light blanketed everything, but by the time i figured the settings out, the sunrise was still vibrant, just orange and teal instead. 
