How to Photograph the Northern Lights on your iPhone

Photographing the Northern Lights

What are the northern lights?

The Northern Lights, also known as the Aurora Borealis, is a phenomenon that occurs…

When and where are they visible?

The Northern Lights are visible…

How to photograph the northern lights on your iphone

Step 1: Find the northern lights

If they are not visible by naked eye, try just holding your phones camera up to the sky to see if anything is visibske)

Step 2: Mount your phone to a tripod (or hold it on a surface to minise any movement)

Step 3: Open the camera app and turn your phone to night mode

Play with shutter speed! I tend to find anywhere between 3 – 10 seconds best) – if it is too long, the pictures may come out blurry

Step 4: find the frame you want and click the screen to focus on a subject

Step 5: Adjust exposure

Adjust exposure or down by sliding your finger up/down on the focused subject

Step 6: Take your photo

and adjust settings as needed and enjoy!