Apple users have been trading their editing tools for the default iPhone app after a formula to give selfies a sun-kissed glow went viral. Now, the Cupertino giant is giving iPhone 12 owners another reason to use its built-in features with a tutorial of spring-themed videography tricks to try at home.
For the latest addition to its Everyday Experiments series, Apple once again tapped Donghoon Jun and James Thornton of LA-based design studio Incite to get creative with iPhone 12’s camera capabilities, such as the Slo-Mo and Time-Lapse features.
While stop motion animations are notoriously time-consuming, Jun and Thornton show that you can make the experience worthwhile by choreographing flowers to “blossom” and transforming flora into fruits.
iPhone 12’s Slo-Mo mode isn’t a secret, but here, the two reveal how you can style these videos more artistically with highlighter markers in water for a radioactive glow, string to suspend and move flowers above the lens, and more.
For stunning time-lapse photos, Jun and Thornton simply leave plants out overnight, in front of an iPhone 12 and a tripod, and let the smartphone do the work. “How much the flowers blossom might really surprise you,” they proclaim.