Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.

Hieveryone

macrumors 603
Original poster
Apr 11, 2014
5,632
2,347
USA
I have mine turned off. I see it more as a gimmick than anything else at this point.
 
Ah ok. I see. That would be a good reason for Live Photos.
Using Live Photos saves using burst shot and you tend to catch the moments upto and after which with kids is just perfect.
 
Last edited:
Any landscape or static shots, it's obviously not that compelling.

But for my daughter, cats, or anything hard to take a picture of, it's awesome.
 
It is also good to capture the nuance of an environment (eg. a bustling city, a street performance, etc).
Once the likes of Facebook supports it directly, we will see people using it more.
 
I have a 7 month old daughter. I just got the 6s on Friday night. I have been able to catch her laughing or babbling in photos thanks to the live photo function. I honestly love it.
 
The frame rate is quite poor. I did capture some Fireworks with it to show to people and it was good for that I guess. I can see how it would be good for kids, but perhaps a higher quality and frame rate would be better.
 
I use it occasionally when I'm trying to get a Portrait of my kids. It is nearly impossible to get two young kids to stand still for more than a nanosecond and look in the same direction. This adds an additional dimension to the still.

99% of the time though, I turn it off.
 
I took a picture of my daughter on a swing. That made for a pretty nice live photo. Other than that it's just an opportunity to accidentally see my messy house or hear me swearing. I definitely leave it off and only turn it on if I want to take a Live Photo specifically.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Berthacrowley
I tried it but found it glitchy at best. So it's turned off.

I used it with my newly born niece and nephew and still didn't rate it.
 
I don't like them. They take away from the image I'm trying to capture. Plus they are too "proprietary" for me.

However I can see their appeal for some people.

Anyway, I just turned it off. I can think of a couple circumstances I'd like to use them however a video usually works better.
 
To eat up free space on my device.. I hate having all that free space.

Kidding. I turned mine off. I haven't even thought about using the feature since I've upgraded but that's just me. I'm sure others love them.
 
I have kids, dogs, cats, fish, a chinchilla, etc. I've taken zero Live Photos other than when I first got the phone to see what all the buzz was about. Well, after an upgrade it turned itself back on so I had to turn it off again. I'm not excited about going back to the days of low quality, low framerate video with obnoxious blur transitions. If I want video I take video. If I want a picture I take a picture. If I want both I choose the one I want more.

I don't mean to be cranky. I'm glad other folks are getting good use out of it!
 
My kids playing in the leaves. This is the moment I went from considering it a silly gimmick to feeling it's something I really like.
 
I take a lot of pics of my son. Live Photos of him in the swings are among my favorite. I also like when we talk him "cheeseburger" and he grins. It's a little action shot.

If it is an important pic I turn Live Photos off though because there is a tendency for moving shots to come out blurry in the still part of the image. And, to me, a photo is still a photo first. In the swings example of say about half the pics turn out blurry. Thankful I got a 128gb device to take as many as I want and have time to go through and wipe at my leisure.
 
  • Like
Reactions: melman101
Register on MacRumors! This sidebar will go away, and you'll see fewer ads.