We all know Action Pan, at least with our own eyes. Think of watching your favorite sport live, in the arena. The intensity is through the roof. You track the player inch by inch while he’s going road runner style across the field. Your eyes are panning along with the subject. It’s now the single in-focus point from your perspective while the world around it stays outside your visual attention, faded. Wish your phone could do the same?

How can a photographer create a sense of motion in a still photograph? Is it possible to give a life and energy to a frozen scene? Well it would be an odd camera review if I told you no, you can’t. Fortunately, we’ve got the long exposure feature of the Google Pixel 7 Pro. If you don’t know where to begin, try to think of a location where there is movement, let’s take a river.

OK team, today we’re looking at the Astrophotography feature of the Pixel 7 Pro. Out of necessity, this will be a two-part review. In this first video I’ll be talking about textbook usage of the feature, and my so-far failed efforts to use it. Don’t skip this part, and you will not fail as I have.

At last, smudgy noisy night photos are memories of the past. The AI on Pixel 7 Pro does a very good job of making photos more crisp, clear, and sharp in low-light conditions or even straight up night time. For that you need to access the Night Sight Mode, swiping to right from the Camera button.

One of the best Google Pixel 7 Pro camera features is the Magic Eraser. It does what Photoshop allows you to do, only so much faster. In moments, you can remove unwanted objects, with no additional software or apps. You've taken a beautiful photo at the beach, but there's an unsightly piece of litter in the background. The Pixel 7 Pro has you covered. Just draw a circle around the unwanted object with your finger, and poof, it's gone! Editing out unattractive elements of your photos has quite literally never been easier. There are some limitations of course, objects that are too large, or set against a complicated background, can leave behind smudgy artifacts when removed. But things like telephone poles, a car on a highway, a person standing in the background, even a person standing in front of the Lincoln memorial, all disappear like magic. It's just another example of how Google's AI helps to make you a better photographer. From framing to post-production, the Pixel 7 Pro is a photography cheat code.

If you know and love Portrait Mode for stills, good news for you, Google brought the same effect to video recordings. It’s called Cinematic Blur - what it does is tracks a subject in the frame and creates a blurry, out-of-focus background behind it. You might be thinking Sena! you just explained how to unblur a blurry photo, what’s with blurring again? Good question.

I’m not anti-blur. I’m an artist, I’m open to different techniques, expressions, I’m all for breaking rules in photography. When used properly and with purpose, you wouldn’t think there is anything wrong with a blurred composition. Like this one - (B-rolls here: I will show a video of me taking a long exposure shot with google pixel. I’ll be moving my head around, my body will be still. Then, I’ll post the result as an image) You wouldn’t think there’s anything wrong me, would you? Come on, it’s a good shot.

It’s great to be able to reach out and capture objects from afar, but what about what’s right under our nose? Often with attention to detail, the colors, patterns, and textures of everyday objects can become art, you just have to be able to get close enough. The pixel 7 does have a wide angle close-up lens, but the magic of their macro capability is the processing ability to focus on something, from as little as an inch away.

How often have you found yourself wishing, geez, I wish I could get a better view of what my neighbors are doing? I mean… I wish I could actually film the detail in the moon. (good save). Well the Pixel 7 pro has your back. This camera has a 5x optical zoom, but digital magic gets you 30x closer. Thanks to that next-level Skynet style AI, you really don’t lose much quality even at that range.

Thinking about upgrading to the Pixel 7 Pro? This is the first video in a series of 8, which will review the real world applications of Google's new camera tech. Statistics and specifications are a bit boring, so I'm going to keep my focus on how this camera will make your photography better in real world terms. The goal is to help you decide if the PIxel Pro 7 is right for you, but only in terms of the camera. A phone is a phone. If you've used Android tech before, you'll be familiar with the apps and functions, so no need to get into that. Each episode of the series will examine a different feature. You'll want to subscribe to the channel, and find the Pixel 7 Pro playlist, so that you can get the whole story.