# Futari blog

> Guides, feature notes and docs for Futari, the iOS camera app that turns a second iPhone into a live viewfinder and shutter.

## Guides

- [How to film yourself with the back camera on iPhone](https://www.coduo.co/futari/guides/film-yourself-with-back-camera.md): Film yourself with the iPhone back camera using Apple's Camera app, AirPods, Apple Watch, or a second iPhone that shows the frame and starts recording.
- [How to Take a Group Photo With iPhone and Be in It](https://www.coduo.co/futari/guides/take-group-photo-with-iphone.md): Take a group photo on iPhone with the Camera timer, Apple Watch or AirPods, or use a second iPhone as a live viewfinder so the photographer is in it.
- [How to take couple photos without a photographer](https://www.coduo.co/futari/guides/couple-photos-without-a-photographer.md): Four ways to photograph the two of you with no one else around, from the iPhone timer to a second iPhone that shows you the frame before the shot.
- [How to take good pictures of your girlfriend](https://www.coduo.co/futari/guides/take-good-pictures-of-your-girlfriend.md): Light, angle and iPhone Camera tools for better photos of your girlfriend, and how two iPhones let her see and approve the frame before you shoot.
- [How to Take Pictures of Yourself With iPhone](https://www.coduo.co/futari/guides/take-pictures-of-yourself-with-iphone.md): Timer, volume buttons, Apple Watch, AirPods or a second iPhone. Five ways to take pictures of yourself with iPhone, and which ones let you see the frame.
- [How to use another iPhone as a camera remote](https://www.coduo.co/futari/guides/use-another-iphone-as-camera-remote.md): iOS can't turn one iPhone into another iPhone's camera remote. Here is what Apple offers instead, and how an app on both phones does it.

## Features

- [iPhone remote shutter that shows the frame](https://www.coduo.co/futari/features/remote-shutter.md): iPhone remote shutters compared: Bluetooth buttons, AirPods, Apple Watch, and a second iPhone that shows the frame, zooms and sets focus.
- [iPhone to iPhone photo sharing as you shoot](https://www.coduo.co/futari/features/saved-on-both-phones.md): Futari saves every photo and video on both iPhones as it is taken, in a Futari album on each phone, so nobody has to AirDrop the shots afterwards.
- [Use an iPhone as a viewfinder for another iPhone](https://www.coduo.co/futari/features/live-viewfinder.md): Futari streams one iPhone's back camera to a second iPhone as a live viewfinder: H.264 at about 1080p30, the whole frame with no crop, 720p on a weak link.

## Docs

- [Allow Local Network permission on iPhone for Futari](https://www.coduo.co/futari/docs/permissions.md): How to turn Local Network access back on for Futari in iPhone Settings, plus every permission Futari asks for, when it asks, and what each prompt says.
- [Futari camera app FAQ: what it is and what you need](https://www.coduo.co/futari/docs/faq.md): Futari pairs two iPhones: one shoots, the other shows the live frame and fires the shutter. What you need, how to connect, who pays, where shots go.
- [iPhone camera remote not working? Every Futari fix](https://www.coduo.co/futari/docs/troubleshooting.md): Futari's iPhone camera remote not connecting, dropping or not saving? Every message the app shows, word for word, with its cause and the fix.