16/07/2017
Photography tips that will help you shoot great photos with your smartphone
👍🏻great photographer can make beautiful photos using any device capable of capturing images.
1) Don’t think twice, take pictures whenever you want and of whatever you wish!
If you doubt whether to take a picture or not — take it! Snap it! Some moments will not be repeated. If you don’t like your picture you can always delete it, but if you had lost the moment you wouldn’t be able to turn back time and catch it. Don’t overthink and hesitate because there’s nothing to lose.
2) Light is the answer!
Let’s not forget that photography is all about using light. Even the most boring composition will be saved by the good light no matter if it’s a day or evening.
3) Don’t use more zoom!
I think this is the first step towards taking a bad smartphone picture. If you want to zoom in on something, use your legs and move! Don’t forget that this is just a phone, and its opportunities are not those of a DSLR lens.
4) Choose unique angles
Try shooting from the dog’s view. This will make you look at the objects from a new perspective.
Also learn to use the grid, and then, just as importantly, learn to do without it.
5) Never stick to one style!
Ex: landscape, portrait etc
I see a lot of people nowadays trying to shoot in one and the same style, or even the same exact colors! Don’t do this! Remember that versatility is great and shows your creativity.
Who said that you can only be interested in landscape photography? If you feel like taking a portrait of someone then do so. Don’t frame yourself in one genre. Be eager and don’t stop shooting. Your own unique style will develop!
6) Keep Your Lens Clean
A simple but important point: As we tend to keep our phone in our jeans pockets or handbags, give your lens a quick wipe before you shoot. It is a lint and dust magnet in there!
7) Perspective
Get down on your knees, lay down on the ground, climb a ladder, climb a tree: there are hundreds of possibilities for capturing another point of view of the same subject… try as many of them as possible.
8) Storytelling
Take two ore more pictures and make collages. This is a simple way to use your photos to tell a story.