Phone Photography Tips to
• source: I took all of these photos with my phone
• a phone (any smartphone with a camera)
• Turn on the grid in your camera app. This will help you out a lot with lines and composition.
• Use the zoom, but don't overdo it. In my opinion, 2x is the sweet spot. There's not much distortion and you can get a more true-to-life photo. Don't zoom in too much, tho. That'll only make it pixely.
• Turn down the brightness in your camera app. Not all the way, but lower it a bit to counteract any light sources in your environment. You can bring back detail from the shadows during the editing process, but if your photo is overexposed, there's nothing you can do to save it.
• Think about the composition of your photo. Your subject should roughly fill out 2/3 of the picture.
• Keep the lines straight. If you see a straight line in front of you (the edge of a house, a tree, a window, etc), make sure you keep it straight in the photo too.
• Mind the leading lines. Straight or curved lines will always make the viewers eyes follow them. Utilize that to put your subject at the end of the 'path' that the eyes naturally follow. (For example: use a curved railing to guide the viewer's eyes toward a person standing behind the railing.)
• Download an editing app. I highly recommend Lightroom Mobile and Snapseed. Don't spend any money on Lightroom Premium. You don't need that for phone photography (trust me).
• When editing, be careful with the saturation. You don't need much, sometimes you don't need any. Usually you'll want to keep it below 10.
• Test out different things in the editing apps. Find out which slider does what. If you learn how to use the tools, the end result will always look better than putting a filter over it.
If you test out these things, I would love to see your photos! Feel free to tag me in them or reblog this post with your pictures! :)
