Mobile Photography Tips
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The camera you have on you, really is the best.
And for most people, the one you have on you is your phone camera. For me, even though I love my DSLR, my phone camera is just way easier to carry around when I'm not doing a professional session. I absolutely love pushing the limits with my phone camera and seeing what I can create with it. I mostly use it for travel, my kids and just those little everyday moments. I'm going to give you guys some of the tips I use when I'm trying to take the best possible photo with my phone!
Get Close
- Any phone you have will work.
- If your an iPhone user, portrait mode won't always give you the best results. I use regular photo mode for all of my phone photos.
- Using regular photo mode will allow you to get closer to your subject and focus on small details.
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Wide open
- If you have a wide angle option, use it to get the whole picture.
- Look for natural frames around you.
- Be mindful of composition.
- Try not to cut off limbs or frames. I made sure to get the whole window in the photo and also made sure my arm was sticking out far enough to make the composition interesting.
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Stay straight
- Always make sure your horizon line is straight. This makes your photos look much more uniform.
- If you didn't get it straight in camera, use your phones editing tools to straighten it.
- Shoot towards the sky for a negative space composition and also to hide distractions!
- Fun fact - I shot all of the photos in this collage while riding on the back of a motorcycle.
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Art is all around
- Look for colors, textures and patterns.
- Take pictures everywhere! I took this one at a local nursery.
- Utilize mobile Lightroom to give your photos an extra boost of color and clarity.
- This is a trend that I've been seeing a lot of but... STOP desaturating your green tones!
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Portraits
- As I mentioned previously, I much prefer regular photo mode to the iPhone portrait mode since its much sharper and you don't get those weird blurred edges.
- For indoor selfies, turn off all artificial lights around you and get near a window.
- Facing towards a window will give you a nice, glowy skin tone.
- Use brushes in mobile Lightroom to brighten up eyes and give them a slight color boost!
- I also like to use brushes to add extra texture to hair, freckles, eyelashes, eyebrows and eyes.
- STOP over saturating your orange tones in mobile Lightroom. Your skin is not supposed to be neon orange.
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