{"id":914,"date":"2014-12-21T01:56:58","date_gmt":"2014-12-20T14:56:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thecanvasfactory.com.au\/blog\/?p=914"},"modified":"2015-03-26T09:50:50","modified_gmt":"2015-03-25T22:50:50","slug":"smartphone-photography-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thecanvasfactory.com.au\/blog\/smartphone-photography-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"Smartphone Photography Tips"},"content":{"rendered":"

Often when you go searching for photography tips to improve your amateur photo game you get a lot of information that isn’t terribly applicable. Chances are if you\u2019re looking for tips to make your smartphone photos a little better you\u2019re not much of an expert, and if you don\u2019t really want to go back to school in order to learn what all those terms mean, you might not find a lot of the advice on the Internet of much use.<\/p>\n

So here, then, are some super practical tips for your smartphone photography \u2013 these tips will instantly up your game, but don\u2019t require any scientific knowledge or understanding of complex concepts. But as simple as these tips are, chances are they\u2019re currently impeding your photography and resulting in less-than great photos.<\/p>\n

The Most Basic of Photography Essentials: Wipe Your Lens<\/h2>\n

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Did we just blow your mind? The fact is, your smartphone goes in and out of your pocket, in and out of your bag, sits on the lunch table while you alternate between your sandwich and swiping the screen, and generally takes a lot of abuse. Your lenses (back and front) can get really filthy, and whether you notice or not a dirty lens means blurred, less-than ideal photos no matter the lighting situation or your composition skills. Make a habit of taking a micro-fibre cloth (like the ones used for reading glasses) to clean the lens on a regular basis, and before snapping every photo.<\/p>\n

Hold Steady<\/h2>\n

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One of those basic, practical photography tips that many people forget: Your smartphone won\u2019t take the photo when you touch the shutter \u2013 it takes the photo when you release<\/em> the shutter. Forgetting this often results in blurred, unsteady photos, because people begin moving before they touch the shutter button. The trick is to hold the button down for a moment and take a breath and ensure you\u2019re holding steady and have the photo framed the way you want \u2013 then <\/em>release the button and get exactly the photo you want.<\/p>\n

Experiment with Apps<\/h2>\n

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You don\u2019t have to use the camera App that comes with your smartphone. Whether an Android or iPhone, you likely have a lot of choices for paid and free camera Apps which might offer better features, easier use, or superior filters and other little extras. If you want to improve your photos on your smartphone, one of the first things you should investigate is your options for replacement camera Apps. Make a list of features you want or challenges you face, then look for an App that addresses these issues until you find the one you\u2019re most comfortable with. That might actually be the default camera App that came with your phone \u2013 people put a lot of time into those \u2013 but if not, at least you\u2019ll know that your bad photos aren’t the fault of the App.<\/p>\n

Using these practical tips, you\u2019ll take better photos without knowing a thing about photography or Apps. And when you’ve created the best photos of your life, click here and we\u2019ll help you celebrate by turning them into gorgeous wall art<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Often when you go searching for photography tips to improve your amateur photo game you get a lot of information that isn’t terribly applicable. Chances are if you\u2019re looking for tips to make your smartphone photos a little better you\u2019re not much of an expert, and if you don\u2019t really want to go back to … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":915,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-photography-tips"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thecanvasfactory.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/914","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thecanvasfactory.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thecanvasfactory.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thecanvasfactory.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thecanvasfactory.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=914"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.thecanvasfactory.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/914\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1629,"href":"https:\/\/www.thecanvasfactory.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/914\/revisions\/1629"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thecanvasfactory.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thecanvasfactory.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thecanvasfactory.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thecanvasfactory.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}