How to take a photograph with a smartphone
Shamia Campbell
B-Tech
New York City College of Technology, Cuny
There are so many different ways to take photos with a smartphone. Some people prefer to take pictures with their phones instead of a professional camera because they get to keep the photo for the rest of their lives. Smartphones make a lot of people's lives so much easier because it's always with them and it is very useful when they need to use it. When it comes to taking photos on the smartphone there are a lot of effects that you can change in the settings to make the background or picture look twice or better. The reason why taking photos on a smartphone is so popular is because they are adding more intense graphics on the phones and specially more lenses on the camera itself. The more the lens on the camera the better the photo will come out. Photos are very important to people and it’s life for others because that's what they look back on in life to have memories of life. Taking photos can be a part of someone's career as in what they do for willing or even for people that can't remember some events so they use photos to refresh their memory.
The first thing you must do before ever taking a picture is cleaning the lens because if you don't do that then the photo will probably come out blurry or it will just not be a good looking photo. When it comes to cleaning the lens you should use a cloth or a t-shirt so that you won't scratch the lens because if it does then you will see that scratch in the lens. After the cleaning of them don’t touch the camera, it will get dirty again then you will have to do the whole process over. That’s why it's good to do a pre-shots so that you can see how the photos will come out. Once you see that the picture is coming out the way you want then you can get the snapping of what you want too. Clean lens is the way to go and photos will not come out good at all and when that happens then you will be upset because it didn't come out the way it was supposed to be. There are different sizes of lens on a smartphone too. One lens is if you want your photo further distance, the second lens is if you want the photo closer and the third lens is the original position.
There are other important details when it comes to taking photos with smartphones. When it comes to framing the smartphone does it for you and when it comes it is basically moving out any activities in the background going on that you wouldn’t want in the picture. The grid within the camera is to focus and angle how you want the picture to be. Framing comes in handy because without it you will have to try to crop out unnecessary things in your picture which is more work to do instead of doing the angle before taking the photo. When it comes to zooming in to get closer to what you want to take a photo of is very helpful. You can be quite far away, not in the area where you see yjay you want to take a photo of and you can zoom in to get closer to it and snap it. Sometimes the photo will not be as clear because the lens feels like the picture was too far so you would have to set it so when you do take the photo then it wont look like that. Digital zoom can sometimes be a little frustrating only because of how the photo comes out. You are better off not using digital zoom but if you like how the photo comes out than you can continue using it.
You will definitely need lighting when it comes to the photos because with no light then the pictures will come out dark. Sometimes the LED light that is on the smartphone people don't really like because it gives a harsh color and it doesn't look natural at all. The sun light is definitely a light to go for because it is a very good natural light and it makes the photos twice as better. The sunlight gives you that glow that you are looking for to make your photo and skin glow. The only possible time that you will be using the LED lights on the camera is when it's dark out or you in a dark place with bad lighting that's when you want to use the flash on the camera. There is no other way to take a photo without the LED light on the camera because the picture will be dark so using that flash it can make your photo come out more light and you will be able to see yourself. When taking photos always try to get a good light because you are 100% well like the way the picture comes out. Good lighting is the way to go to get your great photos but if not expect the blurry and not good pictures at all.
If you know you take a lot of pictures you might want to delete some or save it on a laptop because once it says storage is full you won't be able to take no pictures at all. The last thing you want to see is storage full and once you see that you can say goodbye to taking it anymore. What can also happen is that you can pay for storage if you know that you take a lot of pictures but the storage can be used for other things like bur photos too. If you have nowhere to put your photos you are better off buying storage. Storage plays a big role because without storage you things in your phone can get deleted and there wouldn't be space for nothing. Smartphones come with storage because they know people like to take photos of their adventures and sometimes they don't buy the most gbs which 128 gb is the most for smartphones and they hold a lot. When buying a smartphone always go for the most gbs they have so you can avoid buying storage. If you do have a lot of storage it won't hurt to have more because you rather be safe than sorry.
If you also feel like the photos did not come out the way you wanted and if it's not straight enough, you can use a tripod to have more of a focus. If you have a pocket-sized tripod because you will have more of a better view and more clearly too. When the smartphoto is on a tripod you one you can hold your phone as a tripod stick and also you can extend how far of a view you want the photo to come out. The best will have to be that you can extend it as long as you want and by that having to be you can almost get everything in the background in the photo. The slower it is the more dont have everything in the photo but the longer is it the better view you get in the photo. When holding your phone sometimes you won't always come out with a good view because you are shaking and once that happens then it will mess up. You can better off doing the tripod instead so you can have photographs with nice viewing in the background. Smartphones can be in better use using the tripod too because not all the time you can get a good photo without any mess up. Smartphones are very useful and will always be good electrones to use in the future because they have so many different effects and settings that you can use when using the camera. Smartphones are a good phone to look into because you wouldn't have to buy a camera just to take pictures. You can use the smartphone to take your photos and you are on your way to go. Never go in deep thoughts when taking a photo because your iphone will save the day and you will be the happiest ever. If you want your phone just for photos that's fine too because if you just keep the photos in the phone only definitely space will be there.
Reference:
Austin, P. (2019, August 26). Want to Take Better Smartphone Photos? Try These 10 Tips FromProPhotographers.Retrievedfrom https://time.com/5660278/smartphone-camera-picture-tips/