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Mobile photography is a contentious issue in the photography community. Some see it as a new medium in photography, while others think very little of it. I, for one, don’t think it matters what camera you use. What matters is the image you capture. Despite what you might think about mobile cameras and smartphone photography, there’s no denying that in …
When you look at today’s smartphone cameras, it’s almost hard to believe how far they’ve come. At some point in time, phones had VGA cameras. Only the expensive models had cameras with as much as 5MP, which was considered out of this world at the time. Now things are different. The average smartphone camera has more or less 12MP. But …
When it comes to taking photos with a mobile camera, I’m a big advocate of shooting in manual mode for very good reasons that I won’t get into in this article. But one of the big reasons is because of the amount of control it gives you. Among the settings you can control in the manual mode such as shutter speed, white …
A camera’s shutter speed is a key player in the exposure of pictures. Not knowing what it is and what to do with it can result in disastrous photos. Trust me, I know. I’ve been there. On the other hand, if you understand shutter speed and use it to your advantage, you can capture some truly amazing photographs with your …
Thanks to the advancements of computational photography, smartphone cameras have been getting better and better year after year. One area where mobile cameras used to struggle but have now improved upon is capturing detail in scenes with high contrast. Smartphone cameras used to be notorious for producing images with low dynamic range. The dark areas of a photo would be too …
There are several things that could ruin a potentially great photo. A shaky camera is one of them because it causes your photos to appear blurry. Thankfully, more and more good-quality smartphone cameras come with image stabilization of some sorts to help deal with this issue. What we’re going to look at in this article is what image stabilization is, the …
When taking photos with your mobile camera in Manual mode, there’s a setting that very few mobile photographers pay attention to– metering. Although some may deem it unnecessary, metering can help you control exposure and take awesome photos in various lighting situations. First, let’s look at…What is metering?Metering is your camera’s best guess as to what the appropriate exposure for …
When taking photos with your phone, have you ever noticed how, at times, the image might look blue or yellowish under certain lighting? The cause of this may be that the camera’s white balance is off. White balance is an important, yet not so often spoken about, setting on smartphone cameras. If it is set incorrectly, it can ruin a …
There is no doubt that smartphone cameras have evolved tremendously since the 2010s. And in an effort to take the capabilities of smartphone cameras to the next level and improve on their quality, smartphone manufacturers have started adding what is known as a ToF camera onto their smartphones. But, what is it exactly? Also known as a depth sensor, a ToF …
We all take pictures with our phones almost every day if not multiple times in one day. But how many of us actually know how a smartphone camera works? A smartphone camera works pretty much the same as any other camera in the way that it uses light to create an image. The physics of how lenses bend and direct …