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Photography in low light conditions can be tricky, and especially so on smartphones. Because their sensors are so small, smartphone cameras take better pictures in the day time when there is a lot of light available. However, this is not to say shooting in low light is impossible. On the contrary, shooting photographs at night with your smartphone can be …
In photography, keeping your camera steady is one of the most important things that contribute to what makes a photo look great. Not only will it help prevent blurry photos, it can greatly improve the quality of your photos in low light conditions. Granted, you can rest your arms on a table to help keep your hands steady or balance …
I, like many people I know, never thought much about tripods for smartphones. In my work as a filmmaker, I used a tripod all the time unless the shots needed to be hand-held or otherwise. But, when it came to smartphone photography, I didn’t bother. I thought it was overkill. If only I knew then what I know now, then …
Food photography and smartphones go hand-in-hand like fish and chips or peanut butter and jam. Some people can’t help but feel compelled to take a picture when they see a plate of good food in front of them and share the photo with others. And what better way to do that than with a smartphone that’s always readily available? However, …
Usually, when people think about factors that contribute to great quality smartphone photos they think about the megapixels or sensor, and overlook one of smartphone photography’s unsung heroes– aperture. But, what exactly is aperture? Aperture is the opening in the camera lens through which light enters the camera. How dark or bright the photo that the camera produces will turn out is determined by the …
These days, when looking at smartphone camera specs, optical zoom has increasingly become a major talking point by phone manufacturers. That’s because in the past, phone cameras have only been able to use digital zoom, but now technology has made optical zoom a reality. For those who don’t know the difference, this can be confusing, and some have been left …
UPDATED: July 2020We’ve all been there before: Something cool is happening and you want to take a picture of it. You whip out your phone, take the picture only to realise that the photo is blurry and unclear. You try to take another shot but that moment has passed, never to be captured again. I’ve personally been in that situation before, so …
A big part of quality photography is getting the focus right. Missing the focus even slightly can turn a potentially great photo into a bad one. Despite their size constraints, smartphone cameras have gotten better and better with time. One aspect of this progress that doesn’t get talked about much is the auto-focus system.Other smartphone-related topics How To Make Your …
When taking pictures with our phones, most of us don’t even think about the actual size of the photos we’re taking. That is until the phone warns us we’re running out of memory. Only then we worry about how much space our photos occupy. How big are mobile photos? The size of a photo depends on many factors but mainly …
Ever since the camera became one of the biggest selling points on smartphones, a lot of emphases has been placed on the number of megapixels a phone packs in its camera. If you ask people what makes a phone camera great, the majority of them will probably say the number of megapixels it has. To be fair, they wouldn’t be wrong. Megapixels are …