10 tips for those who discovers the world of mobile photography

1. Wipe dirty lens!

No, I'm serious. You can not imagine how many brilliant staff was spoiled due to the fact that the smartphone camera peephole flaunted fingerprint or stuck baby. Just take it a rule every time before shooting wipe lens cloth or soft cloth.

2. Use the light correctly

From the point of view of physics we photograph it is light and because of the light. Keep this in mind and pay close attention to the number and placement of light sources. Feature of mobile photography is that while smartphones have much more modest technical capabilities, so the question of lighting is of particular importance. Try to keep the source is behind you or above, do not be lazy to change the survey point if necessary.

3. Think about the layout

Good shot must have not only an interesting plot and the right lighting, but also thought-out layout. To achieve this, you have to get acquainted with the basic principles frame construction. When shooting you must be defined in advance in order to what you want to focus the viewer's attention and put the object in the most advantageous place. Really help you in this special horizontal and vertical lines, the map that can be included in the camera settings.

4. Scholkayte, scholkayte, scholkayte!

Do not limit yourself to the number of photos. Even professionals do not know exactly which frame will be successful, and what - no. Sometimes, photos taken with the same points with a difference of a few seconds, can differ dramatically from one another. So try to remove as much as possible by changing the angles, layout, lighting, objects. Then, multiple frames can always choose the best and delete the rest.

5. Use the correct shooting mode

Camera for smartphones contain many preset shooting modes that are designed for specific photographing conditions. Do not remove everything on the machine. Photographing the sunset? Select the appropriate mode. You want to do a portrait? Use the special preset settings. They have come up with a reason, and to choose the right mode, you usually will achieve the most optimal results. Of course, this advice is worth to use as long as you have mastered all tweaks not learned to shoot in full manual mode.

6. Do not use the increase

Digital zoom - is evil. Evil is absolute, eternal, and ruthless. Do not use it ever. It is designed for only one purpose - to spoil your shot. If you want something to increase, you can do it later in the digital editor.

7. Do not overuse Flash

Quality LED flashes on smartphones becomes every year more and better, but still does not allow to obtain high-quality images. So try to use it only in situations where afraid to get instead of a picture of Malevich's black square. In all other cases, turn off the flash better.

8. Make friends with a photo editor

Even professional pictures taken quality equipment is almost always processed in the photo editor. What is really there to talk about the photo taken with a smartphone, which requires adjustments literally everything. Setting levels, color, exposure and white balance will allow you to make a picture of mediocre good and from good - a masterpiece.

9. Pick up a good program for shooting

In one of previous articles we found that the difference in the quality of images obtained with the help of different programs, though small, but still there. And even more important is the amount provided for in the program shooting modes, its functionality and ease of interface. So do not be lazy to find among the many different cameras the most suitable for themselves.

10. Patience is everything

The last item on this list is the most important. If you aspire to as quickly as possible to press the shutter release and rush on, your photos will never go beyond your profiles Instagram and Facebook. Therefore, we learn, analyze, experiment, take off, and then start again from the beginning.

The article used photos, which at various times became winners Flickr service mobile photography competition.