50 tips novice iPhoneographers

Unsuccessful shots will always be more than good - it knows anyone who even slightly versed in iPhoneography or pictures in general. But to work brought pleasure, it is not enough to mindlessly clicking the camera at random, then to choose from a variety of shots and a couple of fairly good attempt to save the situation by means of filters. Today I want to introduce you to the 50 tips for fans of Emil iPhoneography Pakarklisa, creator of the site iPhonePhotographySchool.com, which will help you avoid common mistakes and to do more than a photo. Go!

General tips

1. Good camera - does not make you a good photographer.

2. Any iPhone can take beautiful pictures. Even 3G - I saw it with my own eyes. So here you have no excuses.

3. Permanent Pratica - the best way to improve any skill. Continue to take pictures even when seemingly no ideas - inspiration will not take long.

4. Treat your iPhone as a full-fledged camera. If you photograph only on the run - nothing much will come of it.

How to make a great photo?

5. First, learn how to take pictures. Then - learn to handle.

6. Constantly pay attention to the light. The basis of photographs is always lighting, the better you are working with the light - the better the result.

7. Learn to predict the course of events. Anticipate how to change the scene you are photographing a few seconds and be ready for these changes.

8. The best pictures carry emotions and tell the story.

9. Riddle - the best way to tell a story through pictures. Add pictures of understatement, that the person who saw them could think out your promise to yourself.

10. Before you take a photo, stop for a moment to think - is this the best angle really how good composition? Perhaps you can make this picture even better.

11. Work on the composition, be careful when choosing camera angle - it is the easiest way to improve your photos.

12. Learn the basics of composition, will get used to follow them, and only then - consciously break. You need to know the rules before you break them.

13. Turn on the grid and do not disconnect until you learn to work confidently without it.

14. Practice composition on simple image, for example, landscapes with a small number of subjects.

15. Always ask yourself what the photograph thing, that first catches the eye. If nothing stands out - it's a bad picture.

16. The composition must emphasize the main object or group of objects, but it does not mean that they necessarily need to be placed in the center.

17. In fact, even a bit of shifting the main object from the center, you will greatly improve the picture.

18. Do not forget about balance. If the main subject is in one corner of the image, the opposite should not be empty.

19. Turn on the HDR, photographing the landscape, especially if the sky occupies a large part of the composition.

20. Turn off HDR, if you are photographing a moving object or want to quickly make a few shots.

21. Take photos against the sun, for example, at sunset, to get beautiful silhouettes.

22. Learn how to quickly adjust the focus and exposure.

23. Never use the zoom. Come closer, or crop photos in the editor.

24. Use the sound control buttons, it is much more convenient.

25. Use them on your headphones, if such option is available when you want to take a picture and go unnoticed.

26. Reach iPhone from the pocket and enclose the chamber for 2 seconds or even faster. Never miss great shots, spending time to think or searching for iPhone at the bottom of the bag.

27. There are excellent accessories for iPhoneography, but to make a good photo - they are not required. Even buying up all these cool things, you will not take pictures cooler.

Processing and photo editors

28. Processing will not turn bad into good photos.

29. The easiest way to destroy a good shot - to impose a powerful vintage filter

30. If you want to use filters - make sure that you can adjust their power. Basic power setting will almost always look too.

31. Treatment should only slightly to emphasize what is already there in the picture. Everything else - too much.

32. First, take out the basic settings such as brightness, contrast and saturation. And only then start using effects and filters.

33. Do not download a few dozen applications for photo editing. Download a few, but learn to use them.

34. For beginners, I recommend Snapseed, VSCO Cam, Camera + and Mextures.

35. Do not add the photograph text. Text distracting and never looks good.

collection management

36. Always make a backup copy of your photo library.

37. External hard drive - perfect for backup collection, especially if you do not wear it in the same bag as the laptop.

38. If you have a Mac, use iCloud, so that images with the iPhone instantly appear right inside iPhoto.

39. Edited photos are stored in a separate album, to facilitate access to them.

40. Do not make hundreds of identical images, so you do not suffer removing them.

Publishing and social networks

41. Share your photos on social networks to get feedback and motivation.

42. Sign up for photographers whose work you like - it inspires and no one forbids you to borrow some ideas from them (within reason, of course).

43. Copy someone's style - it's okay if you're a beginner. Over time, you develop your own.

44. Do not try to maintain accounts at once on ten sites - it will drive you crazy. Select one or two of the best. I, for example, I take Only Instagram.

45. If you want to stand out on Instagram - do not use its filters.

46. Always answer to those who commented on your photo. Banal "thank you" will never be over.

47. Know the measure, using the hashtag, you do not want to look like a spammer?

48. It is not necessary to add a watermark to your photos. They look ugly and steal your photos still no one will.

49. You can put only the best photos to your profile to look nice. Never forget: quality - is more important than quantity.

50. Digital photos - temporary, or at least it felt. Print out your best work, to make them tangible.

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Which tips Emil liked you the most? And what would you not agree? Or maybe you have something to add from my own experience iPhoneography? Tell us in the comments.

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