MOBILE PHONE PHOTOGRAPHY: 25 LESSONS LEARNT

Do you want to take stunning photos with your mobile phone?

Mobile phone cameras caught the world by storm but the photography seems daunting. Millions of photographs are taken daily, thousands are deleted because of limited storage space on mobile devices but above all hundreds of thousands are being deleted because of poor composition. But with a few simple tricks, you’ll be able to shoot the kind of photos you never thought possible!

Inspired by 100 Things I’ve Learned about Photography article, I decided to share mine about mobile photography. I have practiced Mobile phone photography over the past few years of shooting, editing and sharing. Feel free to add yours in the comments. All photos in this article were taken by a Samsung A8 2018

1. Shaky hands are just as bad for cell phone photos. Steady is good

2. Clean that lens! You might think this is obvious, but really.

3. Tap. Focus. Just don’t forget.

4. A good mobile photograph is a good photograph.  Don’t be afraid to call yourself a photographer! hahaha.

5. Zoom with your feet not with your phone.

6. Make a photobook out of your photos

7. Don’t forget your rules of composition. Even if these shots are just “on your phone,”

8. Backup your shots: Google Drive, Dropbox, a hardrive. Pick two and stick to them.

9. Don’t edit and cross the street at the same time.

10. There are photo editing apps that can make good images better images

11. Print, frame, stick and gift your mobile photos.  Just make them real!

12. Not all photos have to be square – think outside the Instagram box.

13. The best camera is the one you own and know how to use.  Learn to control your exposure manually.

14. plenty of third party camera apps., experiment with some.

15. Be prepared, let your camera app be easy to find.

16. There are no good #selfies.

17. Likes don’t mean quality, may be popularity.

17. okay #nofilter.. hahaha

18. Taking a portrait? Offer to share with the owner.

19. It’s hard to tell the difference between a mobile, digital and film print (up to A3)

20. We don’t care what you shoot with.  We respect vision not tools.

21. Phone flash is not good stay away from it. May be with a selfie.

22. Little editing, dont try so hard

24. Put your mobile photos on your own blog. Don’t just give them to social networks. 

25. Made more friends on social media than anyway else.. Online friends can and do become real life friends.