30 Tips to improve your Smartphone Photography

Book excerpt: This book is a collection of techniques and tricks that I have personally used day in and day out for my photography, including smartphone photography. Some of these techniques you may have already encountered elsewhere, while others may be new to you. However, the important point is that by picking up this book, you are demonstrating your curiosity and eagerness to learn more about how different people approach photography. You can also use this opportunity to filter and absorb all the useful techniques for your own needs. In this book, you will find techniques and tricks designed for use during composition and some of it for post production editing. These will help elevate your photos from ordinary shots to something that looks truly professional. You will also discover highly recommended hardware-related techniques and tricks, which are applicable even for smartphone photography. Table of Contents: 1. Tighten and Isolate 2. White Space 3. Adding Foreground 4. Horizon Alignment 5. Dutch Tilt 6. The Grids 7. Complementary Colors 8. Framing 9. Look Around 10. Silhouette 11. Don’t use Flash 12. Embrace the Rain 13. Eye Level vs Low Angle 14. Best Time for Sunset/rise 15. Elevate with Light Trails 16. Frame Export 17. Utilize Lens Flare 18. CPL Filter 19. Diffused Lights 20. Easy Fireworks 21. Filters Clip-on 22. Motion Blur 23. Portable Tripod 24. Utilize Night Mode 25. Avoid HDR 26. Avoid Portrait Mode 27. Stacking Photos 28. Panorama as Wide Angle 29. Edit, Not Filters 30. Almighty Histogram