Couple photos taking tips I heard a long time ago, passing on:
Shoot for the format you plan on sharing in. Social media is vertical scrolling and your images will look best vertically.
Zoom in on the subject (as in physically closer) too many objects are noisy and scene loses meaning.
Literal zooming makes images more pixelated especially on phones, unless you’re using an actual camera then just get closer to the subject.
There’s beauty in everything. If it captures your interest, there’s a shot somewhere in there.
Just take many photos. (Especially on phones which suck). More photos = more to choose from.
Try different angles. Don’t capture everything head on like a family portrait. Go up, go down, from the side, along a path, try odd and interesting angles. Yes, you’ll look like a weirdo doing this in the city but fuck it.
Don’t center everything. Your camera and phone screen is divided by 2 vertical and 2 horizontal planes forming 4 points mid-way. You’ll want to align your subject into one of those corners and ensure it captures the most attention, undistracted by other objects in view. Basically align everything into those 4 spots unless you’re doing a closeup shot of a single subject.
Shoot in raw format. You want to keep as much of the original detail as possible and process / grade it later. Most new phones have decent grading presets.
Use log capture for video if you want the best control over colors. You can grade stuff in apps like Kino.
A crappy camera in knowledgeable hands will produce way better photos than a high end camera in clueless hands.
I’m sure I’m missing stuff. What tips do you have or know about?
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