How to take great pictures with your mobile phone?

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First, whether the camera function of the mobile phone can meet the hardware functions required for photography.

Second, you must have a pair of eyes that discover and capture beauty.

Third, a brain that is good at comprehensively thinking and analyzing the discovered beauty, with quick ideas and quick reflection.

Fourth, be proficient in the selection and application of shooting angles. (Including looking down, looking straight up, looking up) etc.

5. Reasonable use of light and shadow (including natural and artificial light sources).

Sixth, balance and adjustment of the gap between the line of sight and the real scene.

Seven, under the condition of ensuring the original image. Make modest post-production additions.

The above are the basic elements of a good picture. If you can do it, you will be able to produce a good picture.

Here I will post a few landscape photos taken in various places. They are not outstanding, I just enjoy the shooting process. Please comment and answer, thank you!

Taking wonderful photos with your mobile phone is my pursuit! Nowadays, mobile phone photography has powerful functions, and some technical indicators are better than those of previous digital cameras. Photography is an art. After all, the competition is about the aesthetic quality of the photographer, not the equipment.

I am a mobile phone photography enthusiast. I lack professional knowledge. I just have some practical experience in taking photos as I go, and encourage myself with my friends.

1. Practice more. Photography is an art and a reflection of the author's inner aesthetic taste. It requires profound cultural literacy, eyes to discover beauty, and inner cultivation to refine beauty. In order to express the artistic conception of "the green trees are dense and the summer is long, and the tower is reflected in the pond", it may be difficult to understand it without classical cultural literacy. Reading more, walking more, learning more professional knowledge, and absorbing nutrients from famous works should be the only way to go.

2. Walk more. If you don't climb to the top of the mountain, how can you have a shocking experience of seeing all the small mountains? If you don't bend down and observe carefully, how can you know the beauty of flowers and plants. A benevolent person loves mountains, a wise person loves water; a mountain is a Bodhi, a flower is a world.

3. Observe more. Viewed horizontally, there are ridges and peaks, with different heights and distances. The great poet Su Dongpo said it very philosophically. This is true when observing macro scenery. Macro photography also requires observation and thinking from multiple angles.

4. Flexibly use composition and lighting techniques. Anyone who likes photography has a certain theoretical knowledge of composition and lighting. Those rules and techniques must be used flexibly, and they must not stick to the rules. They must be good at summarizing and improving innovation. I think this aspect mainly relies on comprehension. All techniques serve to express the theme and highlight the main body.

Finally, I emphasize the most important thing: give priority to the photography intention, determine the subject of the photo, consider what to express first, and then select the subject. The part that embodies the author's aesthetic taste is beyond shooting.

There are two details to pay attention to when shooting with mobile phones. One is to keep the lens clean at all times, which is for the eyes; the other is to keep the shooting stable.

My experience in taking photos with mobile phones is "five uses"

One is to use your eyes. Using your eyes means visually inspecting the scene and picture you want to shoot, and see if the picture will produce the possibility of wonderful photos? If this possibility did not exist, wonderful photos would not be possible.

The second is to use your brain. Using your brain means thinking carefully about how to compose the picture, how to use angles to reflect the beauty of the picture, and how to make the same picture look different from others.

The third is to use up light. It means making full use of light, whether bright or dark, black and white, contrast, backlighting, or forward light, or producing visual impact, or side backlighting, or side forward lighting, or creating pictures with different depths of field.

The fourth is to use the adjustment index. After the above three are completed, you can use the index adjustment of mobile phone photography, such as color difference, color temperature, exposure, wide angle and other parameters to adjust the best picture.

Fifth, use a tripod. After the above four conditions are met, you can use a tripod to stabilize the shooting and freeze the beautiful moments.

The above five points are my personal experience. They cannot be said to be outstanding photos, but I can always feel that the photos taken are different. If there is anything wrong, please correct me, thank you

Pictures taken with a mobile phone

How to take great pictures with a mobile phone.

Thank you. I am happy to answer this question.

I am a photography enthusiast who takes photos casually with my mobile phone. I have been exploring how to take great photos with my mobile phone. I think there are three types,

1. Early preparation stage. Start by practicing basic skills training, and first learn the basic skills of composition, light and shadow, and shooting content. Proficient in the nine-square grid, the rule of thirds, the diagonal method, the symmetry method, etc. At the same time, do a good job in light and shadow photography practice. Simply put, it means starting from morning light until sunset, on cloudy, rainy, and snowy days. Practice more and figure out the rules of light and shadow photography in various weather conditions.

2. Start from the heart. Mobile phone photography is the most common. Take these three treasures with you anytime and anywhere. First, be sincere. You must love life, have a grateful heart, and start from the heart, only then can you see the beautiful scenery in every bit of life. Secondly, you must have eyes that can see through. Your eyes should always be focused on the scenery instead of yourself. Looking at the environment, often a good picture can be found in an instant. The three unified senses of smell, feeling and touch will lead to classic photos. The third is a sensitive mind. We should observe around us all the time. There are many beautiful scenery around us in our daily life. Only with a brain that is good at thinking can we capture the scenery that others cannot see and achieve classics.

3. Post-processing. The expressiveness of mobile phone photography is far different from that of cameras. Especially in poor light conditions, the results of the photos taken are very poor. As an art, it pursues the ultimate expression effect. What is your original intention for shooting, what meaning needs to be expressed by light and shadow, post-production is the most important. This requires looking at our usual artistic accomplishment. You need to take a large number of photos, then browse and screen them, select the most satisfying works, and perform post-processing. The main tool I use is Meitu Xiu Xiu. I first edit to highlight the subject, then start with the light effect, and deal with exposure, brightness, saturation, color cast, and dark spots one by one until the effect I express appears!

As long as you work hard enough, an iron pestle can be ground into a needle. One day, you will take photos that are so beautiful that they make you cry.

In the past few years since I retired, I have been traveling a lot. I took pictures of the mountains and rivers I walked through with my mobile phone and kept them as memories for later. I wasn’t very good at taking pictures at first. It was originally a nice scenery, but it didn’t look good when I took it. It was either too dark or too blurry. In short, the photos I took were not ideal.

Later, after receiving some advice from others, I carefully considered the camera function of my smartphone. I basically mastered some skills and thought my photography was better than before.

Taking pictures with a mobile phone is not as complicated as a camera, and it is still relatively easy to learn. Open the camera page on your mobile phone, and then open the "More" column. There are many options. The one I often use is the "Panorama" mode, which gives a three-dimensional sense to the scenery. I also used the "HDR" mode, and the shots were pretty good, etc. Finally, there was post-production after the photos were taken. Open the page of the picture you took, click on the "Edit" column and follow the instructions one by one. You will have a perfect picture.

I am not a professional, and what I say may not be correct. It is for reference only.

Below is what I took recently, let’s take a look.

I don’t know photography skills, but when I go out, I always encounter moments that I like to capture with my mobile phone! The effect is really not very good! Slowly explore it at home and leave it to yourself to enjoy. How to take great pictures with your mobile phone? With the advancement of technology, the camera performance of mobile phones is also constantly improving. Whether it is the performance of hard parameters such as pixels and image quality, or the extended experience brought by apps, today's mobile phones can achieve good shooting results. But many people still can't take good pictures, and they still haven't even gotten rid of the curse of "shooting casually".

In fact, as long as you cleverly use the shooting functions and select scenes according to the characteristics of your mobile phone, you can shoot good works. So, today let’s talk about “leveraging strengths and avoiding weaknesses” when shooting with mobile phones.

1. "Avoid shortcomings"

1. Avoid low light

Since the photosensitive element of the mobile phone is very small, it is difficult to control the image quality under high sensitivity. The ability will naturally be poor, so even if some mobile phone manufacturers vigorously promote the super night scene shooting function, the night scene shooting effect is only improved compared with other mobile phones, but it does not mean that the picture quality can be compared with the camera. Therefore, mobile phone photography is more suitable for environments with good lighting, especially during the clear day, when the image quality of mobile phone photography can be maximized.

On a clear day, the picture quality of the mobile phone is maximized.

So, is it impossible to shoot night scenes or under low light conditions? In fact, in essence, there is no unsuitable environment or subject matter. The difference lies in the quality of the picture. It should be emphasized here that because the photosensitive element of the mobile phone is too small and has limited tolerance, once the light at the scene is weak, such as at night or in a dark room, the pictures captured by the mobile phone are prone to a lot of noise, and details will be seriously lost.

Although the noise has been reduced in post-processing, the noise still exists.

2. Avoid backlit scenes with direct light sources

Due to the weak anti-glare ability of mobile phone lenses, when you need to shoot backlighting, try to avoid strong light sources (such as the sun) appearing directly in the scene. In the picture, it causes highlight overflow and destroys the picture quality. Therefore, when shooting a backlit scene, avoid the direct angle of the light source or use the scenery to cleverly block the light source, or you can do the opposite and shoot a silhouette effect.

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3. Avoid digital zoom

We all know that optical zoom enlarges or reduces the object by changing the relative position of the camera lens module. Regarding the shooting effect of the subject, optical zoom has basically no impact on the image quality; while digital zoom is more violent, equivalent to cropping the photo and then enlarging the display, which will seriously reduce the image quality of the photo, and is a kind of "pseudo zoom".

Using the zoom of the mobile phone to shoot, the picture quality is greatly reduced.

Currently, mainstream mobile phones use fixed-focus apertures and cannot achieve optical zoom. Of course, there are also hybrid zooms, such as Huawei P30 pro. The image quality of hybrid zoom is better than traditional digital zoom. , but much worse than optical zoom. So zooming is achieved by walking or using an additional lens on a mobile phone.

2. "Advantage"

1. See the world from a different angle

For mobile photography, due to the small size of the mobile phone itself and the addition of the selfie stick, the shooting angle is There are more possibilities to choose from, which can be said to be the “killer feature” of mobile phone photography.

Taking a low-angle shot of the platform, the seemingly chaotic scene suddenly becomes story-telling and has another kind of beauty.

b. Looking up composition: There are many subjects in life that can be photographed using looking up composition, such as: buildings, woods, sky, flowers, etc. can all be photographed using looking up composition.

Sometimes all you need to do is look up, and ordinary scenes become extraordinary.

c. Top view composition: Top view and upward view are exactly the opposite. It should be noted that to make a top view composition, you do not have to go to a very high place. You can also find the right angle. The angle chosen for the overhead shot composition complements the subject to be photographed.

Occupying high ground and shooting from a bird's-eye view is conducive to showing space, scale, and hierarchy, and can show a sense of spatial perspective with distinct layers of distant and near scenery.

d. Get closer and take the photo: There is a famous saying in the photography industry: "The reason why your photo is not good enough is because you are not close enough." This sentence has certain guiding significance to a certain extent, for example, You put your phone close to the subject and take a close-up, so you can take a photo with a blurred background. The closer your phone is to the subject, the more obvious the blur effect becomes.

Shooting close to create a blurred effect

Shooting close to the subject, in addition to creating a blurred effect, can fill the picture with the details of the subject to a large extent, which is very important for portraying the subject. Features are helpful. For example, when taking macro shots, close-up shots are used to show texture details.

When you take a close-up shot of water drop flowers, the details appear particularly clear.

e. Shoot vertically: Hold the phone vertically to shoot, which is often called the vertical frame. It is one of the most frequently used postures by most people, because when using this posture, one hand can It can be done, so it's very convenient and quick. The charming thing about the vertical composition is that it has a unique artistic conception. This way of observation from near to far, and from far to near, progressing layer by layer, can easily highlight the center.

Highlight the depth effect through size comparison

2. Street photography

The biggest advantage of mobile street photography is its privacy. The mobile phone is small and easy to hold in your hand. Being able to capture and snap photos without even realizing it. Convenience and privacy are the biggest advantages of mobile phones. In order not to disturb the street photography subjects, photographers can make full use of the volume buttons and headphone cables as hidden shutter buttons to capture the most realistic street photography scenes. This is also the reason why many photographers like to use mobile phones for street photography. If they hold a SLR cannon, they may "scare away" their subjects.

The corridor, light and shadow together create a foreground frame, and the captured characters make the picture less empty.

It has to be said that mobile phone photography has a higher degree of freedom and can more conveniently record what happens around you. Especially in shooting emergencies, mobile phone photography plays an important role, as the American photographer Cha As Jarvis said, "The best camera is the one that is by your side when you need it."

The convenience of street photography with mobile phones can capture the beauty of the moment.

3. Ultra-wide angle

When taking landscape or architectural photography, ultra-wide-angle shooting is often used, which is a focal length of about 16mm. Nowadays, mobile phones also come with 15mm or 16mm. The ultra-wide-angle lens provides great convenience for our creation. Ultra-wide-angle shooting can allow more content to enter the picture, avoid the problem of incomplete composition, and achieve better visual effects.

Super wide-angle composition

4. Slow shutter

Whether it is with the help of third-party software or the professional mode that comes with the phone, such as Huawei's streamer shutter, Or the professional mode, which makes it easy to shoot slow shutter speeds with your mobile phone. Of course, if we talk about serious mobile phone photography, we just replace the camera with a mobile phone. Other operating procedures and equipment are the same. Therefore, you must bring a tripod when taking slow shots with a mobile phone, use a headphone cable (the volume button controls the shutter), and a Bluetooth remote control. , Voice-activated camera settings can effectively reduce jitter and make the picture clearer.

Slow shutter light painting on mobile phone

It is best to use the delayed Selfie function, which means that after pressing the shutter, the shooting will start five seconds later. This will minimize the vibration of the phone. Of course, you You can also choose to take photos by voice.

5. Post-production

The reason why mobile phone photography is popular all over the world is inseparable from the thousands of shooting and post-production APPs. These software greatly enhance the playability of mobile phone photography. , and also reduces the difficulty of photo post-processing, such as double exposure, tilt-shift effect, dynamic special effects, "pseudo-planet effect", fragmentation effect, and even making photos move.

Double exposure

“Pseudo planet effect”

Fragmentation effect

Make the photo “move”

Finally, what I want to say is that ideas are the most important in photography. You must have ideas and ideas to shoot the photos you like. These have nothing to do with your equipment. As long as you master the method of mobile phone photography, shoot more and more With practice, ordinary people can make blockbusters.

Huawei mobile phone photos

I don’t know! But I think what I see and what I take are pictures that look good in my mind! Just be happy!