I am currently taking 18 credit hours, I work over 40 hours a week on average, I am married with 4 kids and I volunteer at my church. Please do not misunderstand, my intent is just to show how busy I am not how great I am. I am far from greatness. I wish I had more time to shoot with my Canon...but I don't. In the mean time I get my photography fix from my iPhone camera and posting to Instagram/Facebook.
So, I thought I would share a few things that I do to take the best pics possible using my phone. In no particular order:
1) Light. Just like in all photography the more natural diffused lighting you can get, the better. I am not the best at being creative with light but to get a good picture from your phone, make sure your subject is in good light.
2) Rule of Thirds. Again, this simple rule applies to your phone camera as well. It gives different perspective to your shot and most photo apps can super impose the grid lines on your phone screen when you take the shot. Just simply place your subject where two of those lines intersect and take the shot. Another way is to take a shot wide enough that you can crop it a little later using the grid lines.
3) Shoot, shoot and then shoot some more. When I cleaned the photos off my phone from the last month I had almost 2000 photos. Crazy right? I figure I will have at least one worth while shot. Deleting is fast, free and easy.
4) Post processing apps. Play around with some different photo taking and photo processing apps. Some of my favorites are camera+ and snapseed.
Again, just some quick ideas. Let me know what you guys use when shooting with your phone, different apps to try, etc. I am posting this from my phone so I will post some pics again in no particular order.
-Jared
