The latest smartphone models from Apple and Samsung take beautiful photos and sometimes you can't fifty-fifty tell if one was shot on a professional person camera or with an iPhone X. Despite being less competitive compared to cameras when talking depth of field (the iPhone X "fakes" information technology by blurring the groundwork) and optical stabilization, phones tin can capture detailed images fifty-fifty in depression light conditions.

I'm not a photographer only I like to take intendance of my Instagram. So step up your mobile photography game, get artistic, and follow these suggestions.

i. Make each day a new horizon. As well, make sure it'southward straight.

This might sound obvious, but how many photos did you see with a sloping horizon? Sometimes the line is so inclined that you have to tilt your head to i side. Straighten your horizons. It sounds inspiring simply it'll also make you a better photographer.

On about every smartphone you can actuate a grid that will help you with this. Here's how to plough information technology on on iPhone: Settings — Photographic camera — Filigree

ii. Wake up early.

I'chiliad not a morning person and I rarely set up my warning early on to have a photo (I'd rather sleep!). But in some cases, it'southward necessary if I want to capture a tourist spot without selfie sticks getting in my manner. Let'southward say yous're in Paris and y'all want to have a not bad photo of the Eiffel Belfry in decent light and no crowds. Bank check on your weather app and mark downward what fourth dimension the sun rises and be there on time. Specifically for the Eiffel Tower, I suggest you accept a photo on the stairs of the Jardins du Trocadero, just in front of the Eiffel only far enough to frame information technology all and bring united nations pain au chocolat for breakfast and enjoy the view.

iii. Create a theme on your Instagram.

Information technology's not an like shooting fish in a barrel affair to do, merely if you desire your feed to look nice and corking, hear me out on this. When you decide to follow someone that is not a friend or family member, the first matter you do is to wait at their overall profile, perchance yous tap on two-three photos, besides. And if you're the kind of person that likes aesthetically pleasant patterns and colors, you'll be more keen to follow those kinds of profiles.

That's why your photos should go well with each other when viewed in the mosaic layout. To keep your color theme consistent try to edit your photos with the same style, lights and tones. Here are some examples:

Tips: Using VSCO you tin can re-create and paste your past edits so that your photos will have the same custom filter every fourth dimension. The UNUM app helps you lot create a grid before y'all mail service the photos.

four. Don't over-edit: keep it make clean.

The times where we used to apply the Toaster filter are over. Keep it clean is my mantra when I edit photos — I never increase the contrast or the saturation a lot, neither exercise I use structure (on Instagram) or clarity (on Lightroom). Less is better.

5. Download these apps.

When I travel without my laptop with me to edit, I have an army of powerful apps on my phone. My favorite ones are:

  • Lightroom

    • Lightroom the equivalent of the desktop software and it's almost as much as powerful and full of features. The thing I dear the most is the selective color adjustment; you tin can alter the saturation, luminance, and tone of ane unmarried colour.

  • VSCO

    Download VSCO at present. It started what I'd phone call a move because since anybody started using it, galleries have improved a lot (and the fade event has taken over Toaster). The app's filters are beautiful and you can also create and save your ain.

  • Lens Distortion

    • Lens Distortion helps yous add together lights and lens flares to your photos. Only be sure not to exaggerate — if you don't measure out the intensity of the lights, your photograph will look faux.

    6. Detect a subject.

    What I try to practise every time I take photos of a landscape is to ask a friend to "go at that place". They ordinarily obey considering they're about to have a #newprofilepicture, and it gives the photo a new perspective. When you're surrounded by majestic mountains but tell someone to walk far from y'all (if they take vivid clothes it's even improve) and then get out. But kidding. After you took some photos, look for your friend to come back and enjoy your hike.

    This mini-guide on mobile photography also applies if you lot accept photos with a camera and transfer them to your phone for a quick edit (my Sony a6000 has Wi-Fi for example).

    More like this