Mobile Photography

12 Mobile Photography Tips Every Photographer Should Know
Do you want to take stunning photos with your mobile phone? Mobile photography may seem
daunting. But with a few simple tricks, you’ll be able to shoot the kind of photos you never thought
possible! Read on to discover 12 mobile photography tips that will dramatically improve your photos.
Table Of Contents: Mobile Photography Tips

1. Clean The Lenses For Crystal Clear Photos
2. Set The Focus To Ensure Your Subject Is Always Sharp
3. Adjust Exposure For Perfect Brightness Levels
4. Use HDR For Evenly-Lit Photos With Amazing Detail
5. Shoot In Portrait Mode To Create Gorgeous Blurred Backgrounds
6. Activate Burst Mode For Incredible Action Shots
7. Switch Between iPhone Lenses To Zoom In Or Out
8. Keep Your Camera Steady For Sharp, Shake-Free Shots
9. Use The Rule Of Thirds To Compose Beautiful Mobile Photos
10. Use Leading Lines For Powerful Images With Incredible Depth
11. Experiment With Different Perspectives For More Unique Images
12. Simplify Your Compositions For The Most Striking Shots
Clean The Lenses For Crystal Clear Photos
Your mobile phone spends a lot of time in your hands, as well as your purse or pocket.
And as a result, the camera’s lenses can get covered in dirt, dust, and fingerprints.
A dirty lens will leave smudges, blurs, or dust spots on your photos.
And that won’t look good!
So here’s the first of our mobile photography tips:
If you want clear and sharp photos, clean your phone’s lenses!
Use a soft cloth (or even your t-shirt) to gently wipe the lens.
If you’ve been shooting at the beach or in dusty conditions, blow on the lens first. This will remove any
sand or dust that may scratch the lens.
Cleaning your iPhone lenses might seem obvious. But most people don’t remember to do it.
So get into the habit of cleaning the lenses on your phone.
It will make a big difference to the clarity of your photos.
Set The Focus To Ensure Your Subject Is Always Sharp
Even if your lens is perfectly clean, sometimes your subject just doesn’t look sharp.
That’s because the camera’s auto focus doesn’t always focus where you want it to.
To ensure your subject is always in sharp focus, you’ll need to set the focus point manually.
So, how do you set iPhone camera focus or any aother phone?
It’s actually super-easy!
Simply compose your shot, then tap on the screen where you want to set focus.
(You’d normally want to set focus on your main subject.)A yellow box will appear to indicate the focus
point.
Now, just press the shutter button to take your photo.
The area that you set focus on will appear crisp and sharp.
Anything in front of or behind the focus point may appear out of focus.
Setting the focus is one of the best mobile photography tips you can learn.
It’s so simple to set focus. And it results in beautifully sharp photos that will stun the viewer!
Adjust Exposure For Perfect Brightness Levels
Do your photos often turn out too bright (over-exposed) or too dark (under-exposed)?
It doesn’t have to be this way!
So, how do you ensure your photos have the perfect level of brightness?
You simply adjust the exposure (brightness) before you take a picture.
Adjusting exposure in the iPhone Camera app is easy or any other phone.
Start by tapping to set focus. Then swipe up or down to adjust exposure.
Swipe up to make the image brighter. Or swipe down to make it darker.
Try to ensure the most important parts of the scene are exposed correctly.
When they’re correctly exposed, they’ll have plenty of color and detail.
Of course, sometimes you might want to deliberately under or over-expose your photo.
For instance, you’ll need to reduce exposure to create a silhouette photo where your subject appears
completely black.
Or you might want to increase exposure to create a photo with bright, clean whites.
As you can see, the iPhone’s exposure feature offers amazing control over the brightness of your
photos.
However, if you’re photographing a high-contrast scene, it can be difficult to achieve a good exposure.
Luckily, the iPhone camera offers a great solution!
Read on to discover one of the best mobile photography tips for capturing well-exposed photos of high-
contrast scenes.
Use HDR For Evenly-Lit Photos With Amazing Detail

Taking photos of high-contrast scenes can be a problem when it comes to exposure.
A high-contrast scene has both dark and bright areas – such as a landscape with a bright sky and dark
foreground.
When you take a photo, the camera struggles to capture detail in both the shadows (dark areas) and the
highlights (bright areas).
You’ll usually end up with one of two problems:
Either the highlights will be correctly exposed, but the shadows will appear too dark. Or the shadows
will be correctly exposed, but the highlights will appear too bright.
Fortunately, the iPhone camera has an amazing feature that helps you create more evenly-lit photos.
It’s called HDR.
HDR stands for High Dynamic Range. And it allows you to capture detail in both the shadows and the
highlights.
So, how do you shoot HDR photos with your iPhone?

First, you need to check your HDR settings. Open the Settings app from the Home screen, and
select Camera.
If you want your iPhone camera to automatically shoot HDR photos whenever it needs to, ensure Smart
HDR (Auto HDR on older iPhones) is switched on. When you shoot, you won’t need to think about
using HDR – your camera will do the work for you!
If you’d prefer to control the HDR setting manually in the Camera app, switch Smart HDR off in
Settings. With Smart HDR switched off, you’ll see an HDR icon at the top of the Camera app. Use this
icon to turn HDR on whenever you want to shoot HDR photos.
With HDR on, you can shoot beautiful photos with perfect exposure throughout the entire scene.
Shoot In Portrait Mode To Create Gorgeous Blurred Backgrounds
Do you want to shoot professional-looking photos with dreamy, blurred backgrounds?
You might think this is impossible with mobile phone photography.

But you don’t need a professional DSLR camera to blur the background in your photos.
If your iPhone camera has Portrait mode, you can easily blur the background when taking pictures.
Portrait mode is available in the built-in Camera app on the following iPhones:
iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, iPhone 11 Pro Max, iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, iPhone XR, iPhone
X, iPhone 8 Plus, and iPhone 7 Plus.
Or any other phone
Portrait mode uses depth-effect software to keep your foreground subject sharp while blurring the
background.
So, how do you use Portrait mode?

It’s simple!
In the iPhone Camera app, select the Portrait shooting mode at the bottom of the screen.
Compose your shot, making sure your subject is between two and eight feet away. (The depth-effect
won’t work if your subject is too close or too far away.)
When you see the words Natural Light in yellow, you’re ready to take a shot.
Press the shutter button to take a stunning photo with a beautifully blurred background!
Sometimes, you might not like the blur effect in a photo. But that’s not a problem!
You can easily remove the blur and revert to the regular version of the image.
Simply open your portrait photo in the Photos app, then tap Edit.
Tap the yellow Portrait option at the top of the screen to remove the blur effect from your photo. You
can turn the blur back on at any time by tapping Portrait again.
If you have the iPhone 11, 11 Pro, 11 Pro Max, XS, XS Max, or XR, Portrait mode also has a feature
called Depth-control.
Depth-control allows you to adjust the strength of the background blur… after taking the photo.
To adjust the background blur, open your photo in the Photos app, then tap Edit.
If you have one of the iPhone 11 models, tap the f-number icon at the top left of the screen. (On older
iPhones, you don’t need to do this.)
You’ll see the Depth slider beneath your image. Drag the slider left or right to make the blur stronger or
weaker.
Activate Burst Mode For Incredible Action Shots
Do you find it hard to capture great action photos of moving subjects?

Do you often miss the perfect shot because you don’t press the shutter button at exactly the right
moment?
This is a common problem when shooting subjects that are moving.
But the iPhone has a hidden camera feature that helps you shoot amazing action photos.
It’s called burst mode!
Once you discover burst mode, you’ll be able to capture perfect action shots every time!
So what is burst mode? And how do you use it?
If you have one of the iPhone 11 cameras, activate burst mode by sliding the shutter button to the left.
The camera will keep taking photos in quick succession until you release your finger.
If you have iPhone XS or older, just hold down the shutter button to activate burst mode.
Within the burst of images that you capture, you should have at least one photo with your subject in the
perfect position or pose.
To avoid filling up your iPhone, you can keep the best images from the burst and delete the rest.
To select the photos you want to keep, open the Photos app. Find your burst and tap to open it.
Tap Select at the bottom of the screen. Scroll through the images and select the ones you like.
Tap Done, then choose to keep only the photos you selected.
Burst mode is such an easy camera feature to use. And it will instantly improve your chances of
shooting stunning action photos.
So ensure you use it whenever there’s movement or unpredictability in the scene.
Burst mode is perfect for photographing children and animals. It’s also great for street photography and
capturing people on the move.
You can also use it to capture stunning water splash images.
Burst mode really will take your cell phone photography to the next level!

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12 Mobile Photography Tips Every Photographer Should Know

Table Of Contents: Mobile Photography Tips

Set The Focus To Ensure Your Subject Is Always Sharp

Adjust Exposure For Perfect Brightness Levels

Use HDR For Evenly-Lit Photos With Amazing Detail

So, how do you shoot HDR photos with your iPhone?

Do you want to shoot professional-looking photos with dreamy, blurred backgrounds?

You might think this is impossible with mobile phone photography.

So, how do you use Portrait mode?

Do you find it hard to capture great action photos of moving subjects?

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