Name: 6 Mobile Photography Tips you must know - 2018
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Welcome to Pixel Village, and I'm Radha Krishnan.

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In the photography world, there is this saying that digital photography actually democratized photography.

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If you come to really think about it, something else has actually really contributed to democratizing photography.

So in this video, we're going to give you a few tips on how to improve your mobile phone photography.

But for demonstration purposes, we're going to use a two and a half year old phone, just only to show you that it's not exactly the phone or quality or resolution that really matters.

What matters is how you use those equipments.

So first thing first, it's mobile phone photography, all right, but it's photography, which means a mobile phone should be given the same respect, which you would give a conventional photography camera.

Because it's a mobile phone and you usually carry it around on your body, it's highly likely that the glass in front of the lens could be smeared with oil, body lotion, dust, etc., which will affect the quality of the image.

Carry a small lens cleaning cloth, something that you would use to clean your specs, for example.

Make sure that your glass is cleaned properly.

The next one is go into the camera app and activate a three by three grid.

And as we go along, I will explain to you how to use those grids effectively and compose your image.

Last, but not the least, is holding the phone itself.

I've seen lots of people holding the phone like this with one hand and trying to take a picture with the other.

Obviously, you're going to end up with a shaken image.

I recommend that you hold the phone with both hands, exactly how you would hold a camera.

Hold the hands and use either your thumb or your index finger to take the picture.

And that will help you shoot a sharp image.

Now let's move around and see if we can get good subjects to shoot.

I just located two gentlemen sitting there, you know, having their conversation after their morning walk.

Let me walk towards them, take their permission and see if I can get some interesting shots there with them.

Okay, so I've asked for the permission, they've granted me the permission to shoot.

So next thing is, when I look at them, very interesting faces.

Looking at the place where they are sitting in, there's a lot of distraction in the background, but they have very interesting faces.

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So typically, when you, you know, you pull out the camera, what will you do?

Okay, he will pose for you and you take a picture, correct?

Now since you've got an interesting face, the best way is to go close, fill the frame and shoot.

I think if I make the background a little dark, this picture will improve.

So I'm going to move him in front of this light.

See now look at the light and see the difference.

The next one is use a frame within the frame.

So when I looked at it, I saw this interesting black door frame and I thought I will frame him inside that.

You know, in a situation like this, you would pick up your frame and pick up the camera and take a picture.

But if you want to really make the picture look interesting, you can use the next direction, which is include this frame in our frame.

So sir, can you come inside, stand inside, come forward slightly, yes and face that way.

So because he is framed, that picture suddenly got a different dimension.

So there's another way of capturing the image.

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So they were playing basketball, so I thought I can demonstrate the rule of third.

There are many ways I can take this shot.

But the best way would be to keep them at that golden point of the frame.

The next one is using the leading lines in your frame.

And what we do is we shoot in this step here.

The trick is to find lines in your frame, architectural or otherwise, which will lead your eye to your subject.

And use those lines to point towards your subject and take a shot.

So another one we're going to see is the rule of odds.

The rule says that if you're shooting some object, try and get them in odd numbers. 1, 3, 5, etc.

And the rule of odds says the third one will make it very interesting.

So the odd numbers will make a better picture than the even numbers.

We, knowingly or unknowingly, enjoy and appreciate symmetry.

If something happens, I think it's culturally ingrained in your head to appreciate symmetry.

Now, if you consciously bring in symmetry in your shot, that shot is likely to look better.

The road, the line of the manicured garden and the trees and those lines in the backdrop.

So, well, if I can just take a picture like this.