Smartphone Photography

Brought to you by The West Georgia Regional Library

Where do I even begin?!

Picking a phone

Image quality

Megapixels

Screen

Image stabilization

Video quality

Battery Life

Other variables

iPhone vs. Androids

iPhones are considered by large to

have the best camera. Androids can

struggle in the megapixel area along

with the overall picture quality.

Google phones have been proving

themselves lately, so the future is

key.

THE BASICS

The Basics

Add gridlines to your frame Enable or Disable the flash

The Basics

Set a TimerAdjust your exposure level (yellow

box!)

What is...HDR?High Dynamic Range --

High-dynamic-range imaging (HDRI or HDR)

is a technique used in imaging and photography to

reproduce a greater dynamic range of luminosity than is

possible with standard digital imaging or photographic

techniques.

HOW DO I EVEN DO THIS?

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW!

Composition

Light

Lines

Space

Frames

Color

C.L.L.S.F.P.

CompositionHow you style your photo

Light

Lines = direction

Space

Frames

Color

Limitations & Advantages

Auto Focus Dynamic Range

EDITING YOUR PHOTOS :)

What editing features are out there?● Editing…

○ Brightness○ Darkness○ Shadows○ Sharpness○ Contrast○ Blur○ Adding borders○ Adding text○ AND MORE!

Popular Applications for Editing

VSCO Cam (ISO/iPhone and Android)

PicTapGo (ISO/iPhone Only)

Instagram (ISO/iPhone and Android)

Let’s talk a minute about Instagram...

Editing software + Sharing abilities

Followers

Publicity

Many companies use it

People have them dedicated for ;;personal use and

even for their pets

Example:

https://www.instagram.com/codythelabr

ador/

Example:

https://www.instagram.com/cats_of_inst

agram/

SHARING YOUR PHOTOS

What is sharing?

Capturing and audience via the WWW or

“World Wide Web”

Data/Wi-Fi Plans

Remember...once you share it, you can’t delete

it.

Terms of use with websites are important and

real things. Read them.

Other social medias: Facebook, Twitter, Flickr,

Snapchat, Pinterest….and so on.

What is Flickr?

Est. since 2004

Used to be pros only and now they allow

everyone!

Storage ability on website via invisible

drive.

Disabled right click and save option

Sorry, photo thieves!

#Hashtag #hashtag #hAsHtAg

They are not private

Quick links to search similar

topics

Example: #dogs, #cats,

#adultingishard

#thisissolongidontknowwhatelset

osay

They are so overused so

originality isn’t a thing

anymore, sorry. :(

So, I posted it…now what?

You’re not done :)

Social media presence

Interactions with your followers/likes etc.

KEEP UP WITH YOUR AUDIENCE

questions????????