Ever have that moment when you get the picture and you go to post it on social media and NOOOO! It's blurry/dark/grainy and otherwise NOT the adorableness or awesomeness that you were hoping to capture just moments earlier. It's frustrating, but I have some good news! There are a few things (5 things specifically) that you can do really quickly to make sure that the majority of your snaps end up well lit and tack sharp.
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1)Clean your lens
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1)Find the light If you happen to be indoors, your light-finding task gets a bit more challenging but the same rules still apply. Try, if at all possible to take pictures in window light, and again, try not to get the window itself in the picture or your adorable spaghetti covered toddler will be a mere sillohette of good intentions. As a side note, it's worth saying that the window rule is a more flexible rule, as you may be able to create some interesting effects by breaking it! ). If window light's not an option, turn on as many lights as possible. The darker it is in the room, the more difficult it becomes for your phone to capture movement, and the more steady you and your subject have to be to get a non-blurry picture, which clearly is an issue when photographing your munchkins, the human kind and the furry kind. Note: don't use the flash. ever. Please. Don't EVER use the flash. It's not even a flash, it's a way to find the remote under the couch |
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1)Use your auto-focus |
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4)Take lots of pictures at a time
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1)When all else fails, try black and white To be honest, you can do all of the above to a T, and you'll still end up with a picture that's too bright, or two dark or a tad bit grainy. Don't call it a loss just yet! Instead, try using one of the black and white filters on the picture. It won't necessarily fix it, but it will take away the color element and bring more focus to certain areas and less to others, depending on the filter that you choose. At the most, It will look like you meant to take the picture that way to achieve an awesome black and white visual effect (wink wink) and at the very least, it may be just the thing to use as a last ditch effort to save a picture that didn't come out quite as great as you'd hoped |
Whelp, that's all for this week, practice your lighting a little because next week we'll talk about creativity and angles. Ever take a picture just to be disappointed that it's so underwhelmingly different than what you were trying to capture? Hopefully next week's blog will give you some tips on how to wow yourself with your unique and creative phonetography capture skills!
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