Android Phone Pictures Can Be Stunning, Too

Dec 23, 2011 by Ajeet Khurana

Everyone wants to take the best photo possible and capture the moment in a memorable-favorable way. But a lot of people?s pictures look amateur at best, terribly blurry at worst. Raise your skills to the next level by following a few simple photographic tips. Even with your smartphone, you?ll be surprised to find a new level of quality to your photographic endeavors.

Here are a few tips for taking better pictures on your Android:

• Keep the camera away if you?ve had more than three drinks. Once you?ve moved down the road towards having a good buzz, your focus and image stability have gone. Do yourself a favor and only shoot photos if your hand is steady and sober.

• Speaking of steady, use both hands to hold your phone when snapping a pic. You don?t try to hold a ?real? camera with one hand while capturing a memorable image. Why handicap yourself while using a convenient phone-based medium?

• Don?t snap a picture against the light source. Whether it?s a light bulb, Christmas lights, or the sun, pointing your Android phone towards a bright light source destroys the image before you even try to take the picture. That?s because the light overwhelms the lens aperture. Find the light source, then position yourself where the brightest light source is behind you. Additional tip: A steady light provides a much better lighting prospect than does a flash.

• When touching up your photos, think ?effects? rather than trying to capture the stark reality. High-resolution digital images have a propensity to reveal every flaw in a scene. Focus instead on softening and fading, creating a ?feel? rather than peeling off the layers to reveal every detail.

• Avoid using the digital zoom. Digital zoom simply cuts material out of your picture, bringing a small ?box? of the total image forward. Instead, try to move closer to your subject.

• If you look around and everyone else is taking the same shot with their Android, don?t be just another one doing the same thing. Try to capture the moment by stepping back a few steps, and take a picture of all of your friends taking the same picture. Images that garner people?s attention need to add some detail that other pictures lack.

By putting a tiny amount of thought into your picture taking, you can begin snapping better photos on your Android in no time. Avoid the simple mistakes of blurry images, backlit images, and unoriginal image composition, and you?ll quickly notice how it is easy to shoot like a pro!

About the Author: Tommy Manship is a professional photographer who encourages amateurs to take advantage of the tools they have ? like their cell phones. You?ll be amazed at the stunning images you can create! This article was written by a guest author. Would you like to write for us?

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