WHIP OUT THAT PHONE!

A smartphone is all you need when it comes to taking great pictures. Here’s how to up your Instagram game

- ROHIT G MANE

STOP MAKING EXCUSES! SURE, YOU MAY NOT have fancy equipment with you but we live in a day and age where you don’t need any to shoot a car. Everyone has a smartphone and these devices have reached a level where if you just use them right, you can actually create some rather high quality images. Your phone camera is built to point-and-shoot, but there are a few tricks that I can share with you that will take your photos from good to great.

Bringing your phone closer to the ground gives you a different perspective and allows you to compose the frame better

Clean the lens

Sounds bleeding obvious but it’s amazing how many people forget the smudges and muck on the lens and nine times out of ten just cleaning the lens before taking a picture will dramatically improve results. Phone cameras have a tendency to get rather dirty as they are in constant contact with our hands as well as different surfaces. Use a soft cotton cloth or microfibre cloth to wipe the lens clean without scratching it, or just carry a handkerchief and use that to wipe the lens before shooting. More often thatnnot I’ve seen the editor use his t-shirt and that also works! We recommend you use your phone in a sturdy case, as experimenting with different angles could cause you to drop the phone and damage it.

IT’S AMAZING HOW MANY PEOPLE FORGET THE SMUDGES AND MUCK ON THE LENS. CLEAN IT!

Compose