40-Second Guide For Capturing The Best Shots on Your Mobile Camera!
Hi readers and followers! I hope you’re doing great. It’s been a long week, and I’ve been totally swamped with my workload. It’s been hard for me to drop by here on Medium for the past 4 to 5 days, but now I’m back with a simple guide for acing photography.
I’m not the best photographer, and I don’t have a DSLR or an A-Graded camera. However, I have a decent mobile phone, recently upgraded to a Samsung F54 from Asus 6Z, which has a pretty good and excellent camera. Whenever I see something pretty and natural, I take a photo of it. Let me share some of my recently taken images.
3 Golden Rules
The above images were taken using “Manual Mode” on my phone. This means I haven’t used any app or default photo option. What I love most about this “Manual Mode” is that it allows you to capture the natural and exact colors of the object, and you only need to adjust them according to the surrounding light. All you have to do is follow these three settings on your mobile.
#1 ISO
This is the most basic aspect of photography, with the other two settings related to it. Basically, ISO represents the sensitivity of the signal gain via the camera sensor. You can control the exposure of the image, f-stop, and shutter speed using this setting.
In short, if your room is dark, set the ISO high and turn on the room light to get a clearer and brighter image. If you keep the ISO high, your photo will start to appear grainy, and you will see it as dots.
#2 Shutter Speed
As the name implies, the shutter refers to the door of your camera. In a DSLR or any camera, the door that closes the lens of the camera is the shutter. Since mobile phones don’t have physical shutters, the camera will take a photo according to the shutter speed you set.
If you’re capturing the motion of a moving object, you need to set the shutter speed to the maximum to get the shot you desire.
#3 Aperture
Aperture is about opening and closing the camera lens to control the amount of light that enters to capture the photo. Aperture can be measured in terms of f/stops. The f-stop is used to determine how much is in focus in front and behind the subject, which affects the depth of field.
For instance, if you want to focus on one object, keep your f-stop at a minimum, and if not, go for a higher setting to include more objects in focus.
Here are the images I captured using these three settings.
Why this guide?
I’m not a seasoned or pro photographer. All I do is capture beautiful and natural-looking scenes with my handy mobile. I’m just an ordinary person who enjoys exploring photography but has limited time to dedicate to it. If you’re someone like me, do check these settings on your mobile and let me know your thoughts.
Do you know you can get paid for your photos with just this much passion? Where? Let me get straight to the answer: it’s on UNSPLASH. Your payment will be based on a per-image basis. For instance, if the price is $10 USD per image and Unsplash accepts 50 photos from the content you submit, you will receive $500 USD.
That’s a wrap for the day! Tata, bye-bye… Stay tuned with me 👉🏻 Jana.