Introduction
Cell phone cameras seem less capable than dSLR cameras with
interchangeable lenses, zoom, and aperture control, yet cell
phone cameras are being used to create outstanding images by
the likes of National Geographic photographers. This course
concentrates on how to deal with the limitations and take
advantage of the strengths to help you be a better cell
phone photographer.
Whether or not you take pictures for pleasure or for pay,
you should always strive to do your best -- and show your
best. Great photography is not necessarily about equipment,
but how you approach capturing an image.
Cell phone cameras have a fixed focal length (wide angle)
and a fixed aperture (f/1.8) with no moving parts. These
limit the ability to control depth of focus, which is not
particularly good for portraiture.
The future of photography is code
https://techcrunch.com/2018/10/22/the-future-of-photography-is-code/
Cell phone camera's strengths are:
o Smart photo analysis, electronic processing, and HDR
o Low Light Photography
o Landscape Photography
o Close-up Photography (but not Macro Photography)
o Auto-Uploading images to a remote computer
o Panoramic Photography
o Video
o Easy to carry
o Always have it with you
The most basic tools (with any camera) are:
1. Choosing Where to Focus (Tap)
2. Locking Focus (Tap & Hold)
3. Exposure (Slide Finger to lighten or darken)
4. Locking Exposure
Focus & Exposure Tricks For Taking Perfect iPhone Photos (11 min)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXYaWoO6q04
Moment Pro Camera App (control Shutter Speed and more)
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pro-camera-by-moment/id927098908
We are @moment and Pro Camera is the app we've always
wanted. Manual controls, better video, long exposure and
quick access to the settings we need. It gives us the
features of a dSLR but in a fast, easy to use camera app.
Moment Lenses (and cases) for iPhone
https://www.masterphonephotography.com/moment-lenses-review/
https://www.shopmoment.com/iphone-lenses
https://www.amazon.com/moment-lenses/s?k=moment+lenses
Android Phones
The ultimate guide to Android photography
https://www.androidcentral.com/ultimate-guide-android-photography
Using Manual Camera Controls: Improving the Quality and Versatility of Your Photography
https://www.xda-developers.com/using-manual-camera-controls-improving-the-quality-and-versatility-of-your-photography/
Apple iPhones
iPhone User Guide & support
https://support.apple.com/guide/iphone/use-camera-settings-iphb362b394e/ios
https://support.apple.com/guide/iphone/take-photos-iph263472f78/ios
iPhone Photography School
https://iphonephotographyschool.com/iphone-photography-tips/
https://iphonephotographyschool.com/iphoneography/
iPhone Photograpy How To Videos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dU9q1WKmVbg&list=PLHFlHpPjgk72JW5vfYlzycSgG_Z6EV4hK
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHFlHpPjgk72JW5vfYlzycSgG_Z6EV4hK
Focus on what you love (1+ min)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkkPl3_pjW0
Photo Assignment - Master Manual Focus and Focus Lock
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXYaWoO6q04
In the same field of view you need to see two objects:
1. Near object (say 12-18 inches from the camera)
2. Far object (10 feet or all the way to the distant
mountains)
Make an image focussed on the closer object. The near object
should be critically sharp and the far object a bit blurred.
Make an image focussed on the far object. The far object
should be critically sharp and the near object a bit
blurred.
In addition to you demonstrating that you can control what
is going to be in focus, you can at the same time be
creative and make a compelling image of something you want
to capture and share.
Basic Photography: A Set of Exercises
http://teeksaphoto.org/Writing/BasicPhotoExercises.html
Photography Tutorials
http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials.htm
http://www.geofflawrence.com
Book Recommendations
John Berger
About Looking
Pantheon (1980)
ISBN: 0679736557
As a novelist, art critic, and cultural historian, John
Berger is a writer of dazzling eloquence and arresting
insight whose work amounts to a subtle, powerful critique of
the canons of our civilization. In About Looking he explores
our role as observers to reveal new layers of meaning in
what we see. How do the animals we look at in zoos remind us
of a relationship between man and beast all but lost in the
twentieth century? What is it about looking at war
photographs that doubles their already potent violence? How
do the nudes of Rodin betray the threats to his authority
and potency posed by clay and flesh? And how does solitude
inform the art of Giacometti? In asking these and other
questions, Berger quietly -- but fundamentally -- alters the
vision of anyone who reads his work.
Leslie Stroebel, Hollis Todd, Richard Zakia
Visual Concepts for Photographers
Focal Press Limited (1980)
ISBN: 0240510259
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