Dan @Dan - 2mo
YouTube’d some photography tips to level up my photos with the phone. Here is what I learned (with some of what I knew already) 1. Underexpose images. Blown out photos are harder to correct. 2. Simplicity is best - remove distractions from the frame and focus on the subject 3. Use negative space - example: more sky in photo as opposed to equal ground / sky 4. Don’t take all photos at eye level. Try different levels (example: bring camera closer to a long straight road) 5. Use rule of thirds (don’t just position everything in the center (align to grid intersections) you can enable this in camera settings 6. (This one is from me) think about where you’ll share the image. For example, Damus does edge to edge vertical well on mobile so if you are going to share on a mobile client - take vertical photos. 7. Zoom in with telephoto lens on patterns. 8. (From me) take many photos instead of just one. Better chance of finding the right moment. 9. Edit in Lightroom to play with shadows, white balance and highlights. 10. Don’t face at the light source (eg. selfie in front of a window - turn around to let the window light hit your face) If you’re a photographer; let me know if I messed anything up or missed some of your favorite tips!
BOOK IT @BOOK IT - 2mo
As my boss says. Lighting, Focus, and backgrounds. After that just take 100 photos and worst case stack the focus and fix anything in your photo editor. Honestly most the work comes from taking 100's of shots and then finding the best to edit and clean up.
Oh haven’t considered time of day or weather but yeah - makes such a difference!
Yah product photography is alot easier than real life or in action photography. Once you know what works usually can re create amazing and consistent images. Also if use photoshop or lightroom you can just save preset edits to save alot of time.
Interesting! Thank you 🙏 I always leave crop for last. Any reason you do it first?
