Take Best Pictures With Smartphone DIY: 5 Photography Tips

Here is the 5 smartphone photography tricks that you can use yourself and make awesome images from your Smartphone to take Portraits,Macro Shot, Panorama,Under water,Drone Photography etc

Seriously the smartphone photography has been popular for many years and more and more innovations in Smartphone camera is coming day by day. The latest products in this World is Samsung Galaxy S7/S7 Edge , LG G5 and Xperia X/Performance. Each of the camera departments were really good. Xperia X Series is yet to be released for purchase.
The main reason you are in this page is because you all love photography and love to take great photographs from your best friend, of course your Smartphone. So here I am revealing photography tips for smartphone photography. Whether you own an Iphone, Samsung, Xperia, LG or any other Brand you can try these tricks and take amazing photos from your Smartphone. Even I applied these tricks on my YU Yutopia 400$ Smartphone with 21 MP rear camera. Unfortunately I returned that phone because of some hardware issues.
1.Taking Portraits
Everybody is taking portraits with background, means your photo will also have backgrounds on focus. Since there is no optical Zoom facility present in most of the smartphone it is difficult to blur the background. It will not be good if you use software to blur background. And what you can do? Latest Cyanogen OS Camera in Yutopia and Xperia M5 and Z5 camera have clear zoom or OptiZoom feature. In Cyanogen OS Camera you will find OptiZoom. By using this option you can Zoom into people's face and automatically the background will be out of focus. And You will not loose much details or clarity in the picture.
Here is a sample shot using OptiZoom in YU Yutopia smartphone

This Photo was not taken in a DSLR, it was shot on a Smartphone Camera. I used the Maximm of 8X OptiZoom in this picture and doesn't lost much details. You can also get same result using Clear Zoom technique in Sony Xperia devices like Xperia M5,Z5 and upcoming X Series.

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2.Taking Macro Shot
Smartphone camera fails to focus small objects near by and You cannot focus on objects which are very close to your smartphone camera.So How can you avoid this focusing issues. In the previous post we said about How to remove continuous auto focus in video mode. This trick can also be used to shot macro shots of small objects which is difficult to focus by smartphone camera.
Tips
Lock your smartphone's focus on large objects near your camera like macro shot. So that your smartphone's focus is locked to near by subjects. Now adjust your smartphone so that the small object is clearly visible and take the snap. Here instead of focusing on small objects by tap just adjust your smartphone to take clear objects.
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Put a small drop of water on your camera lens ( A single drop is enough - otherwise water drop may damage your smartphone). The drop of water will act as a lens and it can focus more near by tiny objects.

Sample Images

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3.Taking panorama Shots
In case of Android phones instead of using default panorama app use Google camera. It is best in taking panorama shots.
Take a panorama shot while traveling in car. It will looks cool.

Sample Images

Try different pose at different location in a panorama shot so that we can create variety shots.

How You can take this shot, After capturing your image at first location stop moving your camera and the person should move to next position ( Google Panorama is best to capture a picture like this) and continue this process until you finish it.

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4.Taking Drone Shot
Do you know that All of your Smartphone can shoot from the air and the result will be like this

To shot a picture from the air using your smartphone you need the following

• A balloon filled with Hydrogen :)
• A Bluetooth shutter key (You can use your selfi stick as the shutter button)

Tight your Smartphone with the Hydrogen balloon, and release it in the air.

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• Remember one end of the fibre connected to the balloon should be in your hand to control the height of the balloon.

Use your Bluetooth shutter key to capture images. You cannot see the images which it captures in live. This is the drawback of this system. But You will definitely get at least one good shot from a 10 to 20 shots.

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Under Water Photography

If you have any Xperia Flagship like Xperia Z,Z2,Z3,Z3+,Z5 or Samsung Galaxy S7/S7 Edge you can take cool under water photos. Because they are all waterproof Smartphones. But what will you do if you don't have one and can't afford one. Here is a Simple trick for you.
Place your smartphone in a Glass like the image below

Put the glass partially in water

And take the picture that's it. Better use Bluetooth Shutter keys. And You can capture cool under water pictures like this.

If you need full under water pictures use big bottles and place your smartphone inside it. And Put the bottle in the water and take the shot.

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• Please take care of your phone. Don't put water on it.

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Photo Credits COOPH