We will explore the power in our pocket in terms of photography. I’ll share things learned with the hope you will take away something that will help you with your own creativity. We’ll review some basic and advance smart phone camera techniques and what can be done with the images in your phone using apps that can help. I’ll be using my iPhone for examples however, most apps will also work with Android for post processing. I like to think of that devise in our pockets as our personal studio. So much can be done. Be creative!

1. By: Bruce Garber
Pocket
Photography
Photography tips
plus bonus video tips

2. Photography Tips
● How to open the camera app
● How to take a photo
● Focus
● Exposure
● Burst mode
● Timer
● Settings
● Adding color
● RAW
● Dual lens
● Photo editing
WHAT WE’LL COVER
Bonus Video Tips
● Video recording & editing
● Live streaming

3. How To Open The Camera App
1.) Power on, swipe from right to left.
2.) Launch your device and click the
camera app.
3.) Long press the camera icon and select
what you want to do. Take a selfie, slow
mo, etc.
4.) Swipe up from the bottom and launch
the camera app from the control panel.

4. How To Take A Photo
1.) Press the shutter button in the app.
2.) Press the volume up or down button.
3.) Use your earbuds that came with the
phone.
Press the volume up or down button.
Now you have a remote shutter release for
those photos you need to reduce camera
shake.
Shutter Button
Volume Button

5. Stabilize Your Shot
1.) Sometimes you need to stabilize your
shot. For a time-lapse, video, or just that
perfect photo.
2.) This small tripod with removable holder
is great. You can use the holded on a
taller tripod when required.
3.) There are many styles and price
ranges to choose from.
This is removable
with a ¼” X 20
thread mount.

6. Focus
1.) Your iPhone will use auto focus however
you can change that giving you the power to
choose what object you want to focus on but
touching that object before you click the shutter
button.
2.) If you want to fix focus on an object you can
long press on an object. AE/AF LOCK will
appear on the screen. Now you can move your
camera and it will stay focused on that object.
3.) To turn it off just touch the screen again.
Focus Point

7. Exposure
1.) To manually adjust the exposure of your
shot. Tap on the screen and swipe up or down
to adjust the exposure.
2.) You can also long press on an object to fix
focus on that object as we did above. AE/AF
LOCK will come on the screen. Then you can
swipe up and down to adjust exposure.
3.) To turn it off just touch the screen again.
Exposure Adjust
Focus &
Exposure Lock

8. Burst Mode
1.) To capture that perfect shot, just press and
hold the shutter button. This will continue to
take pictures as long as you hold the shutter
button.
2.) In your photo gallery you will see a burst
photo. It will say burst mode and how many
photo you took.
3.) Press the select button on the bottom to
select the photos you want to keep. Tap done
and it will ask you do you want to keep the
selected photos or all of them. It will delete the
rest.
Shutter Button

9. Timer
1.) Turn on the timer at the top of the
screen and now you can select 3 or 10
seconds.Timer
Time selection

10. Live Photo
1.) Turn on “Live Photo”.
2.) This will capture 1 1/2 seconds of
video before and after capturing the
image. From your gallery you can select
what image you want to make your
primary shot including “Long Exposure”.
Live Photo

11. Live Photo Example
1. Swipe up.
2. Select Long Exposure.
3. That’s it.
4. Watch the magic.
Long Exposure

12. Live Photo Example
After, Final Image
Before, Original Picture

13. Settings
1.) Setting can be accessed from the
camera app itself. You have to go to
settings and open camera from here.
2.) From here you can select what option
you what to turn on or off like the grid,
recording video quality, slow motion
setting. You can also select to keep the
normal photo and the HDR photo
simultaneously.

14. Adding Color
1.) From the camera app, tap the
quick filter on the top right corner of
the app.
2.) From the photo app. Tap edit,
then filter.
Camera Filters
Photo Edit
Photo Filters

15. Selecting The Type Of Photo
1.) Time-Lapse, Slo-Mo, Video, Photo,
Portrait, Square, Pano (panorama).
Selections

16. RAW
1.) You can not take RAW photos from
the native app on the phone. However,
There are apps that will allow you to do
this. One is called RAW or RAW+. It will
save it as a DNG file.
2.) Then you can transfer it to your
computer for editing.
3.) Keep in mind that this will take up
more space on your device.

17. Dual Lens
1.) This feature will allow you to take a
photo and blur that background. Adding
that bhaucha effect or shallow debts of
field giving you that professional look.
Dual Lens

18. Photo Editing
1.) Native to ios...
2.) Open your camera roll and select a photo.
3.) Click edit.
4.) From here you will have some basic options such
as:
cropping
rotation
You'll have some filters
You can adjust the light, Color or go to B&W
5.) If you have other apps on your device you can
choose to go to some of them from here.
Photo Edit

19. Photo Editing Example
In This Example; This Is What I Did However, You Do Not
Always Have To Use All Of These Steps and All Of These
Apps.
It’s A Personal Choice.
Sometimes You Need More, And Sometimes Less Is Just Fine.

20. Photo Editing Example
1.) Take the picture.
(this is an iPhone picture)

21. Photo Editing Example
2.) Used “Eraser” to cut out
the Pelican.

22. Photo Editing Example
3.) Used “PhotoLayers” to
crop this image and add back
in the Pelican closer to the
sun.

23. Photo Editing Example
4.) Used “Snapseed” to make
some adjustments.
● Adjust the horizon
● Structure and Sharpening
● Brightness, Contrast,
Saturation, Shadows,
Warmth, a bit of HDR

24. Photo Editing Example
5.) Used “LensLight” to add
the sun flare.

25. Photo Editing Example
6.) Used “Darkroom” to make
some additional adjustment.

26. Photo Editing Example
After, Final Image
Before, Original Picture

27. Other Photo Editing Apps
1.) Snapseed (free)
2.) PS Express
3.) and many others. Some free and some
paid. Just search for them.
photoshop express app

28. BONUS...
Video Recording and Editing
1.) Everything we said above for photo
taking and editing is also true for video.
2.) You can record direct to your device,
edit and share to you social networks if
you like or keep it for yourself.
Selection VIDEO

29. BONUS...
Live Streaming
1.) You can live stream direct from your device using apps like
Facebook live and YouTube.
2.) Just like Facetime which is a one on one video calling app.
Live streaming allows you to send out your message or share an
experience in real time to your friends and followers.
3.) This is a very powerful social tool that can be used for
marketing.
4.) Video has been growing in an outstanding rate.
5.) I would suggest you try it, learn how to do it before you need
it.

30. Thank You
QUESTIONS?

31. Just Do It!
LIVE DEMO