The document provides an overview of smartphone photography basics, including factors to consider when choosing a phone camera, image editing apps, sharing photos online, and using hashtags. It notes that iPhones generally have the best cameras but Android phones are improving. Popular photo editing apps mentioned are VSCO, PicTapGo, and Instagram, which also allows sharing photos. Flickr is introduced as a photo sharing and storage site. The document stresses the importance of composition, light, lines, space, frames, and color in photos as well as limitations of auto focus and dynamic range in phones.

1. Smartphone
Photography
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2. Where do I even begin?!
Picking a phone
Image quality
Megapixels
Screen
Image stabilization
Video quality
Battery Life
Other variables

3. iPhone vs. Androids
iPhones are considered by large to
have the best camera. Androids can
struggle in the megapixel area along
with the overall picture quality.
Google phones have been proving
themselves lately, so the future is
key.

4. THE BASICS

5. The Basics
Add gridlines to your frame Enable or Disable the flash

6. The Basics
Set a Timer
Adjust your exposure level (yellow
box!)

7. What is...HDR?
High Dynamic Range --
High-dynamic-range imaging (HDRI or HDR)
is a technique used in imaging and photography to
reproduce a greater dynamic range of luminosity than is
possible with standard digital imaging or photographic
techniques.

8. HOW DO I EVEN DO THIS?

9. WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW!
Composition
Light
Lines
Space
Frames
Color

10. Composition
How you style your photo

11. Light

12. Lines = direction

13. Space

14. Frames

15. Color

16. Limitations & Advantages
Auto Focus Dynamic Range

17. EDITING YOUR PHOTOS :)

18. What editing features are out there?
● Editing…
○ Brightness
○ Darkness
○ Shadows
○ Sharpness
○ Contrast
○ Blur
○ Adding borders
○ Adding text
○ AND MORE!

19. Popular Applications for Editing
VSCO Cam (ISO/iPhone and Android)
PicTapGo (ISO/iPhone Only)
Instagram (ISO/iPhone and Android)

20. Let’s talk a minute about Instagram...
Editing software + Sharing abilities
Followers
Publicity
Many companies use it
People have them dedicated for ;;personal use and
even for their pets
Example:
https://www.instagram.com/codythelabr
ador/
Example:
https://www.instagram.com/cats_of_inst

21. SHARING YOUR PHOTOS

22. What is sharing?
Capturing and audience via the WWW or
“World Wide Web”
Data/Wi-Fi Plans
Remember...once you share it, you can’t delete
it.
Terms of use with websites are important and
real things. Read them.
Other social medias: Facebook, Twitter, Flickr,

23. What is Flickr?
Est. since 2004
Used to be pros only and now they allow
everyone!
Storage ability on website via invisible
drive.
Disabled right click and save option
Sorry, photo thieves!

24. #Hashtag #hashtag #hAsHtAg
They are not private
Quick links to search similar
topics
Example: #dogs, #cats,
#adultingishard
#thisissolongidontknowwhatelset
osay
They are so overused so
originality isn’t a thing
anymore, sorry. :(

25. So, I posted it…now what?
You’re not done :)
Social media presence
Interactions with your followers/likes etc.
KEEP UP WITH YOUR AUDIENCE

26. questions????????