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SnApp Shots is the definitive guide to the amazing photographic results now achievable on iPhones, Android phones, Windows phones, and Blackberries

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Introduction 8

Before the Shot 12Understanding Your Phone’s Camera 14Different Lighting Situations 16

Taking the Shot 20Composition and Guidelines 22Focusing and Exposure 26Flash 30Interval Shooting, Time-lapse, and Self-timers 34Spirit Level, and Architectural Photography 40Touch Anywhere and Anti-shake 42Multiple Exposure 46Macro Photography 50Low Light 56Panoramic and 360 62HDR 70Multiple Lenses 74Retro Cameras 78Film Types 84Gimmicks 88

Editing the Shot 94Cropping, Rotating, and Straightening 96Exposure Levels, Contrast, and Brightness 100Color Correction 104Black-and-white Conversion 108Camera Types 112Film Types 118Instant Film 122Cross Processing 128Toy Cameras 132Filters and Effects 136Tilt Shift 142Through the Viewfinder (TTV) 148Borders, Frames, and Objects 152

Using the Shot 156Best Practice: Backing Up and Saving Your Images 158Uploading to Multiple Sites 160Flickr 162Social Networks 164Geotagging 166Tagging 168Apps That Do It All 170

Taking it Further 174Gallery Slideshow 176Light Meters 178Depth of Field Calculators 180Learning Apps 182Model Release Forms 184Location Finders 186Lighting Diagrams 188Other Apps to Take it Further 190

Accessories 194Macro Lenses 196Telephoto Lenses 200Wide-angle Fisheye Lenses 204Filters 210Tripods 212Other Accessories 214

Glossary 216Resources 218Index 219Acknowledgments 224

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Photography is all about capturing light, and phone cameras perform better in certain lighting situations.

Because your phone has a small sensor (see p.00), any images taken in poor light won’t be of the best quality. You’ll notice digital noise, or a loss of definition (see p.00 on how to shoot in low light).

Shooting in bright light can be just as tricky. Phone cameras don’t handle a big range of lighting situations that well: their small sensors can’t capture a wide latitude of exposure levels. So if you’re shooting someone with harsh sunlight hitting their face from the side, you may find that one side of their face is underexposed, while the other is overexposed. Try to balance this by placing your subject in even light: turn them so that their face is either in the sun completely, or totally in the shade.

Every type of phone camera differs slightly and as technology improves, so will the quality of the images they produce. The best way to find out what your camera is capable of is to actually use it. So go out and shoot in different lighting situations, and become a better photographer by knowing how to get the most out of your camera.

Before the Shot: Different Lighting Situations

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Things just look better when they’re in threes, so think about using the power of three in your photos. Groups of people often look better if there’s an odd number of them.

Top tipOther compositional tools you can use are leading lines (lines in the image that draw the viewer’s eye into the picture) and diagonal composition. Diagonal compositions or lines can add a sense of drama to your images.

Taking the Shot: Composition and Guidelines

1 Adam Bronkhurst, using BlendCam 2 Ly, using Pro Snap3 Brandon Lee, using DXP4 Giovanni Savino, using Pro Snap5 Yammay, using BlendCam6 Simone Vukotic, using DXP7 Sion Fullana, using DXP 8 thezanyone, using Rotart Cam

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These apps make learning the rules of great photo composition a breeze.