the ultimate non-sucky mobile photography challenge brought to you by intro I’ll keep it short, I’ll keep it sweet. This challenge is designed to give you some inspiration to go out into the world and take some shots with your mobile phone. I specifically set this challenge because everybody that thinks of photography thinks they need a big fancy camera. NO! You do not. In this day and age the processing power of phones are reaching a plateau, the only thing that keeps people upgrading are the cameras. Oh, and boy are the cameras getting good. So if you are at all interested in photography and have a spare minute get onto my challenge. I invite you to post any pictures you take onto Instagram with the hashtag #TUNSChallege. (The Ultimate Non-Sucky Challenge). Challenges - Tap me once you finish a challenge! CHICKEN DINNER Photograph some food! Look for cool angles, make it SAUCY if you have to. I just wanna see some good looking meals - no selfies allowed. chaotic We all know that one person that is always doing some really crazy stuff. I’d suggest asking them if they can be the subject of your photo. Silohuette I want to see some real innovation here. Get fancy with the background or the silohuette itself. Check out the tips & tricks for taking a silouhuette. mr. Lonely It don’t always be like that but sometimes it do. Show me something that even Bobby Vinton would be proud of. Challenges the streets Full of wonderful things are the streets. The widest range of human activities happen here, I want to see what your city has to offer. black & white Take me back to 1826 when the first ever photo was taken. Think history, think about what grandma and grandp, all the stories they’d tell. die hard This is all about action... unless you want to go fighting terrorists, that’s fine as well I guess. Capture something that’s moving, tell a story. Mood I’m your therapist, tell me. How are you feeling? What do you think is making you feel this way? I may be a bad therapist but can you help me visualise this with a photo? culture Māori design is featured here but you’re not limited to traditional culture. Fashion culture, local culture, work culture, etc can be accepted. mug Mug. mug courtesy of thewarehouse.co.nz (not sponsored) TIPS & tricks Turn Grids on editing The grid is incredibly useful. It Edit your photos but don’t go allows you to set up your image overboard. iOS has a great new in rules of thirds for better editing system giving you more compositions. It can also help align control over the editing process. horizons or vertical lines. Settings The best editing is usually > Photos & Camera > Turn grid on. something you don’t even notice. changing Know the exposure platform Nowadays the automatic exposure This means if you’re out shooting is really good on cameras. However for Instagram try to keep your if you tap on your subject and it just subject central unless you know doesn’t seem to be getting it right how you will end up cropping it. you can easily slide your finger The aspect ratios are 1.91:1 for up or down to adjust. If you are landscape 1:1 square and 4:5 for shooting portraits always adjust portrait. for skin tones first. For silhouettes slide it all the way down! Leading Lines Leading lines are things in the nailing focus environment that lead your eyes At times you may be shooting towards the subject. Creativeness through an object and you just is the name of the game here, can’t hit focus on the other end. An although it says leading LINES it easy way to fix that is zooming in doesn’t have to be lines, it can be a through that hole, press and hold spiral, a wall, massive contrast. to lock focus and then zooming back out (this will also lock your exposure!). keep it lit Although the most modern phones are getting better, light always angles angles seems to be an issue. If you photo The biggest mistake I see just doesn’t look visually appealing photographers making is taking it’s probably because there isn’t every shot at eye level. All the enough light. photos end up becoming one with no variance. Move around! If you’re shooting a person remember that Just Shoot an angle looking up usually means The best tip I can give you to get dominance and an angle looking better is to just shoot. Just get out down means more submissive. there, you’ll learn.
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