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Shot: NC Mountains High Res Normal Daylight (Not sunny) Focus tap to grapes

Edit: Cropped Sharpened Spot brightness Dimmed on target leaves Saturation on (same) target leaves

Shot: Lake Eola High Res Normal Night (No visible moon) Not windy Focus tap to fountain

Edit: Cropped Sharpened Spot brightness dimmed on fountain

Smartphone PhotographyPower your blog and social media imagery through your smartphone

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More And More Internet Use Is Now Mobile

Via WeAreSocial.com

This means: more people are viewing your pictures on smaller phone screens and tablets.

http://wearesocial.net/blog/2015/01/digital-social-mobile-worldwide-2015/


Did you know…

A tweet with an image gets FIVE times more engagement and is 36% more likely to get a RT.

Source: Twitter via @AlexPettit


Key Tenants of PhotographyThe Rule of Thirds

Breaking an image down into thirds (both horizontally and vertically) so that you have 9 sections.What are the points of interest in this shot?


Key Tenants of Photography

Light and Exposure

• Find the light • Exposure describes how light or how dark your photographs are • Under-exposure – is when your photos appear very dark. • Over-exposure – is when your photos appear very light, the colors

are washed out or “blown out”.


Know YOUR Smartphone Camera

• Start taking pictures of everything, in all conditions. • What are the smartphone camera’s strengths, the weaknesses? • What can you fix with post shot editing? • High Res file settings. Max it out! • To flash or not to flash?


SmartPhone Photography Must Do’s

Take the shot from more than one angle, multiple times

“Wow, your phone takes great pics!”


Take the shot from far away and close up



• Consider minimalist composition for a cleaner shot on social media



• Think about camera use when shopping for a phone case • Buy a big memory card or external drive • Auto back up to external drive and cloud • Bring 1-2 external batteries or power cable when shooting



And while you have your (phone) camera out:

Become your own stock photo library

Consider brand opportunities



Let’s talk Apps

They can’t turn a bad picture into a great picture… but apps can help out.


Let’s talk AppsShould you edit outside of Instagram?

#NoFilter Resolution Aspect Ratio


Let’s talk Apps

Why you should watermark your photographs.


Let’s talk Apps

Foundation apps to try:

• Snapseed iTunes Google Play • Aviary iTunes Google Play • Fotor iTunes Google Play • Facetune iTunes Google Play • Afterfocus iTunes Google Play • VSCO Cam iTunes Google Play • Photoshop iTunes Google Play • Phonto iTunes Google Play

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/snapseed/id439438619?mt=8

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.niksoftware.snapseed&hl=en

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/photo-editor-by-aviary/id527445936?mt=8

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.aviary.android.feather&hl=en

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/fotor-photo-editor-camera/id440159265?mt=8

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.everimaging.photoeffectstudio&hl=en

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/facetune/id606310581?mt=8

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lightricks.facetune&hl=en

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/afterfocus/id506271165?mt=8

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.motionone.afterfocus&hl=en

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/vsco-cam/id588013838?mt=8

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vsco.cam&hl=en

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/adobe-photoshop-express/id331975235?mt=8

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.adobe.psmobile&hl=en

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/phonto-text-on-photos/id438429273?mt=8

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.youthhr.phonto&hl=en


Online (free) Photography Resources

Digital Photography School White on Rice Couple YouTube A list of Instagram accounts I follow for photography inspiration

http://digital-photography-school.com/

http://whiteonricecouple.com/photography-tips/

https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#tbm=vid&q=youtube+photography+tips


Smartphone Photography Helpers (No affiliate links)

• External battery (big) • External batter (small) • Tripod • Camera or Tablet holder • External memory • External memory • Light (good price) • Light (investment)

Smartphone PhotographyPower your blog and social media imagery through your smartphone

Lisa Wilk @WineChix @TasteCookSip

www. TasteCookSip.com

#FLBlogCon hyperlinked resource sheet: TasteCookSip.com/FLBlogCon

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