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Night Photography with Cell Phone

When you do night photography with  a conventional camera we tend to open up the lens to get light in, put the camera on a tripod and shoot a very long exposure. When you try to do night shots with your cell phone, the camera usually tries to override traditional settings and often you don't get what you want. 

Cameras normally expect a standard exposure to be grey. So when you point a camera at something dark, the mini brain of the phone tries to turn the black to grey and often composes the shot over a large time window which introduces camera shake and the result is normally not good.

Step one. Do an online search to see how to shoot night photos with your particular camera. You may be able to make a few quick setting changes and be on your way.

Step two. Do an online search for apps which allow you to manually set your camera settings to get what you want. For example you camera can count time so time exposure may be desirable or you may be able to open the lens or something else could be an option.

Step three. Improvise a tripod. Mainly you need to have no movement with the camera. That means you have to set in on or against something stable and it can't move. 

Step four. Practice, practice, practice.  That sounds simple but it means to shoot, make an adjustment, shoot, evaluate, make an adjustment, shoot and maybe do more research. 

Step five. When you start getting something good, share. Also, put samples on your website and tell me what you did.
Ten Tips for Cell phone night pics
  • Use Apps for Long Exposures
  • Keep it Stable
  • Capture Motion
  • Dare to be Abstract
  • Get the best from your Phones Flash
  • Use an outside Light Source
  • Edit with a Photo-editing App
  • Stylize with Grain or Black and White
  • Take advantage of Backlighting
  • Embrace Night Lights
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