Since i love both
photography and travelling that much, saving the moment of my trip is a must. Mostly
i just did the typically runaway travelling, no planning at all, but it was
always fun . It might be a lil difficult to arrange some stuff because you’ll
need them in a hurry. Thats why i just only bring and use my phone for taking
the moment. Maybe this kind of shocking travelling will cause chaotic at first but
trust me it makes you know about your basic needs even better than before.
For the typically short
trip, like i told you i just only using my phone. It is kindly exhausted to
bring cameras while you only have limited time when having cameras in hand make
you want to take picture more and more. Well you should enjoy the trip also.
Im using iPhone 5s for
mostly my instagram pics (you can check my ig @heyyimerin) and who doesnt love
apple? Even sony got their pro camera or others, apple still give their best
(except for the night camera) so here, i’ll share you several tips for taking a
cooler picture with your own phone.
The most-very-important “LIGHT”
Fundamental in every way
when taking a photograph. No problem which kind of phone that you use, while
you still have the best of light, the pic will shown in a better way. Harsh
light can be difficult to work with so you might choose which time that match
to the style of your photograph. Different type of lights will also make a huge
difference to how your photo will turn out. For me my most favorite time is around-after
sunrise and before-around-after sunset both of them give the magically golden
light, i love them, thats the main reason why i named my blog as “sepotong
senja” it’s “ a piece of twilight” and it warmed me up. Another wonderfull time
for taking pic is at cloudy-shine noon, i said cloudy because it will not
becoming too hot for you for standing right under the sun.
Framing
Framing is about which
place to point your focus on. Here or there. Its about the best position to
capture the photograph. You can also activated the grid line to guied you to
choose a better spot for the pic. But i rare use them tho, using my natural
insting just even more fun, lol. And the result seems interesting.
Composition
Im telling you, well it
is quite hard to get the right composition as your desire wants you to. Maybe
you found it cool when you sneak out to someone pics as a pro and might think
it will easy to try. But trust me it is quite difficult. I also look into other’s
pic for some refferences and when i want to do the same, it’s failed. So i back
into my natural skill on it. To me composition has to do with soul and feelings,
different person would give different style of feeling in composition. When i
asked someone to captured me i’ll find the right composition by myself then ask
her/him to ‘click’ me up after im ready in my position, but still the result
just different just when i personally took the pic.
The unexpected photo just
more interesting
Sometimes the best travel
photos are the unexpected ones, candid moments, the traditional food markets, a
bundle of joy crowded, happy couple, occupation, mother of nature, everything. But
my favorite are candid and nature since i mostly post my self and sometimes the
nature. Chances are your photos will be more unique and memorable.
Equipment in addition
Having the right
equipment that fits your travel lifestyle is essential. Nowadays we might
find some accecories that support the
phone,such as fish eye, wide lens, osmo ji, and the most popular gopro. There
are so many of them, so it is just depend which one is a need? Well i just have
fish eye, and with a lil zoom it becomes wide lens, and wide lens work like
gopro, thats how my picture talk, lol. Both wide lens and gopro in general
giving the same result, they wider the scenery, and it makes the photo even
more beautiful, thats why im in love, yet of course gopro got more benefit, but
im just telling you the part that i love. What else? Power bank? Actually power
bank not that good for your phone and it makes you getting addicted to use them
and then you can’t control your phone usage, keeping your on the phone isn’t
the purpose of having a travel, so get rid of it.
Moment
Here is the reason you, i
mean us, taking the photograph, people said “pictures worth more than a
thousand words” and it really does. By taking a picture we are saving the
moment we can never get back, our childhood, our cranky high school life, our
precious moment, our sweet memories, or even sadness, lonelyness, our
unforgetable special one, and of course our life. And, thats why i captured
every moment i could. Every moment just as pure as gold.
Do you need filters?
I’m also playing in
several picture editor, but my favorite still vscocam and afterlight. I don’t
know why, maybe because they just easy to use. The filters are just awesome,
and there are some fitur also like in afterlight you can add dusty filter to
dramatic your pic. But mostly i just settings the light, exposure, lower or
upper the tone, or do something like that. That will give a more natural effect
and didin’t ruin the original one.
Well thats what you can
do with your phone to have a cooler picture, the magically golden light, the right
composition, the unexpected style, the act of the equipment, the precious
moment, and then pack it in a very natural filters.
pic: heyyimerin |