Travel Photography : Smartphone camera settings and photo editing
Take the best shots
You’d be amazed at what your smartphone camera can do. We suggest you play around with options like scene modes, panorama and HDR before you get here to learn what it is capable of and so you can take the best shots.
Phone camera 101
- Be sure the lens is clean
- Tap your finger on the screen where you want to focus, activating a yellow square
- Quick lighten and darken photos by putting your finger on the phone and then drag up or down
- Keep steady, lean against something for sharper focus [TAS tip: tuck your elbows in to stabilise your arms]
- Keep level and watch the horizon
- Photograph horizontal for wider views, and vertical for tall trees, giraffes and headshots
- On many phones the volume buttons can be used to take the picture
