Considering entering the 2019 RWAV Photography Competition but worried that you don’t have a camera? You don’t need an expensive set up to take a great photo, it is often true that ‘the best camera is the one you have on you’. Here are our top six tips for capturing great photos using your phone.
Use the Angles
Get creative with your compositions and capture things from down low, up high or just from a different angle.
Use the Grid
Utilise the rule of thirds to create stronger compositions. Divide the image into thirds and place the subject on one of those sides, instead of in the center. Turn on the grid feature on your camera.
Get up close
Sometimes taking a moment from up close changes how you see it. Show the moss, the bugs, the blossom and the parts that you don’t see unless you stop to look.
Use the Light
Use light to your advantage. Use the golden hours, the hour after sunrise and the hour before sunset, to get an orange light in your images.
Narrative
Tell a story with your shot. Bring some storytelling into your image. What can you see that you wouldn’t experience in metro? It is the moments that are unexpected that make living in the country great, share them.
