Waiting for the summer solstice and celebrating the Latvian anniversary of Līgo, we can experience especially beautiful natural landscapes, glorious skies and fog baths in the meadows. You no longer need a professional camera to capture the real holiday moments – the main thing is to have a smartphone at hand.
Landscape photographer Kārlis Buškevics shares suggestions on how to more successfully capture holiday moments and what to remember when photographing with a telephone camera.
“Before embarking on photography, it is important to research the possibilities of the phone and the available shooting modes, because the automatic mode is not suitable for capturing any photo moment,” photographer Kārlis Buškevics shares his experience. “There are three things to keep in mind – the subject of the photo or focus, the amount of light and the phone’s camera settings.”
Landscape photography
To fully cover the meadow landscape, it is recommended to use a wide-angle camera. “I use the phone’s wide-angle camera to take the photo, lift it high above my head, and rotate the camera angle downwards to get a particularly wide and comprehensive view. This way, you can also take great shots,” comments the photographer.
Reading Midsummer medicine
When reading the flowers of the meadow for the holiday wreath, the main focus of the photo is on the Midsummer celebrant – the reader of Midsummer hall. “Before taking a photo, I recommend changing the light intensity in the photo so that the sky is not too light and the shadows too dark. This time I use the camera lens 1x and lean closer to the ground so that the tree in the background can fit perfectly in the image,” says the photographer.
An integral part of Ligo – cheese and beer
With the latest smartphone in your pocket, you no longer need professional advice to take great photos – the phone camera does it all. Some phones automatically detect food and drink, set focus and adjust light and dark areas – this feature will create beautiful holiday table arrangements.
Festive celebration
To capture the true feeling of celebration, do not do without the presence of a festive wreath, folk costume and fire. “Before taking a photo by the fire, it is recommended to darken the photo so that the bright areas are not overexposed, as the camera automatically tries to brighten the dark areas. It is equally important to focus the camera on the festivities to get an expressive, blurry shot.
Waiting for the sunrise
“To create a successful photo composition with one main accent, in this case a tree, I would recommend setting the grid lines before taking the picture,” says the photographer. These lines help you create a three-part composition by framing objects in the image and determining the main focus points. I use a -0.6x wide-angle camera to take a photo. I’m not worried about shady and dark areas, because I know that I can make the shadows lighter in the post-processing in Adobe Lightroom mobile. “
Leap over the campfire
When taking photos on the move or jumping over a campfire, the settings on the camera must be set before shooting. To make the photo jump, the S21 Series’ Single Take feature is useful, capturing multiple photos and even videos in seconds, from which you can then select and use the best shots.
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