There is a place in the brain where a phrase is heard at all hours of the day and night: I have to put new photos on Instagram. And if you want to deny it and be a snob, I’m not going to stop you. Ahead. But you know I’m right, so you have to read this guide, because there are still a lot of things you don’t know about how to take the best possible photos with your smartphone, whatever it is.
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Use what you have
Of course, if you have an iPhone 12 Pro Max or a Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra, it will be very easy to take advantage of the immense power of its camera. But even if you have a normal phone (not a 1999 Nokia) you can and should take advantage of all the features that are available to you.
Try Portrait mode, Night mode, use the timer, explore filters and zooms. Your phone is full of options that you haven’t tried yet that can be incredibly functional. Have fun. You will come up with original experiments that will be better than the boring ones of your friends.
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Be careful with the composition
As you know, taking photos on Instagram is not like taking any photo with a camera. Instagram has specific sizes and types of frames to adapt to. An IG story, for example, is 1080 x 1920, that is, vertical. In this case, it is important to keep the theme, because the format will be cropped a little on the sides and at the top and bottom. You can reduce it a bit with your fingers or enlarge it, but be careful not to zoom in too much because the photo may be damaged.
However, for profile posts you have to consider the preview. As you know there is a difference between the full photo you upload and the square of the preview when you go to the profile. Be careful not to cut off half a head or half a body. Also here it is better to be in the center of the composition.
Don’t edit on Instagram
I know it is more convenient and faster, but if you want beautiful photos, as seen in many semi-professional profiles, then you have to start using external programs to process the image. There are plenty of good apps out there (like Snapseed and VSCO) or learning how to seriously use Adobe Photoshop Lightroom and arm yourself to the teeth for photo warfare.
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You may be lucky enough to be something like Robert Capa or Steve McCurry, but if the subject of the photo is banal and all the participants are listless, embarrassed and uncomfortable, it is very difficult to get a good shot. The pose also matters, don’t get in a ridiculous pose, think twice before photographing yourself like this.
Look
Don’t just keep your photos on Instagram. That social environment can be cool and full of friends, but you won’t trust all your memories to it. Make a binder elsewhere before it’s too late. It can happen that the quality of your photos is greatly reduced or that some are ruined due to any failure that occurs when you least expect it.
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