Terima kasih gan infonyaa :) On Fri, Nov 17, 2017 at 9:26 AM, Eko Prasetiyo <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > ---- > 6 Camera Tips: Take better photos on Android // Android Phone Fans > https://phandroid.com/2017/11/16/camera-tips/amp/ > > The smartphone camera is such a fickle beast. In one situation your photos > can look darn near professional. In another, you feel shame at the thought > of even sharing the blurry, dull results on Facebook or Instagram. When you > do, your handwork is typically masked by a thick layer of filters applied > haphazardly via your favorite app. Stop that. Stop that right now. > > Taking the best smartphone photo possible doesn’t start with a 40MP > camera. It doesn’t start when you begin swiping through those filters. It > starts before, with a bit of thoughtful planning based on some basic > concepts even movie photographers can keep in their tool belt. We’re here > to show you how to get the most out of your Android phone’s camera, > regardless of its DxOMark rating, with a few helpful tips, tricks, and apps. > > Step 1: Take better photos > > Getting better shots with your Android phone starts before you even tap > the shutter button. To get the perfect photo, it helps to have a basic > understanding of some photographic principles that can make your images > look great no matter what the megapixel rating of your smartphone’s camera > is. Let’s take a minute to talk about lighting and photo composition. > > Use lighting to your advantage > > In most situations you won’t have a pro lighting rig to illuminate your > subject and boost the color and clarity of your final shot. That doesn’t > mean you can’t use environmental lighting to your advantage, however. When > setting up a shot, first consider the light sources in the surrounding area > — these include natural light from the sun as well as any artificial light > from lamps and other fixtures. In almost all cases, rely on natural light > as much as possible. It plays much nicer with nearly every camera and > provides light at a color temperature that looks, well, more natural. > > An example of an image with poor lighting showing both underexposed and > overexposed areas. > > Artificial environmental lighting can often have a negative impact on your > photo. Incandescent bulbs can give off a dull, yellowish hue while > fluorescent lighting can at times be a bit too harsh and bright. Natural > light sources typically provide a warm light that won’t tint your final > photo or wash out your subject. Pro tip: Whenever possible, avoid using > your camera’s LED flash! > > Once you have established the best light source for your photo, position > your subject (or your camera) in a manner that best utilizes the light. In > nearly every case you want the source of light to be shining at your > subject — not behind your subject and directly into your camera’s lens. > Framing a shot with a light source facing the camera will flood the sensor > with too much light and overexpose the entire image. Lighting from the side > could result in awkward shadows or underexposed areas in your shot. > > Once you have gotten the hang of how to use light to your advantage, you > can begin experimenting with how you frame photos in regards to a light > source. For instance, getting the right lighting from behind a subject can > result in an interesting silhouette effect but the subject itself will be > dark and hidden in shadow. A good rule of thumb: keep your back to the > light source and your subject facing the light whether it’s a window, lamp, > or sunset. > > Understand exposure > > An (artificially exaggerated) example of underexposure. > > Exposure, by its most basic definition, relates to the amount of light > that enters the camera sensor and its effect on overall image > brightness. In a standard digital camera exposure is adjusted with a > combination of aperture, shutter speed, and ISO. The three combine to > dictate how much light enters the camera and how sensitive the camera is to > that light. In a well-lit situation, a low light sensitivity is suitable > for capturing the scene in plenty of detail. In low-light situations a > higher sensitivity is required, though it can result in a “noisier” (i.e. > grainier) image. > > An (artificially exaggerated) example of overexposure. > > For the typical Android smartphone’s stock camera software, users are not > provided with much in the way of manual exposure adjustments. Aperture and > shutter speed are usually locked in and overall exposure is determined > automatically based on the camera’s focus. If anything, a manual adjustment > simply labeled “Exposure” might be available. This control in most cases > operates similarly to a manual ISO adjustment. The Exposure control takes > the form of a simple slider that can be moved to adjust the overall > brightness of an image before a photo is taken. > > A more optimal (but not quite perfect) exposure. > > Third party camera apps (typically the more expensive ones) offer a > greater range of manual control, and many even allow the user to pinpoint > an area of the image from which to base auto-exposure parameters > independently of the camera’s focus. > > Set the white balance > > Most Android camera apps offer some form of white balance adjustment, > though the level of manual adjustability varies. White balance is an > important parameter for capturing colors accurately, determining the > baseline temperature for white given the light source. Users are typically > able to pick from a variety of preset white balance options based on > various lighting conditions in addition to an auto mode that will adjust > white balance dynamically. > > If you’re lucky (or if you have purchased an advanced camera app) you will > be able to manually set white balance to better suit your scene. White > balance is typically manually adjusted by focusing on a white object > subjected to the same lighting conditions you will be shooting in. > > Keep it focused > > Keep the camera steady and make sure your subject is in focus. > > Perfect lighting and exposure settings don’t count for much if your image > is out of focus. Take that extra second before firing off the shutter to > make sure the subject of your photo is in focus. Nearly every Android > smartphone offers autofocus, but most will take a second to settle after > tapping the shutter and before capturing a photo. It is important to keep > your hand steady and hold the image in focus until the camera’s shutter > fires. > > Most Android cameras also offer the ability to manually and dynamically > focus on different areas of an image by tapping on your smartphone’s > display. This reorients the focus and can often be deployed to create > interesting effects. The popular “bokeh” effect is created when the subject > of a photo is in focus while the background is artistically blurred. True > bokeh images are hard to capture with smartphone camera hardware, but some > phones have special capabilities built-in to simulate the trendy look. > > A note on image composition > > All things considered, an image is ultimately only as good as its overall > composition. One of the most basic principles of photography is the “Rule > of Thirds,” which breaks down the plane of an image into nine quadrants > based on equal horizontal and vertical divisions. There’s a good chance > that your smartphone camera app includes the option to show a grid overlay > that acts as a visual representation of this division by thirds. > > The basic concept of the Rule of Thirds is to place your subject or > subjects at the points where these quadrants intersect or along the grid > lines. Doing so creates a visually balanced composition. The Rule of Thirds > can further be employed, bent, and manipulated to create intriguing > photographs that capture the viewers attention and draw the eyes toward the > image’s most interesting aspects. > > With all of the above said, the reality is that not every situation > presents the perfect opportunity to capture a photo. Often lighting > conditions will be poor, the subject will be moving fast, or the entire > moment could be too fleeting to worry about the finer aspects of > composition. In these cases sometimes you might have to settle for > capturing the memory rather than the perfectly executed shot. Luckily, > plenty of options exist for improving all photos after the fact. > > Step 2: Shoot and edit your photos with these apps > > Now that we understand the basics of taking a better photo, how do we > capture and edit it? No, we don’t mean cropping it, slapping on an > Instagram filter, and calling it a day. We want to dive a little bit deeper > than that in order to get the most out of your final photograph. > > Here are some great apps to consider when shooting and editing with your > Android device along with tips on how to use them. Looking for more camera > apps to take your shooting to the next level? Check out the 10 Best Camera > Apps for Android. > > Open Camera > > Our favorite 3rd-party camera app is the free and open sourced Open > Camera. This camera app has everything you could possibly need. It features > auto-stabilization and manual controls for everything from white balance, > ISO, and exposure. If you’re looking for a camera with more controls, it’s > hard to get better than this. Did we mention it’s free? > > Camera FV-5 > > If you want the power of a DSLR in your Android device, Camera FV-5 might > just be the solution. It offers tons of pre-shot camera adjustments that > you just won’t find in any other app for Android, bringing a manual photo > experience unlike any other. > > With Camera FV-5 you can manually tweak exposure, ISO, focus mode, white > balance and more all in a user interface that graphically mimics what you > would find on the back of an expensive pro camera rig. > > Camera FV-5 also brings shooting modes not available in most stock Android > cameras. These include long exposure for night shots and the ability to > capture HDR time-lapse photos. A self timer is available in case you want > to jump into one of your perfectly framed shots (tripod recommended). > > All that power is going to cost you, though not as much as the DSLR this > app practically replaces. $4 couldn’t be better spent. > > VSCO Cam > > Hands down our favorite photo app for Android. Before snapping the shot, > VSCO Cam’s camera mode provides several grid options for framing and > composition, a white balance lock, and the ability to set exposure and > focus independently. That will make fairly easy work of the steps we > described above, but VSCO Cam’s real power comes in editing photos after > the fact. > > The first elements you will want to mess around with are exposure, color > temperature, and tint. These three parameters, all easily adjustable via > sliders in VSCO Cam, should help you dial in the brightness and color of > your image to better reflect the scene you aimed to capture. A variety of > cropping options can help get your image ready for social sharing or > otherwise tidy up an image for tighter composition. > > After that the sky is the limit with a handful of other helpful tools. We > particularly like VSCO Cam’s ability to independently adjust the shadows > and highlights of your images. This allows finer control over brightness by > targeting only specific areas of the image. Adding highlight and shadow > tints can flavor a photo in unexpected ways, but we suggest doing so > subtly. Pro tip: long-press the image in edit mode to get a before and > after preview. > > VSCO Cam also includes filters and advertises them as a main aspect of the > app. We don’t blame them, the filters are indeed great (and you can > purchase dozens beyond what come included with the app), but wait to apply > a filter until after you have made some finer image adjustments as > described above. One great aspect of VSCO Cam’s filters is the ability to > adjust how they flavor a photo via the filter level slider. Again, subtlety > is key here. Sometimes just the lightest touch of a filter can do wonders > for your photo, producing a look that is less auto-generated and more > artistic. > > Snapseed > > Snapseed is another fine photo editing app to consider. It offers many of > the same features as VSCO Cam in addition to a few helpful tools for > photography newbs and experts alike. > > If you have no idea where to start with editing a photo, simply use > Snapseed’s Auto Correct function. This will crunch some data about your > photo and apply tweaks to reign in brightness and color while offering > other enhancements. In many cases, this might be enough to produce a pretty > stellar final product. If you’re not happy with the final outcome or want > to take your photo in a different direction, Tune Image provides an array > of manual adjustments to experiment with further. > > The prerequisite array of photo filters are here as well, providing even > more options if you have yet to track down the perfect vintage effect in > another photo app. Another nifty feature is Snapseed’s Selective Adjust, > which allows you to tweak only a specific area of an image, letting you > leave the good parts of a shot untouched while sprucing up the regions that > need some work. This tool can also be deployed creatively for some pretty > sweet results. > > As an Android user you already have access to some of these functions, > though you might not know it. Google acquired Snapseed developer Nik > Software back in 2012 and has since integrated many features of the photo > editing app into Google+. On the flip side, Snapseed offers excellent > integration with Google-powered social network, making sharing and backing > up your images easier than ever. > > Photoshop Express > > When it comes to photo editing, perhaps no name is more recognizable than > Photoshop. Photoshop Express gives you a taste of that editing power > without the price tag, offering a free app to tweak and refine images on > your mobile device. > > Basic tools allow you to rotate, crop, and straighten your photos as well > as remove red eye, while Auto-Fix will correct for contrast, exposure and > white balance with one touch. Deeper editing abilities can further adjust > color, clarity, highlights, shadows, and more. > > Of course you get filters, as if we should even have to mention that at > this point. But again: do not rely on filters alone to make your photos > great. A great #nofilter shot can oftentimes be more appealing than a > faded, sepia-toned version of the same. > > Alright, no excuses. You now have everything you need to take your Android > photography to the next level. 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