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HOW TO CREATE BRIGHT AND SHARP IPHONE PHOTOS
People often ask on Instagram if my photos are taken with my iPhone. My answer: “Of course!” Almost all of the photos I post there (aside from some photos from here on the blog) are from my phone, edited on my phone. Favorite applications for photo processing or voice call recorder for iphone , always on my phone.
These devices are little miracles. When I think about my high school days and taking all my photos with disposable cameras and getting them developed at Walmart… Well, things have come a long way! As cheesy as it may sound, I count my iPhone as one of my blessings because of the memories it helps me capture every single day. Pretty stuff. Random stuff. Dumb stuff. All of it. Yay—iPhone. You’re so cool.
Okay, so here’s how I get my photos from point A (straight out of the phone) to point B (ready to share and print!). Spoiler—it’s a million times easier than you probably think!
Tip 1: Wipe off your lens
This is simple, but SO important. Most people don’t generally think about wiping off their mobile phone lens, but the day-to-day use of your phone actually gets it really dirty. If your photos are fuzzy, blurry, or hazy, this could be the cause. Now I compulsively wipe off my lens every time I go to take a picture!
On that note, lighting matters. iPhones are awesome and powerful, but they don’t handle bad lighting very well AT ALL. So unless your dark photo is, like, a selfie with Justin Timberlake, I suggest starting over and finding better lighting. Windows are your friend!
This photo (above) was taken facing a window. A good photo will have a much less drastic before/after because it was already pretty great to start with!
When you have good lighting, it’s not only flattering, but you also have the opportunity for awesome colorful editing. When your photo is taken in bad lighting, it will probably be too yellow or grainy to make those pretty colors pop, no matter what app you’re using.
Tip 2: Brightness and contrast are my first (and usually last!) stop.
Instagram added a brightness and contrast adjustment feature, and since then, quite a few of my photos have been edited ONLY inside of Instagram with this feature.
When I edit a photo, I boost the brightness just a little bit and then I boost the contrast just a little bit more (or a lot more, depending on the photo and what it needs). That’s the basic workflow that makes my photos appear brighter, more colorful, and crisper. Simple!
Tip 3: Go for intense color!
iPhone photos are naturally a little muted and dull. When you layer a filter from most apps on top of that, it will give you an image that’s still muted and dull, but now with a color filter over it (usually a yellowish tint). No bueno.
To get intense color without a heavy filtered look, my favorite method is first boosting the brightness and contrast just a little bit and then using a filter from VSCO Cam. It’s by far the best app for getting color to pop. The filter I use most often is C1 (which comes with the free app), and I usually turn it down between 25% and 50%.
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