The most obvious tip that people ignore. Keep shooting till you get the shot. Here, I was trying to get Riley with his black moist nose enjoying the car ride. It took me 3 tries before I got what I was looking for. Unlike tbd “old days” you can afford to keep taking pictures, so [...]

This subject has been discussed way too many times and it took me a while to really pay attention to it. Our natural tendency in taking a photo is to point the camera at the subject and ‘click’. Well, that may be fine for documenting something, but if you really really want the viewer to [...]

Have you had pictures tun out “too dark” when you think you are in bright light? For example, I recently took this of my family on a boat trip in Annapolis with my smartphone. The result- harsh shadows and glare! I saw this on the ‘preview’ (the 5 seconds that the phone showed me the shot) [...]

People often ask me how to take good shots with a smartphone. My standard response has been that it is not the camera, but how it is taken. Granted, you have to keep these tips in mind, but still… there must be SOMETHING I look for in a smartphone when I want it as a [...]

Lighting. Lighting. Lighting. The more unusual, the more it will captivate the viewer. Avoid DIRECT sunlight. FOREIGN BODIES: Elements in the frame that do not belong (e.g. background of your aunt’s picture has half a chair!). Indoor Photos: Do not use a flash indoors! Instead, stabilize yourself. Prop your elbows on a table, sofa or something that [...]