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How to Take the Best Photos with Your Smartphone

In many ways, your smartphone camera is better than that DSLR your parents insist on bringing on vacation. In fact, that black rectangle in your pocket can shoot photos that are good enough to be on a billboard or magazine cover, but only if you have the skills to go with the tech. Here are…

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In many ways, your smartphone camera is better than that DSLR your parents insist on bringing on vacation. In fact, that black rectangle in your pocket can shoot photos that are good enough to be on a billboard or magazine cover, but only if you have the skills to go with the tech. Here are some tips to get professional quality photos—or at least some artsy ones for your Instagram—using just the native camera app on your iOS or Android device.

Producer/Video by: Jason Lederman
Narrator: Sophie Bushwick
Researcher: Stan Horaczek
Music: APM Music
Special Thanks: Billy Cadden, Ben Lederman
Media: Pixabay, Pexels, Prelinger Archive, Wikimedia Commons, Deposit Photos ()

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  1. BaşıBoş Tv

    January 10, 2019 at 7:06 pm

    first ?

  2. Ryan Perry

    January 10, 2019 at 7:50 pm

    Did not know about the exposure drag feature. Thanks PopSci!

  3. Amy Schellenbaum

    January 10, 2019 at 7:54 pm

    Honestly I had no idea that you could fiddle with the exposure time on an iPhone??

    Also wow you filmed this on the bridge in January. That is COLD.

  4. Popular Science

    January 10, 2019 at 7:55 pm

    We love making these videos with quick tips to improve your everyday tech habits. Have a tech question? Leave it below ?

    • Ryan Perry

      January 10, 2019 at 8:12 pm

      Same video, but for… video. You could even shoot it on a phone!

    • Oscar Cerro Quiles

      January 14, 2019 at 6:55 am

      I love you! <3

    • Captain Peter R. Miller

      March 24, 2019 at 11:09 pm

      +Ryan Perry True Ryan, but hopefully in horizontal format !!.

  5. jlederman2

    January 10, 2019 at 7:58 pm

    My dad ALWAYS insists on bringing a 6 year old digital camera on vacation. I keep trying to tell him his iPhone has a better camera but he won’t listen!

  6. TheCelticGoldsmith Bellchamber

    January 12, 2019 at 9:59 pm

    Thanks! Learned some new things!

    • Popular Science

      January 12, 2019 at 11:42 pm

      ?

  7. Oscar Cerro Quiles

    January 14, 2019 at 7:00 am

    I feel like I knew nothing of my camera’s smartphone. Ironically enough I new how to do much of that on my old cellphone.

    How about an estabilizer instead of a tripod?

  8. A3Kr0n

    February 9, 2019 at 4:53 pm

    Clean your lens!

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