Tips for taking stunning micro photo with your phone
Macro photography is one of the important photography types. Compared with using other subjects, macro shooting is much more simple. Grass, a few flowers, raindrops, and bugs that can be seen everywhere in the summer make great macro photo subjects. As long as you are good at discovering the beauty around you, seemingly simple and small things can make impressive photos.
Some people think it's impossible to take macro photos without a camera. Yet as we're about to see, it actually is possible! Let's go through a few tricks to help you take the best macro photos.
Macro photography in phones
Now many phones have their own macro function for taking pictures. Open up the camera app of the phone and change to professional mode, tap on the AF/MF slider (automatic and manual focus mode switching), and adjust it as needed.
External macro lens
If the built-in macro mode of the phone does not achieve the effect we want, then we can choose to use an external macro lens as an auxiliary shooting peripheral depending on the phone model we use. The lens is easy to use, and you can quickly get the hang of it.
*Photo by Faris Mohammed on Unsplash
Confirm subject
Once the tool is all ready, we need to make the subject clear. To use flowers as an example, the leaves, petals, and stamens can all be used as the shooting subject. Before shooting, you can compare the effect that the background may have on the photo. In the below photo, the flower's stamen is the focus, and the flower's leaves are the background. A few petals serve as the foreground, with the stamens as the subject. This clearly shows distinct layers.
*Photo by dimitris pantos on Unsplash
Choose a background
The general rule is choosing a solid color for the background. The cleaner the background, the more prominent the subject will become. So when shooting, try to choose colors that are in harmony with or close to the subject.
*Photo by Wolfgang Hasselmann on Unsplash
Moving subjects
Bugs make a terrific subject for macro photography, but they're also the hardest subject to take a photo of. Bugs might be scared away by the slightest movement, so we need to be really patient to get the right shot - we might have to chase them, or crouch in the bush for quite some time. This is how photographers manage to get that special shot.
Remember: When shooting bugs, use "Professional mode" to increase the shutter speed, and avoid blurring.
*Photo by Dominique Knobben on Unsplash
Light tricks
Using light is important when taking photos. Too bright and shots become overexposed. Too dark and shots become too noisy. The best times to take photos is either in the morning or dusk when the light is gentler and more suitable.
*Photo by Xuan Nguyen on Unsplash
Color combinations
If you want to make the photo as amazing as possible, in addition to the subject of the photo, the color matching also needs to be very particular. The first feeling a photo should give a viewer is to be comfortable. Make sure there are the right amount of colors, with clear differentiation.
*Photo by Peter Ivey-Hansen on Unsplash
Retouching
Many people know that some photos will need some editing to really reach their potential. This might include removing some unnecessary elements or cropping due to an imperfect composition.
Before cropping, the main body in the picture is clear, and the bokeh effect is also very good, but I think the uneven, excess black reduces the overall effect. This is an example of when we can do some post-photo editing to improve the composition.
After cropping, the excess black in the background has been removed and the final effect is even more perfect.
Ok, now you've got the basics, grab your phone and go take some amazing macro photos.
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