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How to shoot DNG RAW Photos on your Android Smartphone

Almost all Professional Photographers shoot RAW photos. The reason for this is it contains a lot more Data than a regular jpeg file you normally shoot on your phone or DSLR camera. Since a RAW file contains a lot more Data, you can take these files to image processing softwares like Adobe Lightroom and edit them to produce high quality images with better dynamic range and colors. You can adjust a ton of settings and create an image you want, without losing a lot of information. Regular Jpeg (.jpg) files can also be edited, but these files are not made for editing purposes. When you heavily edit a .jpg file, it will lose information and quality, introducing a lot of grain and artifacts in to the images. Basically, it destroys the quality of the photo often. So, if you plan to Edit your Photos, and want the best quality out of any camera - whether it be your smartphone or your high end DSLR / Mirrorless Camera, shoot raw images. Different manufactures have different RAW formats.

How to take Long Exposure Shots on Mobile

Long Exposure Photography lets you expose a scene for many seconds and lets you create unique images. Light trails, Star Trails, Milky Way Galaxy shots, Light Painting etc are all created using various Long Exposure photography techniques. Is it possible to shoot Long Exposure on Mobile ? Answer is Yes .. and No. In order to shoot a long exposure, your phone must come with a Pro mode where you can choose a slower shutter speed. Many manufactures like LG Mobiles, Huawei, Honor, OnePlus etc have a Pro mode build in to their default camera app. Google Pixel phones on the other hand do not have a Pro mode and there is no way to shoot traditional long exposure photographs with those. Another way is to find a third party app that can shoot in lower shutter speeds. Lightroom Mobile Camera for an example has a Pro mode that lets you shoot manual and adjust ISO and shutterspeed. The problem here is, while the default camera app often supports up to 30 secs exposure, Lrmobile camera on ma

How to take Great Photos with your Android Smartphone or Apple iPhone

They say, the best camera is the one you have in your pocket. We walk around every day with a camera in our pocket attached to our phones. Even though these smartphones are equipped with tiny image sensors, you can still take some great shots with it. Here are a few tips to get great photos with your Android smartphone or Apple iPhone Learn to Edit. Almost all photographers on Instagram with millions of photographers edit their photos. For some, there are even dedicated teams working on images to create masterpieces. There is this new trend of people posting #nofilter or #noedit photos on the gram. By doing that, you are not giving anything your own to the image. In order to stand out from the crowd, you have to learn to edit the photos you took and add your own style to the images. Learn to edit. Some of the popular photo editing softwares available on Android Play Store are Google Snapseed , Polarr , Adobe Lightroom Mobile etc. At first, you are sure going to make less impressi