At present, the pixel of mobile phone has soared to 12 million, 16 million, and even Nokia had a 4 million pixel mobile phone before, so the first thing to do is to buy a mobile phone with mainstream pixels, at least for now, choose a mobile phone with 12 million pixels. The larger the pixel, the more details the lens can capture. If you enlarge the photo, the smear feeling of the photo will not be very strong.

The dual-camera mobile phone was popular last year, and it will be a major trend in the future. For example, the hottest products from last year to now are Huawei's p9 and iphone7. However, the working principles of the two cameras are different: Huawei p9 cooperates with Leica, a German camera luxury brand. Leica is responsible for the adjustment of p9 color, one camera is responsible for capturing color information, and the other camera is responsible for capturing the outline and black-and-white contrast of the subject, so the photos taken by p9 have a strong German flavor and full details; One camera of iPhone7 is an ordinary camera, and the other is a depth-of-field camera, which is mainly used to realize the background blur effect similar to that of SLR cameras. The actual experience, the blur effect is definitely the first in all mobile phones. Apple has always been a strong point in taking pictures, and it is even more icing on the cake after using dual cameras. However, from iphone6 to iphone7, Apple's cameras are outstanding, which is particularly easy to polish the lens. I really can't accept Virgo and obsessive-compulsive disorder.

The biggest advantage of mobile phone photography is that it is simple and convenient to shoot as you go, so it is very important to turn on the camera immediately when you meet the object to be photographed. For example, after the screen of Xiaomi and Apple is lit, you can turn on the camera without opening the phone interface, saving time and effort. Xiaomi can also set the long press volume to decrease the continuous shooting when the screen is not bright, and in addition, you can set the earphone to control the photo, so that you can hold the mobile phone firmly with one hand and take photos. What I said at first was a bit verbose, but these are the small details and foundations of playing mobile phone photography well, so I have to elaborate.

try to choose a mobile phone with a large aperture. The aperture size is represented by f, and the smaller the aperture value, the larger the aperture, which is inversely proportional. At present, the aperture values of most mobile phones are F1.8, 2., 2.2, 2.4, and the aperture size is F1.8.> F2.> F2.2> 2.4, in the case of constant shutter speed, the larger the aperture, the more light enters, and the brighter the picture, while the smaller the aperture, the darker the picture will be.

The imaging of mobile phones needs photosensitive elements just like SLR. Due to the volume limitation of mobile phones, the photosensitive elements are very small. Under the same focal length, the size of photosensitive elements can determine the imaging field of view: the smaller the size of photosensitive elements, the smaller the imaging field of view, and vice versa. Therefore, the field of view of the mobile phone is extremely small compared with the SLR, so if you want to get a broader field of view on a small photosensitive element and get more objects, you must buy an external camera.

At present, the most cost-effective external wide-angle camera made in China is about 1 yuan from Luqi Company. Most photos taken by external wide-angle lenses in the market are spherical and distorted, and this brand of wide-angle lenses can effectively avoid the distortion of photos after using external lenses, making the photos look natural and not fake.

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Now it's time to shoot. Because the mobile phone is a fixed-focus lens, if you want to change the size and effect of the shooting object, you can only change the focal length artificially. In addition to taking some grand photos of natural scenery on the mobile phone, we can be far away from the subject. In fact, most of the photos we take are simple life photos, still life photos, food photos, street photos, travel photos, etc. At this time, we must be closer to these subjects, and then closer, so as to eliminate the interference of elements outside the subject, so as to better highlight the subject and express the theme.

The first photo,

The second photo,

We can clearly see the difference between the above two photos. Obviously, the small house in the first photo is affected by the road surface, and people's vision is scattered by the road surface, so the main body is not prominent. If the second photo is closer, the house will become larger, closer to the vision, more impactful and more prominent.

composition is a very important expression for both SLR photography and mobile photography. A good composition is not necessarily a good photo, but a bad photo must have no good composition, which is an inevitable way to express the theme of photography. Here only talk about some basic composition rules to explain composition, and other articles will be updated after other advanced composition. As mentioned earlier, due to the limitation of mobile phone volume, the photosensitive element of mobile phone is too small, which may never reach the professional level of SLR photography in terms of image quality, details, depth of field and shooting in special environment. SLR can control the color of the object environment very well, so it is very difficult for mobile phone. At this time, using the composition of mobile phone to express the theme can perfectly solve the disadvantages of mobile phone photography.

1. Contrast between light and shade

Using the contrast between light and shade, the relationship between highlights and shadows is skillfully composed. It is correct to use this trick for Xiaobai, who is not familiar with lighting skills for the first time. It can effectively abandon the influence of color on photos and let you concentrate on contrast. As shown below, the railing on the right is cast on the left step to form a series of shadows, which are in sharp contrast with the light.

The light outside the door below is in sharp contrast with the darkness inside.

The following photo was taken in Xiamen, and the contrast between the light and shade of the beach and the distant sea after dusk.

2. Trigonometric composition

This composition method is most used. Its usage is to put the main body of the picture on the four focuses of the mobile phone, which is especially suitable for the environment where there are few objects such as a person, a building, a cat, an airplane and a car in a natural background. These objects are often right. Turn on the camera, set it inside, turn on the grid lines of the nine squares, and take photos by focusing the subject on the intersection of four lines at a time by using the trisection method.

Lonely people are embellished

Charm Goddess is embellished

Small boats are embellished

3. Vertical and horizontal composition

Vertical and horizontal composition is suitable for shooting objects with geometric lines extending vertically and horizontally, such as straight Woods and teams participating in military parade; Horizontal is like a book on a shelf, which is used less.

4. Black and white composition

Black and white composition is suitable for shooting objects with story atmosphere. It can cover up all the cruelty of taking pictures and bluff people between heaven and earth. I often hear people around me say that he is playing with black and white photography. In fact, the subtext is that he doesn't know photography and uses black and white photography to cover up his identity as Xiao Bai. In fact, black-and-white composition seems simple and easy, and anyone can apply a black-and-white filter with one click. In fact, black-and-white composition is difficult to achieve. Although black-and-white composition excludes the interference of color to express the theme, how can a photo without color please modern people who are used to seeing color? How to make others think about the story after the photo? These will test the photographer's deep thinking ability. Therefore, this composition method should be used with caution for Xiaobai. When you have enough knowledge and experience in photography, you should touch this rule step by step.

The following photo shows all the citizens of new york taking to the streets to celebrate after the victory of World War II. Suddenly, an American soldier held a nurse around his waist and kissed her affectionately. A reporter's keen eyes found this moment and quickly took out his camera to take this historic black-and-white photo, which has been passed down to this day. Is this black and white photo very simple? Is it difficult? It is worth thinking about.

Here, when I was playing in Huimin Street, I found a young Hui man grilling mutton kebabs. I approached him, adjusted my mobile phone to a black and white filter, and photographed the seriousness and concentration of this young Hui man when he barbecued.

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How to improve the aesthetic interest of photography systematically?

If all photography skills are "skills", then photography aesthetics is "Tao", and all martial arts learning must start from internal skills. Only when internal skills are solid can we learn martial arts routines better and create our own martial arts cheats. We can improve photography aesthetics by appreciating master works, famous paintings, calligraphy, restaurants, museums, exhibitions, more practice and more shooting. The exercise of photography aesthetics is to cultivate the internal skills of photography. With aesthetics, we can completely forget all my above photography skills and tricks, and reach the realm of winning without tricks. A mobile phone with 8 yuan can also play the master level, but this requires us to be patient and savvy enough.

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