"... a genuinely useful guide to the more technical side of phone shooting, including editing with popular apps like Snapseed. Jo Bradford makes the most of the creative possibilities of modern smartphone cameras, and her tips on improving exposure and ensuring decent prints are really useful." Awarded 5 stars by Amateur Photographer Maximize your potential to get the shots you want with this guide to photography for both Apple and Android phones. There's a saying that the best camera for the job is the one you have with you when an opportunity arises. Thanks to the boom in camera-phone technology, today we're lucky enough to have a camera to hand to capture all those incredible moments. But are you making the most of that powerful tool in your pocket? Do the photos you have taken tend to be blurry, or look nothing like what you're seeing? If you want to shoot incredible images with your phone, buy Smart Phone, Smart Photography. Covering simple techniques that will allow you to get the image that you see every single time, you will soon be telling your camera what to do with confidence. Start with The Big Picture and get to know your camera phone and the rules behind taking the perfect shot. The next chapter, Taking Great Pictures, explains the key disciplines of photography – portrait, abstraction, macro, still life and plenty more. Finally, the Post-production chapter demonstrates how to use apps to edit and enhance your images and create incredible prints for display.

Learn how to edit photographs on your phone with this step-by-step guide from professional photographer Jo Bradford. Do you know how to make the best of the photos you've taken with your phone? We all have hundreds of images on our phones that could do with a little improvement, but transferring them to a hard drive and working in an out-of-date editing program on your Mac or PC can seem like too much hassle. Award-winning professional photographer Jo Bradford, author of the bestselling Smart Phone Smart Photography, can show you how to edit your photos easily and conveniently on your iPhone or Android, using the free Snapseed app. Smart Phone Smart Photo Editing shows you how to use the app to do everything from raw developing and saving a copy, to compositional improvements, global enhancements to colour and other elements, and smaller adjustments to specific details. With clear step-by-step text and illustrations for each process, you will soon learn how to get the best from the app and from your images. Case studies and beautiful images taken by Jo will also help to inspire you in your photography.

Wait—you took that amazing picture? Taking a photo is as simple as point and click. Taking a good photo takes a bit more know-how, and Android Smartphone Photography For Dummies is your quick-and-easy guide. No matter what model of Android phone you have, this book teaches you to produce high-quality images using the powerhouse camera you carry in your pocket every day. You’ll learn the photography techniques pros use, like how to recognize beautiful outdoor lightning, how to capture moving subjects, and how to make stuff look good. Whatever kind of photos you want to take, this book will help you identify the gear and the apps you need for stunning results. With Dummies as your friendly instructor, you’ll be wowing your friends and family before you know it. Explore your phone’s camera, including little-known advanced features that will make a big difference in your images Figure out how to edit your pictures, correct lighting imbalances, apply neat filters, remove blemishes, and more Learn the basic principles of photography and apply your knowledge to outdoor photography, action shots, and still life Plus: capture video, organize your images, share photos online, choose a phone tripod, and protect your camera from the elements Dummies makes it easy for Android users of all skill levels to morph into masterful image-makers.

Smartphone cameras have evolved from being useful for taking quick snapshots, to being powerful and sophisticated devices that, for many people, have replaced the need to use a separate camera. It is now possible to take high-quality photos, edit them and then share them in a variety of ways, all from your smartphone. Smartphone Photography in easy steps looks at all aspects of using your smartphone or tablet as a one-stop shop for all of your photographic needs. These include: · Showing the functions and controls of smartphone cameras, so that you get the most of the available options. · Using basic techniques so that you can feel confident using your smartphone camera in any photographic situation. · Showing how to get the best compositions for your photos. · Looking at lighting conditions to help take your photos to the next level. · Becoming a portrait expert when taking photos of family and friends. · Getting the best photos of the environment around you, including buildings and landscapes. · Looking at the range of photo editing apps that are available for editing photos on smartphones and tablets. · Showing the basic editing tips to improve your photos in a few taps. · Detailing the range of options for improving the exposure and colors in your photos. · Using creative techniques to give your photos a sense of fun and style. · Showing how to share your photos in a variety of ways, such as directly to social media sites, and also printing them out at home with wireless printing. Smartphone Photography in easy steps reveals the exciting world of taking photos with your smartphone, and shows how to enhance them so that you can create memories of which you can be proud. Covers iPhones and Android phones. Table of Contents 1. Photos on Mobile Devices 2. Photo-taking Basics 3. Composition and Light 4. People and Portraits 5. Buildings and Landscapes 6. Using Editing Apps 7. Editing Basics 8. Color Editing 9. Making Selections 10. Creative Effects 11. Sharing and Printing

The smartphone camera is a powerful tool most people underutilize. Shooting a photo with your smartphone might be as easy as pointing the camera at the subject and clicking away, but there is more to it. The book teaches simple and advanced techniques that let to use the smartphone camera like a professional. Whether you own an Android phone or an iPhone, this concise guide applies as long as your phone has a camera at the back. From basic tips to follow as a mobile photographer to advanced manual controls that let you determine exactly how your photos turn out, this book treats every aspect of mobile photography down to editing. Lessons include: - Lighting: You are going to understand all aspects of lighting including positioning, using LED flash, and lighting gears. - Basic mobile photography rules: Taking care of your lens, zooming, focusing, and perspectives are some of the lessons treated here. - Camera modes and features: How well do you understand portrait mode, HDR, grid lines, rule of thirds, macro mode, and the rest that are often underutilized? - Manual camera mode: Tweaking ISO, shutter speed, aperture, white balance, metering and other professional settings to your advantage. - Using lens kits: How lens kits work and how they can improve your mobile photography. - Editing: This covers basic editing tips to understanding tonal ranges in photography and how all adjustment controls work. There are things this book doesn't teach. Some of these include how to locate your camera app, how to launch it, how to press the shutter button, and so on. You've been taking photos with your phone for years and this book takes that into consideration. Stepping it up to the next level and shooting like a professional is the focus.

It is time to become the content creator and marketeer you always dreamed of being? If you have a smartphone, then you are ready to create and build an audience for your brand or business. You have the technology and this book will give you the knowledge and practical skills to use it. Smartphone Smart Marketing is the follow-up book to the successful title Smartphone Media Production. It is written by award-winning filmmaker, professional digital marketer and content creator Robb Wallace. Robb has over sixteen years of experience in the field as well as an award-winning degree in Broadcast Production. In 2016 Smartphone Media Production showed its readers how to plan, capture, edit and distribute content (branded photography, audio, video and live streams) with only their phones. In this updated and fully revised version, Robb is back with even more great content including chapters on content marketing, social media channels and social media strategies. Who is this book for? It is for people who; Don't know how to create content to market their brand. Don't have the funds for a marketing manager but are willing to put in the hard work and learn the skills. Don't have a big budget for expensive things like promo videos, marketing images, social media campaigns. Don't know where to start when launching a new business or product. Have tried and failed to create engaging content for social media and are looking for a guide. Aspire to be a social media influencer. Wish to enter employment as a marketing professional. Interested in digital marketing. Need real-world digital skills to grow their business. Are interested in entrepreneurial skills. Are looking to create better images, videos or live streams. So if you want a solid, no-nonsense, practical overview to content marketing and media production, using only your smartphone, Smartphone Smart Marketing is the book for you. The book includes cheat guides, best apps, worked examples and more. Let's get to work, buy your copy, grab your phone, it’s time to leave the competition behind. Acclaim for Smartphone Media Production from 2016 “Received! Dove in - Liked what I saw! Really useful stuff”. Peter Shankman “This book is fantastic and would highly recommend it for anyone starting to get into making videos on their phone.” Stewart Richardson professional photographer. “This book has helped me increase my understanding and develop some really good strategies on maximising the use of smartphones and social media in a variety of ways, from personal use through to improving business reach. Excellent stuff!” Amazon. “So impressed I hired him” Peter Syme adventure specialist and business owner. “As a self-employed business owner, keeping up with changes in technology can be overwhelming, I found this book full of great information, presented in a clear and practical way – full of advice and resources to keep you on your toes.” Chris Wain Unique Adventure Tours Scotland. “I am a gent of a certain age and have had to embrace technology and the Internet as an adult and not something that I have grown up with or was taught at school. I run a Facebook page and a small stall making and selling custom props and toys and wanted to take things to the next level and having no experience in media production this sounded perfect. From my perspective the book is full of all the basic information I needed to get started making the most of my Facebook page and filming video, taking photographs and getting them out there on social media to get the most impact. Then the book is also full of everything else needed to take things even further, how to follow up on the social media interest and even loads of information coming from a business point of view which I’m sure I will use down the line as I take things further. Overall this book had everything I needed to get me up and running on social media, producing what I feel is way better quality content than I could have ever imagined I was capable of and all with a single piece of hardware, my Smartphone, it’s amazing.” Big Al Monkeytron Collective.

Learn to take great photos with your iPhone—the camera you always have with you!

Imagine if someone took the same photographic techniques, principles, and tools used by high-end and professional photographers, but applied them to shooting with an iPhone. Imagine the type of images you’d be able to create using those same ideas. Well, finally, somebody has.

The world’s #1 best-selling photography techniques author is about to break all the rules as he shows you how to apply the same techniques today’s top pro photographers use to make stunning images. You’re going to learn exactly how to use these techniques to create images that people will just not believe you could actually take with a phone (but with the quality of the iPhone’s camera, you absolutely can!).

Scott leaves all the techno-speak behind and, instead, treats the whole book as if it were just you and he out on a shoot with your iPhones, using his trademark casual, plain-English writing style to help you unlock the power of your iPhone to make the type of pictures you never thought could be done with a phone. You’ll learn:

• Which tools to use to make pro-quality portraits in any lighting situation.

• How to create stunning landscape shots that people will swear you took with an expensive DSLR or mirrorless camera.

• Proven posing techniques that flatter your subject and make anyone you photograph look their very best in every shot.

• How to organize and edit your photos like a pro!

• The pros’ top tips for making amazing shots of everything from flowers to product shots, from food photography to travel shots, and everything in between.

Each page covers a single concept, a single tool, or a trick to take your iPhone photography from snapshots to shots that will make your friends and family say, “Wait…you took this?!”