3 Tips to Improve Photo Composition

Photo Composition is a way of guiding the viewer’s eye towards the most important elements of your work, sometimes – in a very specific order. 1. NEGATIVE SPACE I was on a bike crossing the golden gate bridge in San Francisco and stopped to snap this photo with my iPhone 5.  It was a hazy […]

5 Ideas for Your Travel Photos

Direct spending by resident and international travelers in the U.S. averaged $2.8 billion a day, $118.2 million an hour, $2.0 million a minute and $32,800 a second. (Global Fact Sheet) Many of us save up for years to take that big family trip. We look forward to it, we then experience it, we take thousands […]

How to take HDR Photos in the Lightroom Mobile App

Everyone knows about the power of Lightroom for editing on the desktop — but did you know Lightroom’s built-in camera lets you shoot RAW directly on your iOS or Android phone? What is HDR? High Dynamic Range In the Lightroom App, HDR mode works by automatically scanning the scene to determine the correct exposure range […]

7 Travel Photography Tips: Havana, Cuba

Havana, Cuba Camila Cabello got it right …”Half of my heart is in Havana, ooh-na-na“ I felt like I had landed on the set of a 1950’s movie. The vibrant colors, the old cars, and if the buildings could talk, oh what stories they would tell. I wanted to tell my experience of Cuba to […]

8 Tips to Better Photo Composition

8 Tips to Better Your Photo Composition 1. Perspective Shoot above, below, or get level. Change up your perspective while keeping horizons and verticals in check. Your camera is smaller now — take it places! 2. The Rule of Thirds Don’t always center your subject (boring!). Shoot with this rule in mind or crop during […]

10 Tips for Shooting Products with your Mobile Phone

Brands are created and reinforced by imagery. The way you present yourself and your product has a huge impact on your brand. Etsy? Ecommerce? Blog? Online sales will increase with improved product images. Are your photos Pin worthy? We’re here to help.We’ve set up a “mock” product shoot using just 3 items: 1 plain white […]

How to Take Photos of the Solar Eclipse with your Smartphone

Remember the iphoneography tips we’ve been teaching you over the years? You’ll want to use them if you’re planning on taking photos of the #solareclipse on Monday. Auto focus won’t work. Manually use your finger to lock the focus on the moon. Slide your finger up & down to change the exposure. Android phones have […]

I took 1,000 Photos in Peru, now what?

It’s not every day we get to hike through Machu Picchu, or float through Lake Titicaca on a boat made of reefs. We spend months, even years, planning a big vacation, it deserves to be remembered. I have always hoped I could take my children on a humanitarian trip to a 3rd world country at […]

Tell Your Story with Adobe Spark

Recently,  Adobe launched a new member to the Adobe Cloud Family: Adobe Spark. Adobe Spark is a simple, yet elegant tool helping users create engaging visual content and stories. We love storytelling and we’re loving Spark. I love their witty tagline: “An image is worth a thousand words, Adobe Spark is worth a thousand likes.” […]

Mobile Travel Journal Part 2

Welcome to the Mobile Travel Series Part 2. I’m here to share how to document your summer travels with the one device we always have with us, our mobile phone. In Part 1 of this series, I share how I prepared to create a travel journal using only my mobile device. It’s really more of […]

Mobile Travel Journal Part 1

There’s an App for everything, really. We’re taking more photos than ever on our mobile devices, but then what? I’ve been traveling with my 10 year old son, Ryder, through Southeast Asia for 2 weeks and have taken over 2,000 photos on my iPhone. I don’t carry a point and shoot anymore and the dSLR […]

3 Mobile Apps to Remove Background Clutter

I shared 5 Ways to Avoid Background Clutter when taking pictures with your mobile device. With the advancement of mobile apps, we can now remove unwanted objects from our photos! My favorite go-to apps that can do just that…. TouchRetouch Snapseed AfterFocus Touch Retouch Simply choose a photo and double-tap or pinch to zoom in […]