Camera Aperture Explained! Take Better Photos From Your Phone!

What is an aperture?

Not all smartphone cameras are created equal. Just because two phones have the “same” aperture, it doesn’t mean the hole that lets in light is the same size. We have to do a little math, but it’s pretty easy to show why some phones perform better in low light than others! Continue reading “Camera Aperture Explained! Take Better Photos From Your Phone!”

Take Better Photos: Smartphone Photography For Noobs! Updates for 2020 are now live!

I’m really proud of this one.

I started writing a blog post about phone photography in 2013. To explain one concept, I had to write another post to explain a different concept. That snowballed into a series of posts and videos. Eventually, the only thing that made sense was to turn it into a book, which was published in 2015.

Take Better Photos: Smartphone Photography for Noobs!

Every year I take another pass through revising the book, and the updates for 2020 are out now! Continue reading “Take Better Photos: Smartphone Photography For Noobs! Updates for 2020 are now live!”

‘Take Better Photos: Smartphone Photography for Noobs!’ – 2019 Revisions are LIVE on Kindle!

A quick heads up folks! My yearly update for the photography book took a bit longer than expected, but the update is finally live on Amazon Kindle.

Version 1.2.3 includes a passage on Night Mode photography, updates the section on multi-camera phones, includes a new exercise, and corrects numerous spelling and grammar problems.

If you have a copy, update it in the Kindle app, and please drop me a review on Amazon if you like it!

If you don’t have a copy, the link below will help you fix that!

Take Better Photos: Smartphone Photography for Noobs!