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Tips on Shooting High Quality Photos by Cell Phones
Nowadays 'photo shooting' is no longer a subsidiary feature of cell phones as it has become most users' main concern at purchase. About 50% of users will pay particular attention to pixel count of camera phones. However, the question is 'will we be able to get beautiful pictures with those high-end phones? That may not be the answer! High pixel only means the limit of the largest print size, not the quality of photos. To ensure the clarity and the 'touching aspects' of the photo, we still need the skills to take photographs. A brief introduction is as follows:

Clear and sharp photos
Professional photographers are aware of the importance of maintaining the stability of cameras, so they will spend thousands dollars to buy high-quality tripod or similar equipments. In fact, we should pay extra attention to the camera's stability when using mobile phones for photo-shooting, especially in dark environment where the camera's shutter speed will automatically turn to slow. In the course of exposure, even if the camera is slightly hit, this will produce a vague picture.

In photo shooting, as suggested you should hold the cell phone with both hands to increase the stability effectively. In addition, we can place the cell phone on the table and use "Self-mode" in shooting photos, so this will even avoid shaking as a result of pressing the shutter.

Apart from maintaining camera's stability, increasing the light sensitivity is another solution to ensure photo clarity when taking pictures in the dark. ISO sensitivity will be automatically adjusted under different lighting conditions in the automatic mode. However, at this time we will find definition of photographs is coarse. If you have confidence in the stability of your hands, we can lower ISO value in the menu to improve the quality of the photos.

Use 'White Balance' to produce special effects
Most of us like to see the true color of photos when taking photos. However, if we choose 'white balance' manually, you will be able to change the screen colors to create many special effects. When we shoot scenery during the day with a sun set style, you can choose white balance mode to change the setting which selects a different color tone. This "wrong" color will change the color of the entire screen to be warm and beautiful. For those cell phone users have already mastered skills in photo shooting, they will find 'white balance' a very practical function. And for some mobile phones, such "special effects" functions are already built in. Some of them may seem of little value but the functions of composition and special effects with images are of great help, though we haven't noticed them before. We hope that all will be able to take beautiful and memorable pictures through the cell phones.