Tips for Taking Christmas Photos
The festive season is here and it brings people together with friends and family to create lasting memories, click photos and simply have a great time. Fortunately, modern smartphones, especially flagship models, offer excellent cameras that make capturing beautiful photos and videos effortless. However, before you embark on an adventure to capture moments with your loved ones this Christmas and New Year, it is important to consider a few basic tips.
Let’s dive into the basic rules that significantly improve the quality and enjoyment of vacation photos and videos.
When taking group shots, avoid using an ultra-wide angle lens.
I understood; it’s quite tempting to switch to an ultra-wide lens to fit more people in the frames, but due to the physical nature of ultra-wide lenses, they can distort at the edges. This can make people look unnaturally tall or have large limbs. Of course you don’t want this. You can mitigate this problem by moving back a bit until all the people fit in the frame. This helps create a good group photo that everyone likes.
Make sure the lens are clean
During the festive season, you will surely enjoy plenty of food and take part in pleasant activities such as bonfires and more. In the midst of this, the phone lens can attract a lot of dirt and stains. So whenever you start taking photos or videos, make sure the lens is clean. You can easily do this with a microfiber cloth.
Shoot in RAW format
If your phone has RAW shooting capability, try doing so this Christmas. The flexibility of post-processing is always handy, and thanks to evolving mobile camera sensors, it’s now possible to capture a lot of detail. Try to save objects like decorations, wreaths and lights in RAW format to give them an atmospheric and festive look during editing.
Click Portraits with your longest lens
If you have a smartphone with a telephoto lens, it’s best to take a portrait using it. Portraits taken with a telephoto lens not only look natural, but they also compress the background to better isolate the subject. So next time try to move past the 1x switch and don’t be afraid to take tighter shots.
Add props, decorations and focus on choosing an aesthetic background.
The technical stuff is important, but what’s in front of the camera is just as, if not more, important. For example, when clicking photos with your loved ones, make sure you take pictures with props – a simple Santa hat would work. Or choose a beautiful background, for example with a decorated Christmas tree. This should make for nice looking photos on a smartphone at home.
