In today’s tech freak world everyone loves clicking pictures and posting those pictures on various social networking sites. Applauds, likes and comments of fellow beings also motivate people to click more beautiful pictures. As they say, “Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder” but, in case of photography, beauty also lies in the art of clicking the pictures and the device a person has. Keeping aside the professional cameras like DSLRs with tripods, the first device that clicks our mind is the iPhone. Embellished with an amazing image signal processor and iSight camera optics, the iPhone helps you to click everything from your award winning pictures to the party lover pictures.

Clicking photos with an iPhone is concocted to form the word iPhoneography or separately it may be known as iPhone photography. On my part, iPhoneography should be wholly done on an iOS device, and one should not use a Mac or PC to post-process the pictures. Now, coming over to iPhoneography, to have the pictures out-of-this-world and  impeccable, just follow these simple tricks:

• Just set your pictures as simple as possible

Said by Leo Tolstoy: There is no greatness where this is no simplicity, goodness and truth. The same goes while clicking the pictures. Do not intermingle photo details by having too much in the frame. This perplexes the viewer and makes harder to create a superfluous composition. To create a memorable photo and to get the composition right is to set your photo only with one subject or with a simple composition. It may happen that the majority of your photo may be filled with an empty space, but no need to worry as this will make your subject a class apart from others. Another apprehension to keep your pictures with simple compositions is that when people try to view the pictures by a social networking site through their phones, the tiny screen will be the reason of the detail loss in your photos.

 

• Click the Pictures from a From A Low Angle

Do not shoot your iPhone photos from the chest height of an adult because that will make the subject less interesting. Many people opt for clicking in the former way as this is the most convenient way to take a photo, but it’s not naturally the best. Improve your photos by finding a more interesting angle and shooting from a lower perspective. Shooting from a low angle makes the subject with the sky in the background that removes unwanted disturbances. The interesting details in the foreground will be more visible on clicking from a low angle.

 

• Capturing the Photos From The Subject Level

Don’t ever take the picture while standing at your level. In case of taking pictures of children and pets, shoot the pictures at their level by getting down to their height as the former way creates a bird’s-eye-view.

 

• The Silhouette Photo Effect

Often people find Silhouetting difficult but on the contrary it’s much easier than you think. The punch-line is to shoot against the source of light and take the pictures when the sun is low above the horizon (near sunrise or sunset). Just find a person and be sure that light is coming from behind the subject.

 

• Photograph Reflections

The reflections in the pictures are impossible to ignore as they produce a remarkable effect. Reflections can be found on many different surfaces, such as shiny cars, glass, ice. But water is the best surface for reflection photography. The distortion of the reflection in waves in water is best thing one can capture. For that, just place your iPhone an inch over the water, and try to combine it with non-reflected subjects and “out-stand” your photos.

 

• The Importance of Depth In Your Photos

Show depth and make your photos unfathomable by clicking on multiple planes. The landscape photos look better when they have subjects on multiple planes.

 

 The Diagonal Alignment of the Subjects

By aligning the important subjects diagonally, the photos can be made more balanced and harmonious.

 

• The Inclusion of Shadows In Your Photos

The shadows play a vital role in the pictures as they often become more interesting than the actual subject. People often get so focused on photography subjects that they don’t pay attention to the shadows. Try to include shadows in your composition when the sun is low.

 

• Usage of Symmetry

Symmetry says it all as it clearly divides the subject into two halves and makes the photographs more appealing. The reflected and non-reflected parts are divided exactly in half, so just look out for symmetrical scenes and subjects and place them in the middle of the photo to make the symmetry obvious.

 

• The Sport of Light

This is truly a way-out in the photographic techniques. Use a light source, such as a sparkler, flashlight in front of the camera, typically in a dark setting and the results can be wonderfully quirky.

If you pick just one of these ten inklings – the one that suits and speaks to you the most – and apply it the next time you click your photos with your iPhone, you’ll be very delighted with the results. At that point you will come back, pick another dope and apply it as well. On an ending note, these tips and tricks will certainly make the pictures even more appealing, not-to-much-gaudy, simple and lastly eye catching.