Photo Options: The New Wave in Cell Phone Communications
by Callum Perting
http://www.rqphone.com
When the cell phone was first made available to the general
public, people thought that this was the ultimate in
personal communication. Since then, however, upgrades have
caused these first devices to become classified as nothing
more than the communications fossils of the distant past.
Today, you can take a picture, call your friends and share
the photo with them all at the same time.
Although using a camera phone isn~t terribly difficult, the
taking of a good picture can be a bit challenging. Since
the device is small, there are things that need to be taken
into consideration that you may not have to think about
when taking a photo with a conventional camera. While
these devices aren~t intended to produce high-quality
prints, you~ll still want to be sure that your pictures
capture the moment in the best way possible.
Make sure you take a variety of shots, once you have
decided to take some shots. Like a digital camera, don't
forget with a cell phone camera, you can just delete any
photos you don't like without making any prints. You have
nothing to lose if you take a lot of pictures of the same
subject. You can upload to your computer the ones you do
finally pick and then you decide whether you want to either
save them in an electronic photo album or print them.
You probably don~t have a zoom option on your cell phone
camera that other cameras have. At this point, these phones
don~t offer such a feature. (Not yet, anyway!) So be sure
to stand close to the person or object that you are
photographing. If you do not, you will lose quality and you
will probably not be able to see their features. You also
cannot stand too close, because it will cause blurriness,
so stand about one or two feet from the subject.
If you~re planning to take a photo of a person or animal,
it~s important to take the picture from eye level. You~ll
have a much better chance of getting the correct resolution
and capturing the true personality of the individual when
you shoot from that vantage point. Shooting from an angle
can detract from the overall quality, and you can lose some
very engaging shots if you don~t get ~up close and
personal~.
Insufficient light is the catalyst of a bad picture and,
unless your camera phone has a built-in flash, you~re going
to have to be alert to the light levels before you snap
any photos. Bright light is best, especially when it
reflects off of the subject of the picture. If you~re
planning to photograph indoors, be sure to make the light
as bright as possible.
Many camera phones will allow you to choose the
resolution that you prefer. Set your resolution to low,
medium or high level before attempting to snap any shots.
High means high quality, so that is the resolution you
should always use for all of your photos. There will be a
noticeable difference when you upload it to your computer
and view it on your screen, even if it doesn~t appear to
be any different on the camera phone~s viewer.
Keep in mind that a plain background is best, so that the
subject of the picture is the main focus. You should also
be sure, too, that you don~t intrude upon someone~s
personal space. Always be courteous and obtain the
permission of the person whose picture you are taking.
A camera phone isn~t worth getting into trouble over, as
exciting as it can be to have the ability to snap pictures
at random.
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