Practical Photography - UK (2020-01)

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UPGRADE

YOURPHONE

Thismightreadlike

an advertfora smartphone

manufacturer,butdoinvest

in thelatestkit.Justaswith

cameras,everynewmodel

is morepowerfulthanthe

previousoneandwillbe

packedwithnewphoto-

friendlyfeaturesthatgiveyou

yetmorecreativefreedom.

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LOOKOUTFOR

HIDDENFEATURES

Exploreyour

smartphoneanditsbuilt-in

camera.Therearesomany

hiddenfeaturestobefound

andpossibilitiesthatcould

helpyoutoshootsomething

trulyground-breaking.Ittook

sixmonthsformetofindthe

longexposurefeatureonmy

phone– I shouldhavelooked

sooner!Checkonlinefor

tutorialsandreviews.

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NEVERMISSA SHOT

Don’tworryaboutthe

resolution.Notall

phoneswillmeasureup,but

imagesaremostlyviewedon

a screenthesedays.Yes,it’s

nicetoprinta hugearchival

printfroma large-format

camera,butwhylosea

beautifulshotjustbecause

youhaven’tgotyour‘proper’

camerawithyou,whenyour

smartphoneisalwaysin

yourpocket!

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BESAFE,

NOTSORRY

Backup.Andback

up again.Wedon’tkeepour

photosona DSLRafterthe

shoot,butwetendtokeepall

our picturesonsmartphones.

Makesurethateverytime

youturnonyourcomputer,

allyournewpicturesaresent

to a harddriveandtothe

cloud.There’snothingworse

fora photographerthanlosing

preciousimages.

Personal Project Al Lapkovsky

fromrealityatanygivenmomentand
become engaged in something that is
perhaps real but not that important and
relevant right now; how we habitually
choose to look at a screen instead of
looking around us, to text someone instead
of talking to a person sitting in front of us;
how our mind becomes global in the sense

thatwe canengagein a conversationwith

people we barely know and, at the same

time, ignore someone very close and real.

Surprisingly that project served as a great

marketing asset for my business as it won

in ternational photography awards in

New York and Tokyo, and was shared

on Facebook nearly 3 million times.

GET

INVOLVED!

Havea brilliantphoto

pr ojectyouwantto share

withthe world?Emailus at

practical.photography@

bauermedia.co.ukandit

couldbe yourwork

fe aturedhere!

Al’s 4-step guide to better smartphone images

Above The latest phones

feature a range of creative

shooting modes.