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Flash photography is a skill. It is more than just pointing your phone’s camera at something and then snapping a photo. This is because while our smartphones have flash units that have improved leaps and bounds massively since they were first introduced, they’re still not necessarily that great.
This is because unlike proper flash units that can be angled and diffused, the flash units on our phones are direct and harsh. If you’re trying to create that effect, that’s fine, but otherwise, flash can sometimes ruin a photo and in cases more often than not, it can give your subject the dreaded red-eye effect.
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So the question is, how do you take photos in low-light situations without flash? It’s actually quite simple and with a few tweaks, you can coax out better-looking photos in the dark without having to use flash.
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A lot of smartphones these days come with native camera apps that offer up a manual mode. With manual mode, it gives users more control over their phone’s cameras and individual settings in order to get the shot that they want, and here are some of the changes you can make to improve photos in low-light scenarios without having to use flash.
Shutter speed determines how long your shutter stays open when you snap a photo. If you’ve ever wondered how some photographers can capture such bright shots of the night sky, shutter speed is one of those adjustments they make. By allowing the shutter to stay open longer, more light can be let into the sensor, which in turn results in brighter photos.
Note that by extending the length of your shutter speed, it means that you might need a tripod for your phone’s camera, or place it on a stable surface. This is because any movement captured while the shutter is still open will result in blurry photos.
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