Background: So, I'm technically cheating because there are two photos here and one of them I took on May 1 but it helps to illustrate a point. I've been attempting to rely more on my phone camera for spontaneous pictures. I can't have my large camera on me at all times, so I've embarked upon a quest to get better pictures from my phone. I have what is now considered an "old" Android phone (it's almost two years old). The camera on it is five megapixels and your standard phone camera.
Thoughts: I've been attempting to get better photos out of it by understand its strengths and weaknesses. For example, it's pretty good for really close-up shots. Because the lens is a wide angle lens, it works well for small details, as evidenced by the flower photo below. Also, understanding that I can change the focal area by simply clicking the spot on the screen that I would like to be the main focal point is a seemingly minor thing, but I think it's something a lot of people, including myself, neglect to do when we're taking pictures with a phone. Finally, I've started editing on my phone a bit but always wait to see the final product on a desktop screen before publishing to anything. Pictures that look great on my phone are going to look a bit different when enhanced on a desktop screen. This means patience and the ability to dissuade a trigger happy finger but it's well worth it.
