Mark Hemmings - Android Smartphone Photography For Dummies

15 Chapter 15FIGURE 15-1: The Memories carousel contains recently highlighted photos and vid...FIGURE 15-2: A Creation is a stylized photo or special memory that Google Photo...FIGURE 15-3: Take a number of photos of a scene with a slight left to right, or...FIGURE 15-4: Your Panorama photo suggestion is within the Utilities section, an...FIGURE 15-5: Share some or all your photos with a friend using the Partner Acco...FIGURE 15-6: Use the Markup tool to add text notes and basic pen drawings to an...FIGURE 15-7: To access your photo’s metadata swipe upward or tap the More (thre...FIGURE 15-8: The photo metadata contains a lot of useful information about the ...FIGURE 15-9: Tap Lens at the bottom of your photo review screen. FIGURE 15-10: Google Lens shows results similar to the subject matter in your o...FIGURE 15-11: Within the Library section, the Google Photos app can print books...FIGURE 15-12: To create a screenshot, press and hold the power and volume down ...FIGURE 15-13: The Clearing the Clutter tool helps you to archive non-essential ...

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7 About the Author

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Android smartphone photography continues to amaze me. Last night as I was looking up at the brilliant night sky, I was able to photograph the full moon with such magnification that I could see details in the moon’s impact craters! Of course the ability to photograph the moon close up is easily done with a larger DSLR or mirrorless camera, but for a smartphone to have advanced to such an extent that you can create decent astro-photographs is amazing.

The good news is that not only are the physical cameras on Android devices getting better each year, but the software that processes your photos within your smartphone also gets better with each software update. I encourage everyone to update their Android smartphones to take advantage of a better photography experience. No matter what kind of Android phone you have, you can create amazing images that you will be very proud of.

Maybe you’re someone who has always found the technical side of things easy, but you struggle with capturing emotion, mood, metaphors, and heart in your photographs. Or maybe you’re the opposite, where you feel and understand the soul of a particular place, but have a challenging time with the technical side of photography. Regardless of what your challenge is, this book is well-suited to help you both master the artistic and the technical side of Android smartphone photography.

Android Smartphone Photography For Dummies is a book written to help you navigate your phone’s incredible camera system and discover the heart and soul of smartphone photography. No matter what level of photography experience you have, the goal of this book is to get you excited about the possibility of seeing photo opportunities each day. As your Android smartphone is almost always with you, either in your backpack, purse, schoolbag, or back pocket, you almost always have access to a surprisingly good quality camera. This book offers you the creative and technical tools that will fuel your desire to photograph pretty much daily.

In this book, I show you how to

Control light in its many forms to create the best-looking photos.

Accentuate your images by applying the Rule of Thirds and other compositional tools.

Initiate Burst mode for sports and street photography to ensure that you get the shot.

Access and use the extra camera features, such as panoramas and selfies.

Navigate your way around all of the Google Photos app settings and options.

Take and edit your photos in the quickest and most accurate way possible.