iPhoneography :Seven easy ways to improve your travel iPhone Photography

As you might have guessed by its name, iPhoneography is the contraction of “iPhone photography” into one word. iPhoneography is the art of taking and editing photos with an iPhone, or, to a larger extent, with an iOS device such as an iPod touch or an iPad.

There actually seems to be a bit of controversy about the editing part. Some would argue that iPhoneography is the art of taking photos with an iPhone and edit them the way you want, including using professional software such as the desktop version of Photoshop. Others, including myself, believe that iPhoneography should be entirely done on an iOS device, from shooting to editing, and that one shall not use a PC or a Mac to post process the photos. In the end, it’s you to decide, as again, there is no rule that must be followed.

With the fantastic evolution of the iPhone camera, more and more professional photographers are actually venturing into this new world. And with the development of some amazing iPhone photography apps, this art has become more and more accessible to the public, to the point that nowadays, virtually everyone can be an artist and create amazing photographs with just an iPhone.

Seven easy ways to improve your travel iPhone Photography

• Your iPhone Needs Power

I know it’s obvious, but make sure to bring a power strip along with you. By now you are probably charging an iPhone, iPad, your spouse’s iPhone and iPad, maybe another camera, electric shaver if you are the dapper type, etc. There is never enough outlets, so make sure to bring your own.

• Reconnaissance

In today’s world we have access to technologies WWII generals could have only dreamed of. Anytime I’m traveling, I not only want to know when the sun is going to rise and set, I want to know where. Same with the moon. I use The Photographer’s Ephemeris to tell me just that.

• Level Horizons

Nothing’s worst than a photograph of an ocean on a hill. Horizons are tough to judge sometimes, so fire up your iPhone’s ‘grid lines’ and make the sea level!

• Don’t Be Scared Of The Dark

The iPhone isn’t the best performer in low light, but don’t let that scare you. Even if you don’t have a tripod with you, you can still expose for bright areas of the scene to make a photo. In this image, the candle light was the perfect light source to create a moody scene.

• Look For Details

This is something that I am always having to work on. There is more to the place you are visiting than landscapes. Make sure you find the details that make it unique. Details are a great way to help tell the story.

• Scale

It’s hard for your viewers to tell just how bid something is unless you include something in the photo for reference. In this image, to let everyone know that it is a big ship, I included a small boat.

• The People

Unless you are traveling to a post apocalyptic world, there are going to be people there. Make sure you include them in your photos. Don’t only take their photo, talk to them. Heck, maybe they’ll invite you to play short stop on their baseball team?

• Assignment

By no means do you have to travel somewhere to leverage any of these tips. For all your Instagram followers who don’t live in your hometown, your images are travel photography! Whether you are traveling somewhere or not, tag your Instagram photos with #iDBTravel so we can all follow along.

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