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(Running water and crashing waves)

Hi, I'm Jessie Leong, a professional Travel  Photographer. I'm here at Tintagel Castle,  

set high on Cornwall's rugged north coast. A  location inextricably linked with the legend of  

King Arthur, it's a place to immerse yourself in  history and explore the stunning Cornish scenery.  

When you visit amazing beauty locations like  this, you're going to want to take pictures to  

be able to remember and share with friends and  family. With one of these it's never been easier  

to achieve this. A camera phone is a powerful  photography tool we all have in our pocket  

but we may not be using it to the best of  its ability. Today I'm going to go through  

some of my top tips on how to capture  amazing images using any camera phone.  

Now as tempting as it might be, don't just take  your phone out and get the shot at eye level. Ask  

yourself: is there somewhere I can get up high to  get the whole scene in? Or if you go down low, can  

you get an angle that you wouldn't normally see?  Maybe look for an old window and take a photograph  

through it so it frames the subject. You might  look a little odd crouching down in the grass  

or behind a stone wall, but these unique angles  will offer something more to your photographs.  

When you're looking at a beautiful location the  obvious thing is to point your camera at it,  

placing it in the centre of the frame. Instead,  try and look for natural leading lines to guide  

the viewer towards the subject. Maybe it's a line  of rocks or wall running towards the focal point.  

This leads the viewer from  the edges of the photograph  

in towards the subject, which makes  for a more pleasant viewing experience.  

Sometimes there aren't any obvious lines to use,  

so look for something in  the foreground to focus on.  

Find an interesting rock or a delicate piece  of flora and frame it so that the subject is in the  

background. It just means there's less empty space  in the image so it's more pleasing to the eye.  

At low tide you can explore the beautiful beach  and caves at the base of the cliffs at Tintagel Castle.

You know the feeling of being somewhere  breath-taking but when you take a photograph of it  

you just can't do it justice. This is often  because the sense of scale is lost. A good way to  

show some scale is to ask someone to stand in to  get a sense of size and grandeur in the subject.  

If you're visiting by yourself you can use a  small tripod or rock to set up your camera,  

and using the timer feature  run in and get that shot.  

So to summarise, here are my top photography tips.  

Composition is key. Think about using different  angles, playing with different heights,  

all those elements of the image that  make it an interesting image to look at.  

Look for leading lines and think about the ways  those lines can draw our eyes to the subject.  

Foreground interest: is there a way you can  incorporate the different natural elements  

in the surroundings? For example, using  flowers to make the image more interesting.  

And finally, why not use people  for scale to get a real sense  

of the location and add a  sense of drama to your image.  

A lot of photography is about going out, creating  your own adventure and capturing that moment.  

It takes a little bit of time and  patience but with my photography tips  

you'll hopefully be able to get that amazing shot.

(Music fades, gentle waves crashing)