Notification from YouTube saying that our second video on mobile phone photography has hit the million mark

Well, I reached the office wanting to share it with the team of course

They also had gotten the notification and they were waiting for us and they all wanted to follow that up quickly with another video on mobile phone photography and

The calling bell rang and surprise surprise a packet was delivered and there was a mobile phone inside

Well, they're not said that the company wished us to do a review of that particular phone

And as you know, we are not mobile phone people. We are photography people hence, we thought we will do a mobile phone photography shoot like a pro 3 this time and

When we went through the features of that phone, we were stunned by it

Well, you want to know which one it was is the all-new OPPO f11 pro with an amazing 48 megapixel camera

All right, and it's powered by an amazing processor called the MediaTek Helio P 70

Well what Helio P 70 is something which we'll see later

But at this point we'll worry about the camera and how to shoot effectively with this high-resolution camera, so let's get started

Hey Vishnu, hey, I'm doing a video on mobile phones. You want to come and be my model?

So first thing first

If you remember the first video on shoot like a pro

Lens cleaning cloth

Clean the lens

Second go into the camera app settings and

Activate the 3 by 3 grid

Okay, and also since this camera is a very high-resolution camera

Make sure that you have activated the highest resolution in this case. It's a 48 megapixel

Resolution okay once that is done your camera is ready

Also, make sure that the screen is set to a comfortable brightness so that you see what you're shooting

Very well even in this bright light because some screens are reflective and requires a little more brightness to see in bright daylight

Photography is about light

Okay

So now understanding light and using that light your advantage will make a whole lot of difference in the way

You are photographing and in this video

We are trying to do some portraits and see how we can use lights and also like we said how we can use the expert

Mode okay now

That's our source Sun. Okay, Sun is hitting Vishnu on his face now

Good old ways

This is what a photographer is usually recommended to work with

The photographer stands facing the subject the light hits from behind the photographer onto the face of the subject

Okay, so let's take a picture like that

All right here. He is

Ignore that shadow for the time being okay, Vishnu. Can you cross your hands?

Right nice, okay, give me a nice warm smile

Okay

Now this light is called the front light okay now turn around this way, okay now if you look through

Half of Vishnu's face is lit. Okay. This is called a side light. Okay cross your hands again

And

I'm going to turn them around and keep them in kind of a three-fourth angle

So that his the dark side of the face also gets a little bit of light cross your hands again

Okay, turn a little bit. Yeah nice

Okay, turn this way a little

Okay

Okay, now I'm gonna keep the Sun completely behind Vishnu ready, okay

Now this is the time things start going a little tricky for a mobile phone photographer

Okay, move around a little this way elbow

Okay ready

Okay now because the Sun is hitting the lens directly

The camera is going to go crazy

So I want you to come and stand there, and I move into a shade so that the Sun is

Blocked from the lens now. This is called back light. Okay that light is around

Vishnu's shoulder

Let me take a shot

Now

If you want the rim light to be visible around Vishnu's head also

Then I need a darker backdrop. So let me go and find a place

Where I get this rim light, but the backdrop is dark enough so that I can see the rim clearly

Let's walk to that place Vishnu

Yes nice so now I found that place where

The background is dark enough so that I see this rim light

But now like the previous occasion the light is or the Sun is flaring the lens. So

Let me take a shot like this

And also show you

What will happen if I cut this light, okay Aditya, can you come and cut this light?

Okay, right

Can you see the light changing?

So when you reduce the flare

Lift that side up, please. Okay. See the same situation without too many corrections. I

Have a different image

It's nice and clear smile, please

Nice

So we saw the front light side light the squarish light, which is like the 3 4th light and also the rim light and

Most of the time the front light is not really flattering

The most interesting light to me is the 3 4th one

If you want to create a drama use the completely split light, you know from one side

And if you want to glamorize a shot, well, the rim light will work very well

So, like I said

My favorite is the 3 4th light now

What I'm going to show you is how we can improve upon that angle and that light. Okay, let's go back to that first position

And you come there stand there

Take that light

Stand here Vishnu. So what I'm going to do is to introduce a diffusion in between

Okay by introducing the diffusion. I'm technically bringing the Sun close to his face and see what happens

Okay, Aditya, can you bring that diffusion material?

Right

Okay. So now it's the same light or rather the same Sun

When I introduced this diffusion

The Sun technically has come closer to Vishnu and see what happened to the shadows. The shadows have disappeared and

Yeah, yeah stay there, okay

Shadows have disappeared. The shot has become more appealing. Okay a nice warm smile Vishnu

Okay

Now look at these two images

That's one and this is the other. Okay. Let me try and do a portrait shot also in it

Yeah, this is looking very nice

Very nice let me also shoot one without the diffuser

So that you see the difference, okay turn this way turn turn. Yeah, okay stay there

Okay, so look at these two shots right

So it's a personal preference, but I would like to go with this one

It's very nice clean simple kind of shot. Now. You don't have to necessarily have that

Diffuser like a professional one. We have it. So we used it

You can also use a white cloth a large enough cloth

Get someone to hold it for you and you will get a similar shot so we saw how the direction of the Sun can be used to an advantage and

Create different kind of portraits. Hey, thanks Vishnu. Bye

Okay, we're going to follow this video up with another one on

Mobile phone photography, of course in which we will demonstrate to you another way of improving your mobile phone photography

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