Smartphone photography and app photo editing: tips & tricks

Your trainers Gabor and Marko introduce themselves and give you an overview of what you can look forward to in this training session.

In this part, Gabor and Marko show you which cell phones they use and which gadgets they have with them.

Before we start with the actual training, you can get an insight into the motifs that were created during the training in a small picture show. The images were edited alternately with the Snapseed app and the Lightroom mobile app.

The foundation of every picture is the right perspective. In this video, Gabor shows you how he can achieve a completely different image effect by changing the position or the focus area.

One tree offers several motifs. Here you can find out how Gabor ideally integrates the tree into the landscape and manages to get several motifs out of one tree in the landscape. Gabor explains the advantage of his built-in zoom lenses and why he prefers to walk a few steps instead of zooming digitally.

Sometimes it looks better in reality than in the photo. Gabor also had to come to this realization in this part of the training. In this video, you can find out why he wasn't immediately put off and how he still achieved a great result in this situation.

Even though Snapseed gives the impression of being quite simple due to its tidy design, it still has some complex functions that can help you achieve great effects. In this part, you will get to know the basic functions that can make a big difference.

In this video, Marko shows you how you can achieve a silky water effect without any post-processing - straight from the camera. While you still have to make a lot of manual adjustments with a DSLR, a small function is all you need to achieve the desired effect here.

Bokeh in cell phone pictures doesn't work! - But it is possible! The very close setting limit of the cameras on cell phones makes it easy to create detailed close-ups. With the background further away, Gabor achieves a depth of field in these pictures that makes many people wonder whether they were taken with a cell phone at all.

Even in an almost completely dark room, there are still ways to create images without noise. In this case, Marko went into the church and used stabilization and a certain function in his cell phone to create images that don't appear to come from the phone.

The great thing about Snapseed is that you can also work non-destructively here. In this part of the training, Gabor explains how this works and which settings were used for the image.

You're in the city and it's raining. Most people wouldn't think of taking a photo now. But Gabor shows you that it can be worth it. He finds numerous reflections of mirrored surfaces in just one street, which he uses to create unique images.

In this video, Gabor shows you which editing method he chooses for each image. In this video you can see how you can change the meaning of the image with a reflection, work with presets or why grain can also enhance an image.

The panorama function is not only suitable for landscapes. You can find out how you can use this function creatively in this video. Marko shows you what he looks out for.

In this part of the video, Marko lies in wait and shows you that you can also plan a picture in advance with your cell phone. Here, Marko first decides on a certain composition and sets up the cell phone so that he gets the picture he wants at the right moment.

Even if cell phone cameras don't yet have such a high resolution, you can give the photo a completely different aesthetic with the right cropping. Gabor gives a few examples here of how you can find the right perspective even after taking the photo.

In this video, Gabor shows you what he looks out for when photographing people. Here you will learn how the differences in brightness between the background and the person can influence the image.

Snapseed also has some tools for portraits that will help you to get a better picture. Here, Gabor shows you functions with which you can selectively enhance portraits without simply "slapping" filters over them.

Window portraits are mostly known from street photography. In this video, Gabor proves that you don't need a DSLR to take such pictures.

Group shots don't always have to look like old class photos. Gabor shows you here how you can still take a group photo - it's very simple and can be used almost anywhere.

Lightroom is a household name for many photographers. The mobile version also has a number of features that you can use to edit your photos. You can see which functions Gabor uses for the group photo in this video.

For a long time, it was unthinkable that you could create a double exposure using just a cell phone. But in this part, Gabor shows you that it is possible, and quite easily and quickly.

Especially at night, many mobile cameras reach their limits. Marko uses various examples to show you how you can still expose the image correctly.

Here Gabor shows you a detailed retouching. We start with Lightroom mobile. You will get to know some functions that allow you to adjust colors and contrasts more individually than with almost any other app.

Now that the basic look has been completed in Lightroom mobile, Gabor is getting down to the finishing touches. Here you can see which sliders Gabor moves to create the final look of this image.

Thanks to the manual modes, you can also create beautiful light trails from passing cars. But there's an even easier way. Here Marko shows you how you can easily create such images without calculation and live.

Here, Gabor shows you how he uses adjustments to change the image so that it meets his expectations. You can also find out how to remove distracting image content in Snapseed with just the touch of a finger.