From the course: Photography Foundations: Mobile Photography
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Focal length
From the course: Photography Foundations: Mobile Photography
Focal length
- If you smartphone has multiple lenses, then you kind of have the same thing you have on a real camera when you have a zoom lens. That is, you have the ability to have a little bit longer reach or a little bit wider field of view depending on how your phone is configured. However, it's very important to understand that shooting with different focal lengths doesn't always give you the same image. We think of it as a great convenience. We think that, "Oh look, I can zoom in. "That means I don't have to walk over there." Well, walking over there might give you a very different picture. Here's what I mean. I spotted this wall here and so I thought, well that would be a cool background for a portrait. So, Zach's standing here and I fire up my phone and I'm going to go in and I have this idea of well, his head's going to fill the frame and I'm going to have that line and the scissors cutting across the back. That'll…
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Basic settings4m 49s
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Understand your phone camera's dynamic range3m 12s
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Change the exposure3m 43s
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White balance troubles3m 32s
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Low-light shooting4m 47s
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Night mode4m 45s
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Focal length2m 39s
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Zooming2m 10s
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Shoot with flash2m 11s
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