Do you want to be seen better on social media? Then there is no more effective weapon than becoming a superstar in photography. It doesn’t take talent to be good at photography. Instead, it’s about learning the basics of how to compose an image.
With this crash course on how to take great photos for Instagram, you’ll learn everything you need to know to take photos that stand out on your social media. Are you ready? Then we start our photography course for Instagram!
Photos for Instagram tips
1. Invest in a good camera or new mobile phone
The first thing you should do is invest in a really good camera. If you really want to invest in photography, you should have a real system camera. Then you get the opportunity to learn all the settings you can make on a camera, with shutter speed, zoom, etc. These cameras also have automatic settings, so you can quickly get up and shooting while learning the settings.
If you don’t want to invest in an expensive system camera, you can instead make sure you have a reasonably modern smartphone. The camera in these phones has developed somewhat enormously in recent years and now offers very good quality images.
2. Learn to compose a picture
Once you’ve found a subject that you want to capture and put on your Instagram, it’s not just about pointing the camera and snapping the picture. You need to make sure to compose your image so that there is a pleasant balance between the background and the subject in focus.
If you are going to photograph landscapes, there is a good rule of thumb to follow. Imagine that you have a painting and that you divide it into three equal sections, horizontally. In the top third you should have the sky, in the middle part you should have the background and in the lower section you place the subject or foreground.
If you work this way, you will get photos that are more attractive and that will do better on Instagram.
Work with the aperture
Whether you’re using a smartphone or a system camera, you can learn the basics of how an aperture works and how it affects an image. Aperture simply means how open or closed the aperture in the camera in the camera is.
The aperture is expressed in so-called F-numbers. If you choose a low F-value, you can take nice portrait pictures, where the background becomes slightly blurred and the subject is in focus. If you use a smartphone, there is often a portrait function that accomplishes just this.
This is an easy way to make your photos look more professional. If you are going to photograph people, this is a great way to get nice pictures.
3. Long or short exposure time
Exposure time in a camera is exactly what it sounds like. It is about the time the image is exposed to light. If you shoot in the dark, for example, you need a longer exposure time for all the light to be collected by the camera. In very bright conditions, a short exposure time can be used.
If you use flash, you can use a short exposure time regardless of the lighting conditions. If you want to photograph things in motion, you need to use a short exposure time so that it does not become blurry.
You can also achieve cheeky effects by, for example, photographing a waterfall and using a long exposure time. Or if you are steady on your hand and follow a moving object, while you have a long exposure time. Then your subject will be sharp, but the background will be blurred. This can, for example, be used to enhance the feeling of speed, if you are photographing a car or a train.
Frequently asked questions about how to take great photos
Do you want to know more about how to take really nice pictures? Here we collect the answers to some of the most common questions!
How to take good pictures for Instagram?
By learning the basics of photography. How to compose an image and how to work with shutter speed and aperture. Just by getting into this you will get far!
How do you take good pictures of yourself?
To take really nice pictures of yourself, you can use the self-timer and then compose the picture according to the same technique as when you take pictures of others.
What kind of camera do influencers have?
Many influencers today use a regular mobile camera when they take photos. The reason is that these cameras have developed so much in recent years, that the quality of a picture on Instagram does not differ from that taken by a system camera.
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Summary – Take photos for Instagram
Now you have learned the basics of photo technology and how you can take better looking pictures for your Instagram and your other social media. Now it’s time to go out and take pictures!
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