Take Awesome Photos With Your Phone

Windshield seen from the interior of the car when the car is in the car wash. Black and white phone photo by Mihaela Limberea.

You don’t need an expensive camera or a fantastic subject to take awesome phone photos.

A window seen from the interior of the car when the car is in the car wash. Phone photo by Mihaela Limberea.

These are the only things you need:

1) A camera with you at all times. This is very likely your phone. As the saying goes, the best camera is the one that you have with you. And…

An abstract photo representing a car windshield seen from the interior of the car when the car is in the car wash. Phone photo by Mihaela Limberea.

2) An open mind. If you expect to take photos only when you found a “nice” subject, you’ll end up with banal photos.

A window seen from the interior of the car when the car is in the car wash. Phone photo by Mihaela Limberea.

Be open and learn to see, really see, what’s right in front of you, without any preconceptions. As Thoreau said, The question is not what you look at, but what you see.

I’ve taken all these images with an iPhone while in the car wash. No fancy camera, no “beautiful” subject. Just the beauty of the everyday. Look for it.


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