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Watch the Sun

Sunny conditions are great for taking

beautiful pictures with rich blue skies and
luscious greens, but think about where the
sun is when you pull out your phone. Shoot
too close to the sun - i.e., pointing towards

it - and you might find that a giant lens flare
dominates the scene or that subjects are
massacred by blown highlights with no
detail in those areas. If that's happening,

try using your hand to shade the lens,
making sure it's not in shot, and you can get
a great result. When photographing people,
watch where those shadows fall and think

about the best side from which to take a
shot - you don't want a silhouette in front of
a beautiful background because you didn't
consider that the sun was behind them, for

example - but staring into the sun for a
portrait is dazzling for the subject too. But
the sun can also present a lot of
opportunities and using a low sun to create

a silhouettes and long shadows is a great
way to get something slightly different. In
the image above, it's not only shooting into
the sun, but it's also using portrait mode to

create some unusual results.

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