• Buy a phone that is easy to use.
You should be able to shoot, add text or a voice message and send.
• Check with customer care of your cellular service provider whether network supports sending and receiving picture messages.
• Find out the price-per-picture. How much does it cost to send and receive picture messages? Some operators offer unlimited picture messages sent for a monthly price other may charge per message. Also find out about the additional charges if any.
• Can same message be sent to multiple people without being charged each time? Enquire as it is network dependent
How to get good pictures:
• Keep your lens clean. Camera phone lenses are quite small so any grease or dirt will affect the clarity of your photo. Soft lens cloths can be purchased from opticians and camera shops. Buy a case to protect your phone when it’s in your pocket or in your bag.
• Most camera phones offer various image resolution settings. If the image is for sending to another phone or just storing on your phone, then use a lower resolution setting as it minimises the file size.
• But if you wish to save the image to download it to your PC, use the highest resolution setting. This will enable you to maximise the image quality and enlarge it with better results.
• Hold the camera as steadily as you can. Just like ordinary cameras, camera phone pictures will suffer from camera shake and may affect the sharpness.
Memories:
• Storage capacity need to be checked before buying. Memories on most phones fill up quickly, so it is also important to transfer the images you would like to store in your computer as quickly as possible to keep the memory of phone available for future shooting.
• If your camera phone doesn’t have infra red or Bluetooth, you can always send the photos to your email address using MMS, then delete the photos from your phone. This will ensure that you always have enough space free for other pictures.
Lighting:
• Camera phone gives better images when the subject is well lit. Some camera phones do have a built in flash, so use it if you aren’t in a well-lit situation.
• Strong back lighting has a tendency to trick the camera phone into underexposing the subject. For best results stand with the light behind you and not the subject.
Composition:
• Framing your Shot - The most important thing is to fill the frame with your subject as much as possible, especially with portraits. Images taken on a camera phone are small, so if you want to get a better result then crop your subject as tight as you possibly can.
• Get close - Most camera phones don't have telephoto lenses so if you take a photo of a person or building that's far away, the main subject will be tiny. For most photos you'll get a much better shot by filling your phone's screen with a close up of the subject. But beware getting too close may result in distortion like an extra large nose etc. Some of the camera phones offer a macro facility, which ensures sharpness when capturing close ups.
• Many camera phones offer special effects, such as changing a color photo to black and white or sepia, as well as adding colorful borders and frames around the photo.
• Keep track of your battery. Camera phones use lots of power. With their internal and external color screens, animations, polyphonic ringtones and other fun and useful features, these phones drain your battery much more quickly than less feature-rich phones. If you take lots of photos during the day, make sure to keep track of your battery level and recharge it frequently. You may also keep an extra battery with you.
Hope these tips would be useful. Happy shooting!
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