Looking for the perfect panorama? With a mobile phone or a camera, in this complete guide we will tell you step by step how to achieve impressive panoramas.
Do panoramic photos with mobile It’s already possible with almost any model, and I’ll bet you’ve used it more than once.
For me, at least, it is to see a landscape before me, and launch myself into a panorama with my mobile (if you want to delve deeper into mobile photography, you cannot miss the mega guide that we have prepared for you with all the tips and tricks).
Now, it is the typical photo that is more “difficult” than it seems or at least has tricks that it is good to keep in mind when it comes to obtaining the best possible result. Because, as in all photographs, there is the acceptable level, but also the amazing level 😉
We are going to see a few tips with the aim of making that panoramic photo taken with your mobile phone go from acceptable to amazing 😉 But first, let me present you with this guide with the best photography applications for your mobile.
Choose the right place when making panoramas with your mobile
There are wonderful places that, however, do not say much in panoramic format, and then there are others that do not kill much but that in panoramic photography give a lot of play.
To choose a good place to work with panoramic photography you must take different aspects into account:
Think panoramic 😉
When you see that landscape, that skyline, or whatever you want to photograph, it is important that you think panoramic. I mean, think of all the elements likely to appear in your image.
Keep in mind that a panorama can cover much more of the image than you can with the naked eye. Slightly turn your head to the right and left. Is it worth including all those elements that appear at the margins of your field of vision?
If so, congratulations, it looks like you have a good panorama candidate scene :).
Let nothing move in front of your shutter
We start from the basis that we want to achieve a good “standard” panorama, without strange effects, people stretching out in front of your lens or appearing several times in your shot.
Ideally, before starting to take your panorama with your mobile, you make sure that you will have time to do it without anything or nobody walking in front of your objective.
Define the length of your panorama with mobile
Sometimes we commit the sin of wanting to take advantage of the entire length of our panorama because we think the effect is very cool. And cool it is, but the truth is that panoramas that are too long are quite flattened.
The longer the panorama, the finer the image, and the result is not always good. Ask yourself if it is really necessary to use the entire length of the panorama or you can cut a little before, just at the moment in which the elements that you wanted to include in your image are portrayed.
Composition is still key
Sometimes we focus so much on the panorama itself that it gives us the feeling that the image is sustained only by the simple fact of being panoramic. But nothing is further from reality, the composition is also key in panoramic.
Here are some tips to keep in mind:
- Define a center of interest within the panorama
- Use the rule of thirds
- Add a human element
- play with symmetry
- play with reflections
- Less is more, do not overload the image
- The vertical format also exists, go ahead and try
Try to find a homogeneous light
You already know that the mobile phone sensor, no matter how much it has improved (which it has) still has problems with the dynamic range (difference between lights and shadows).
If there is too much difference between lights and shadows during your panorama travel, your phone may not be able to capture the light well in all sections and your image may look overexposed or underexposed in certain areas of your panorama.
The ideal is that you look for lights that are as homogeneous as possible, leaving the sun behind you or to one side of the frame, or, if you include the sun, when it is low on the horizon.
hold the phone well
The support of the mobile for panoramic photos is essential. Do it with both hands and with a comfortable and balanced body posture, this way you will get the best result.
Of course, if you have a tripod for your smartphoneobviously, will be the best solution.
Slightly move the camera from one side to the other, maintaining the same posture and axis. The more you stick to that axis, the better result you will have, since the phone will not be forced to crop too much to unify the image.
Mobile panorama editing
With your usual mobile editing program you can correct lights and shadows or transform your image to black and white.
Remember not to abuse the settings, because the quality of the image is quickly lost.
Mobile panorama apps
If your phone has a panoramic option, like most today, I recommend that you keep it simple and use that one.
If you don’t have one, I’ll leave you with a couple of options:
try to clone yourself
Beyond the “serious” panorama, you can play with other creative and fun possibilities, such as cloning your relatives. An original and fun way to get different and curious images.
If you want to learn how to do it, I recommend this article.
Upload a panorama to Instagram
If you want to upload a heart-stopping panorama to Instagram that you just got and you can’t find the key, don’t rush, click on the link where we explain it step by step.
Finally… Mobile panoramas that will make you smile
I couldn’t finish the article without trying to make you smile 😉 I’ll leave you with a few funny mistakes that have caused different panoramic photos with the mobile here.
I hope I have helped you with these tips for panoramic photography with a mobile phone and above all I hope you practice and put them into practice 🙂
If so, feel free to share this article to help as many people as possible. Thank you very much and until the next article.