{"id":303,"date":"2015-08-04T12:00:42","date_gmt":"2015-08-04T16:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.bgdigitalgroup.com.php56-17.dfw3-2.websitetestlink.com\/?p=303"},"modified":"2019-05-15T10:04:48","modified_gmt":"2019-05-15T14:04:48","slug":"susans-tips-become-an-iphone-photography-expert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bgdigitalgroup.com\/susans-tips-become-an-iphone-photography-expert\/","title":{"rendered":"Susan’s Tips for Becoming an iPhone Photography Expert"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"SusanMeet Susan, our resident graphic designer and art director, and the creative mind that brings our digital marketing ideas to life.\u00a0A multi-award-winning designer, Susan uses her incredible talent to design advertising and marketing collateral for\u00a0BG Digital Group<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and its clients. She is also an accomplished photographer and assists our clients from time to time with professional photography for their advertising needs.<\/p>\n

When she’s not lugging around a giant, powerful Canon to capture every shot, an iPhone will do. Whether she’s capturing a shot of\u00a0James Wesley<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0in action at last year’s\u00a0Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament<\/a> Kickoff Concert, or just snapping pics of her kids catching something a little smaller off the dock, Susan is an iPhone photography expert.<\/p>\n

BG: Do you take photos in-app, or take them and then edit?<\/strong>
\nSusan: I always use the\u00a0Camera Awesome<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0app when taking photos on my phone. I feel like I have more control with this app and love the focus on it. It also automatically uploads all the photos I take to my\u00a0SmugMug<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0account, where I can store photos without taking up storage space on my phone.<\/p>\n

\"Parker\"<\/p>\n

BG: What apps do you use to edit your photos?<\/strong>
\nSusan: I really like\u00a0Snapseed<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0for landscape photography, but I basically use\u00a0Instagram<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0for my everyday shots. I really like the look of images shot in natural light, and if the exposure isn\u2019t just right for my liking, I will do some editing within the app.<\/p>\n

BG: What adjustments can you make to fix low light photos?<\/strong>
\nSusan: I usually adjust the brightness slightly, bring down my shadows a bit, and sharpen to about 10%. That usually fixes any exposure problems.<\/p>\n

\"Ellie\"<\/p>\n

BG: What is your favorite Instagram filter?<\/strong>
\nSusan: Right now, my favorite\u00a0Instagram<\/a>\u00a0filter is Lark. I like the punch it adds to my photos. I do reduce the filter about 50% almost every time I use it.<\/p>\n

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BG: What\u2019s your take on photo shapes for Instagram? Leave some white space or keep it square?<\/strong>
\nSusan: I like to keep it square. I do come across some images that I love and can\u2019t crop square, so leaving\u00a0white space<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0is the best option for those.<\/p>\n

\"parker\"<\/p>\n

Follow Susan on\u00a0Instagram<\/a>\u00a0(@susanyatesphotography<\/a>) for a peek into her life and some photography inspiration, and stay tuned throughout August as we spotlight more of our fantastic employees!<\/p>\n

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Meet Susan, our resident graphic designer and art director, and the creative mind that brings our digital marketing ideas to life.\u00a0A multi-award-winning designer, Susan uses her incredible talent to design advertising and marketing collateral for\u00a0BG Digital Group\u00a0and its clients. She is also an accomplished photographer and assists our clients from time to time with professional […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2550,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"slim_seo":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[22,12],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bgdigitalgroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bgdigitalgroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bgdigitalgroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bgdigitalgroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bgdigitalgroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=303"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bgdigitalgroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bgdigitalgroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bgdigitalgroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bgdigitalgroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bgdigitalgroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}