Mobile Photography Weekly

From apps and accessories to Instagram, a dose of instruction and inspiration to take your mobile photography to the next level.

Introduction

• Welcome

July 2016

• Controlling focus and exposure
• Exploring motion blur with Slow Shutter
• Tripod mounts for mobile phones

August 2016

• Exploring add-on lenses
• Panoramas
• Color blends and textures: Stackables
• Simple double-exposure effects
• Instagram: Beyond the basics

September 2016

• Diptychs, triptychs, and mirrored images
• Using Hyperlapse by Instagram
• Adding lens flare and other lighting effects
• Blurring the background

October 2016

• Viewing and editing camera phone metadata
• Working with custom textures
• Creative uses for burst mode
• Portable chargers and conserving power

November 2016

• Create time-lapse movies
• Benefits of shooting in Raw (DNG)
• Apps for shooting in Raw
• Set up Lightroom Mobile for your phone
• Better low-light and night photos

December 2016

• Increase photo visibility with hashtags
• Transfer images with PhotoSync
• Snapseed: Beyond the basics

January 2017

• From PS mobile apps to PS desktop
• Scan old snapshots with PhotoScan
• Video stabilization techniques
• Combine stills and video with Fused
• Control a digital camera with your phone

February 2017

• Retouch photos with TouchRetouch
• Create promo images with Adobe Spark Post
• Create 360˚ photos for Facebook
• Google Photos

March 2017

• Create copy scans of old negatives
• Color correction of color negative scans
• Use Adobe Premiere Clip to edit a movie
• Create spatial 3D photos with Fyuse

April 2017

• Telling stories with Adobe Spark Page
• Create 360˚ photos for VR apps
• Snapseed double exposures
• Create a custom Instagram profile grid

May 2017

• Send a photo card from your phone
• Make prints from camera phone images
• Simple product photography with your phone
• Create photo books on your smart phone
• Use Time and Sky apps

June 2017

• Photographing water with your camera phone
• Camera phone composition basics
• Landscape photography with your camera phone
• Creative interior lighting with your camera phone

July 2017

• HDR Photography with Lightroom Mobile
• Tips for better Macro photos
• Creative lighting with Lume Cube

August 2017

• Order prints and books from your Instagram photos
• Create a photo book with Google Photos
• Create custom looks in Snapseed
• Upload to Instagram from your computer
• Publish to Instagram from Lightroom

September 2017

• Color looks with Adobe Capture
• Use curves in Snapseed
• Combine color with black and white
• Advanced curves with MaxCurve

October 2017

• Photoshop Express and Collage
• Vintage scene: Texture and edge effects
• Perspective and lens correction
• Precise image mirroring

November 2017

• Edit video as you shoot with Velapp
• Multiapp processing workflow
• Compositing with Photoshop Mix
• Street photography tips
• Black and white photography and processing

December 2017

• Photographing the city at night
• Collage and composites with Union
• Create a hand-colored look

January 2018

• Work with the HEIF file format
• Create surreal scenes with the Matter app
• Album and portfolio apps
• Retouch portraits with Snapseed

February 2018

• Camera app in Camera+
• Create a logo template with Adobe Spark
• Animate images with Plotagraph
• Filter stacking in Camera+

March 2018

• Image styling with Mextures
• Live Photos: Long-exposure effect
• Create custom edges
• Retouch portraits with Polarr

April 2018

• Combine painting effects with photos
• Photo enhancement with Flowpaper
• Blurring effects with AfterFocus
• Image editing with VSCO

May 2018

• Local edits in Lightroom CC for mobile
• Creative glitch effects with Decim8
• Use your photos as color filters
• Depth maps for image adjustments
• Rotate video with Google Photos

June 2018

• Video editing with Videoleap
• Enhance photos with Perfectly Clear
• Rainy day photos
• Retouch with Photoshop Fix

July 2018

• Camera App Focus: Lightroom CC
• Replace backgrounds with Depth Maps
• Video editing with Kinemaster
• Simple video composites

August 2018

• Camera app focus: VSCO for iOS
• Image abstraction with Trimaginator
• Depth map blurring with PortraitCam
• Compose with color contrast

September 2018

• Spherical creativity with Circular
• Add realistic light rays
• Tintype by Hipstamatic
• Work with photo extensions in iOS

October 2018

• Design templates for Instagram stories
• Look for the abstract view
• Shoot in black and white
• Shoot in "bad" light
• Portrait project: Double exposure shot

November 2018

• Portrait project: Exposure composite
• The many uses of selfie sticks
• Explore different angles of view
• Unique uses for motion blur

December 2018

• Mini ring light for selfies
• Depth map capture and editing
• Portrait project: Subject placement

January 2019

• Photograph for collage projects
• Lightroom CC processing for HDR files
• Portrait project: Environmental portrait

February 2019

• Shoot for the stars
• Write in the sky with light
• Indoor panoramas
• Portrait project: Work with window light

March 2019

• Create continuous panoramas on Instagram
• Create a custom photo postcard, part 1
• Create a custom photo postcard, part 2
• Patterns and textures

April 2019

• Average Camera Pro: Multi-exposure abstract
• Travel workflow for RAW photos
• Create a looping video
• Portrait project: Wide-angle view
• Horizontal or vertical?

May 2019

• Photograph for a cinemagraph video
• Edit a cinemagraph video
• Portrait project: Backlighting
• Hand-color images with Procreate

June 2019

• Small business profile, part 1
• Small business profile, part 2
• Nception for kaleidoscopic video effects

July 2019

• Custom painted looks with Procreate
• Look for the low-angle view
• Photographing in the blue hour
• Portrait project: Opportunities
• Pre-trip preparations

August 2019

• Combine a photo with design shapes
• Filming road-trip time-lapse clips
• 3D lighting effects with Focos
• Black-and-white processing with carbon

September 2019

• Make a slideshow movie in Google Photos
• Make a slideshow movie in Photos for iOS
• Processing app quick look: Ultralight
• Tilt-shift blurring with Glass

October 2019

• Greatest hit: Blurring the background
• Author favorite: Better low-light and night photos

November 2019

• Essential skill: Simple product photography with your phone
• Greatest hit: Creative interior lighting with your camera phone
• Author favorite: Add interest to food photography

December 2019

• Essential skill: Controlling focus and exposure
• Brush-on designs with Deco Sketch
• Create a custom watermark in Snapseed

January 2020

• Video editing tools in iOS 13
• In search of the perfect diptych

March 2020

• Use color palettes as graphic elements
• Checking image size
• Sync Lightroom mobile with Lightroom Classic

April 2020

• Create a photo magazine
• Creative motion blur with Spectre

May 2020

• Image processing for motion blur
• Instagram filters: Pre-post

June 2020

• Creative image warping with Flexture
• Duplicate album workaround
• Instagram Stories: The basics

August 2020

• Instagram Stories: Highlights
• Expand your imaging tool kit

September 2020

• Narrative Instagram Stories
• Adobe Spark Post for Instagram Stories

January 2021

• Abstract close-ups
• The ViewExif metadata app

February 2021

• Camera app focus: Photoshop Camera
• Epson Print Layout for the iPhone

March 2021

• Camera app focus: FiLMiC Firstlight
• Customize your photo lock screen

April 2021

• Apple ProRAW format
• Creative effects with Night mode

May 2021

• Horizontal, vertical, or square?
• Double exposures revisited

June 2021

• Tell a story with time lapse
• Creative processing examples