Lately, I've been learning some photography basic tips and trick. Not that I have a proper camera yet but I thought knowing the basics would help me improve the quality of my shots. So, last night, I stayed awake trying to shot the transition from night to dawn. I was using a Redmi 5A with 13MP camera but I would say, the result isn't satisfying enough in comparison with Samsung A3 which only has 5MP camera. Anyhow, here's some tips I learned that I tried to incorporate into these shots.

One the first tips I learn is using Low to Mid-range settings to shoot sunrise. I use 200-800 ISO in these shots.

However, this is the tips only for shooting dawn object. I have yet to learn shooting for daytime 😅 we'll get to that later.

Activate gridlines

I always thought having gridlines is nuisance. However, I learned a rule called " The rule of thirds" which help us position elements in the picture. If you don't activate gridlines, you can imagine the frame has a square in the center. Though it will be easier to just activate it especially for beginners like me. To read more about composition and gridlines, this is one of the sites to learn about it Rules of Thirds explained.

Avoid Zooming in

Since the object I tried to capture is far away, I was very tempted to zoom in and I did. I realized it made the picture pixelated and rather blurry. Below is an example of not zooming in but bad composition.

When I tried telling my cousin about these new things I learned, he ignored it and convinced me that I could simply use automatic HDR without caring about ISO and other aspects such as focus and composition. Anyway, today's session was fun and I am looking to try these tips again when I am out.