PSA - How to take beautiful photos on your phone without an accessory light filter lense

[Dkmoo]

I think we have all been there - taking a photo on our phone using the default settings only for it to turn out so blue that your audience can't truly apprediate how good your corals look. Most of us are not professional photographers or want to waste money on a light filter since this hobby is already expensive so we kinda just lived with the blue pictures. Post editing the colors on the apps sometimes worked but has been unreliable.

So tonight I was playing around with my phone and found a way around it! Most phones should have a "manual" or "pro" mode. All you have to do is to go in there, keep everything as "auto" so you don't have to manually focus, then just set the white balance to as high as it gets. I have an android so went to the "pro" mode and changed WB to 10000k (max)

Here's proof it works. Before and after picture, no additional editing or separate filters.

 

[stanlalee]

Using manual mode with a phone helps but it is not comparable to a real camera....If you know how to use them. Some phones are better than others as well. Lenses don't work miracles either, they just filter out don't blue. The macro extension on the coralvue lense set helps somewhat.

 

[J_anderson_75]

Good tip...thank you! I'm going to try it on my phone tonight!

 

[RobertTheNurse]

I think we have all been there - taking a photo on our phone using the default settings only for it to turn out so blue that your audience can't truly apprediate how good your corals look. Most of us are not professional photographers or want to waste money on a light filter since this hobby is already expensive so we kinda just lived with the blue pictures. Post editing the colors on the apps sometimes worked but has been unreliable.

So tonight I was playing around with my phone and found a way around it! Most phones should have a "manual" or "pro" mode. All you have to do is to go in there, keep everything as "auto" so you don't have to manually focus, then just set the white balance to as high as it gets. I have an android so went to the "pro" mode and changed WB to 10000k (max)

Here's proof it works. Before and after picture, no additional editing or separate filters.

If this works --- you rock!