Mobile Photography For Bloggers
Mobile photography for bloggers is a new world to explore for me. I realized that the only way for me to understand and acquire this new skill is to buy a decent phone that has good photography capability. So I bought a mobile phone, Samsung Ace.
I don’t really plan to be super-serious about photography because I intend to focus more on writing my blogs. However, I realized that having some basic photography skills would give a new blogger like me an edge. I understand that having my own original photos can help my content creation. The good thing is I don’t need to take professional photos or buy expensive cameras to start learning. Nowadays, you can buy cheap mobile phones with decent cameras that will allow you to take amazing photos.
But who knows, maybe in time, when my curiosity strikes again, I might consider being more serious about taking pictures. For now, I just want to place it around my new phone and copy some Pinterest or Instagram-worthy arrangement.
Examples of my mobile photography
Okay, this post is probably none-sense to my bonsai enthusiast readers but I just want to share that I got really excited and felt relieved now that I can generate my own collection of original pictures that I have personally taken. Isn’t that amazing? I am not officially creating my own content! From a blogger’s perspective, this is a very helpful idea as grabbing someone else pictures on the internet could bring you some trouble.
Benefits of mobile photography for bloggers
1. Originality
I don’t remember any people I know being accused of not having originality. Especially bloggers or content creators. They always go after originality. Squeezing their minds and resources just to come up with something new and original. Having originality in blogging is just logical because this is what our audience is looking for. They want to see something new and something original and not just a repeat of something they have already seen before.
2. Avoid copyright troubles
Another benefit of having original photos is you avoid copyright issues. Yes, photography is a serious business and there is a lot of money involved. You don’t want to cross paths with an angry photographer who doesn’t like his works of art to be used by someone who did not ask any permission. We should always ask permission. If we can’t do that, why don’t we just create our own?
3. Enhances your skills and creativity
Mobile photography or photography is not a bad thing after all. As you aim to produce quality content for the readers, you also push to learn this new skill that will benefit you and your audience tremendously. Isn’t that a win-win?
4. Helps enrich your content with mobile photography
When your blog has photos. And don’t get me wrong, I mean relevant photos. You don’t want a photo of a beach when your article is about bonsai. Relevant and original photos can make the entirety of the blog look more legit and real. People always want to see or view something not just read. Having more high-quality photos can enhance reader engagement.
5. Enhance reader engagements
And yes, this is the main goal. To make your audience more engaged and ultimately make them happy. Make them react, smile, cry, etc. It is the main reason why we blog after all; to get human interaction in the form of blogging.
Conclusion
Mobile photography in itself is a broad topic. And I don’t really want to focus on that because my blog is mainly about bonsai. But then, I just want to share some random learnings I get every day. Creating your own original photos is a big part of bonsai. How can you tell the world about the beauty of this living art if you don’t even know how to take quality photos? And again, sharing the beauty of your bonsai tree doesn’t require an expensive camera. But, it does require creativity!
