Photographing ItApril 8, 20264 min
Getting Your Phone Settings Closer to What You Actually See
A handful of settings buried in your phone's camera app can pull your photos noticeably closer to reality, no extra equipment required.
Read the articleWritten by Wren Callahan
Wren Callahan writes about colour from a north facing flat with far too many paint pots. Nine years of repainting the same walls, and notes on every single one.
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