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![DSC_0012.jpg](https://ipfs.busy.org/ipfs/QmapiocykFTYNm1kLJUyPiyJMpPr1Xz7WRj33syLBiksky)
This photo has been edited using the below step and compressed to speed up the upload into this article

Dear my steemian friend, herein this post I would like to share a simple thing of making good photograph with the simple equipment you have such smartphone or "not smartphone" like one I have. Most people would think to have expensive camera to make real good high quality photos. But, if you know the tricks you may not need to have that really expensive tool to make good quality photos
Some of my friend asked me questions a few weeks ago about what kind of camera I had to make my own photograph especially for steemit post. Actually, I only have a "not really smartphone" sony experia acro s I bought in 2012, it has only 512 mb RAM, it is really small compare to the current high end. With this 12 Mega Pixel camera I can make some good photos as you can find on my post. The key is you know to maximize the function of the camera. You can set your camera to manual or automatic setting on your smart phone setting.

Please note, this is really simple and basic photo editing with your build up Microsoft Program. It does not need special ability to execute the task. This editing is only to enhance the detail of the photos, not to do major modification or so.

## Taking Photos

### First thing to do

Set you phone camera to manual settings, set your white balance to manual, set it the highest resolution, focus mode, exposure value as you need.

### Second thing to do

Hold your smart phone as steady as possible to get the sharpest focus of the object, and please avoid low light and blur object

### Third thing to do

Set your smart phone camera as close as possible to the object, and maintain the maximum focus onto the object, for the animal that little wild and easy to move you may need to take from certain distance, if you take it from the distance you may need to hold you camera really steady to have maximum focus

### Fourth thing to do

Editing is the last thing you may need to do after you have the picture even not really a macro photo you may need to modify the photo using a very basic photo editing tool, I normally use Microsoft Office Picture Manager, only to crop and adjust sharpness and color

![Original.jpg](https://ipfs.busy.org/ipfs/QmQ5n5Jhno67Q7vhjBomjuPgGF4YLRJzsCW6UVYx2wLFqL)
This is the original photo taken with my Sony experia acro S, without any modification or editing

## Editing

### First step 

Open your photo files with Microsoft Picture Manager and set the brightness and contrast. For example: go to Pictures brightness and contrast and then I set the brightness to (-7), contrast to (10) and midtone to 67 to have the object clearer and click OK. You may want to have different value, you can do as you like

![Step01.jpg](https://ipfs.busy.org/ipfs/QmXZKSsGsfJhKdmx74hTkTJV7umiVBEAQVvo4P2FPWvLXe)

![Step02.jpg](https://ipfs.busy.org/ipfs/Qma1uWvxjETQT2cPbFWqozmQewx5aNkfLWCtFqdVMapmhd)

### Second Step

Modify the little amount of color, but the original color must be kept as much as you can to transfer correct information especially for something that identify best on color. To modify it just go to Pictures color. I set the amount to (-7) and Hue to (-68) and then saturation to (17) and click OK. You can make different amount of those settings as you like

![Step03.jpg](https://ipfs.busy.org/ipfs/QmPi383mBAG3AVdPCrSJSv9qJVgtBRBsCjwRzqdheeC7yn)

### Third Step

Cropping, go to Pictures  crop… . drag the black edge and move to crop the picture as you wanted to be and click OK.

![Edited.jpg](https://ipfs.busy.org/ipfs/QmfLiMNzfygpkvxbno6hXTZVNyEihHVY18M7huVF3uqYsj)
This is the end result of editing, following the step above

### Last thing to do

Save the modify one with specific name
These are the photos I have edited using similar method and program

![DSC_0016 - Copy.jpg](https://ipfs.busy.org/ipfs/QmZE71U1J6DQxEVr5Zw2uiB7auqqhAQp69etAvdW9UQ7V4)
Original Version

![DSC_0018.jpg](https://ipfs.busy.org/ipfs/Qmew9g2B8Yn74eg6jvCgjH9ZcpmLLS3uaaHJB8xaTBFJzz)
Edited Version

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![DSC_0003.jpg](https://ipfs.busy.org/ipfs/QmYEiY9oQbfHC7GohADSvZRdg4Kii2r8GZXUJAJzumyCUy)

![DSC_0020.jpg](https://ipfs.busy.org/ipfs/QmbA48icaUbPspRY6eceWvrUZQPUcWBsm5LjZ45Ba51G82)

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And if you want to resize the photo you can use the same program go to Picture  Compress pictures and then select the  compress for  document, at the bottom you will see the new size of the photo. I usually compress the picture to make it easy to upload due to my internet connection problem. But if you have strong internet connection you do not need to compress the photo at all.

Ok my friend, I hope this simple thing can be useful for you. When you have proper equipment to make better photograph you may not need those step to follow. Or you have Adobe Photoshop or Literoom, but for Literoom app you need RAW quality picture which is not able to take with smart phone camera, but you can manage your photo even better. But please remember, too much editing may reduce the detail of the photo and reduce the originality of the photos. For the journalistic photography please avoid manipulating the picture, because it will influence the authentication of the event.

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