Professional looking photos and video with just a smart phone?

[Guest canada_city]

I don’t own any professional camera equipment and I don’t know anyone who does. I’d like to take high quality videos and pictures for my gigs, but I just have my cell phone. It’s a Samsung Galaxy Note5 and has 16mp. Any tips or tricks to make my pictures and videos look better or seem more professional in nature?

[taverr]

The answer will be the same old aged one - “EDITING”.
Get a professional Photoshop editor for your photos and a After Effects/Premiere Pro editor for videos. If you have skills, you can try these yourself(I meant the trial copy) or use any free alternative.

Without editing-

1. Get yourself with some good lighting (natural or artificial).
2. If you use artificial lighting, instead of putting it straight on your object/yourself use a white board to reflect the light for the best quality.(You can point the light on your celling).
3. Use a stand(You can find various DIY Mobile camera stands tutorials online).

I hopes these helps.

[Guest canada_city]

Yeah, that’s helpful. A tripod is so simple, I should get one! I do know how to use photoshop. I used to use it all the time. It’s not that expensive to purchase either. I learned how to use After Effects about 9 years ago, so I’m a bit out of practice there. But yes, you’re right, editing is key! I will get a move on.