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There are many scenarios in which you’ll find yourself wanting to bring your subject closer or fill more of your frame. However, sometimes you just can’t physically get any closer. By now, most people know that you can use two fingers and pinch to zoom. However, depending on what phone you have, you may want to think twice before using that feature. If your phone only has one lens, then the only way your camera can zoom is digitally. That means that the image quality gets poorer and poorer the further you zoom in. Have you ever wondered why an image you took looks so pixel-y after you’ve done it? That’s digital zoom. Your camera is simply zooming in on the actual pixels which exponentially gets worse the more you zoom in. If you can help it at all, avoid digital zoom!
Anytime you zoom, you want to make sure it’s being done optically. If your camera has 2 lenses, that second lens is usually a 2X zoom lens. That means you can switch over to that lens and you’re all of the sudden twice as close to your subject without any loss of image quality. That’s great!
However, what if you want to get even closer? You have two options. You can either physically move closer to your subject or you can use an attached lens. Wait! What!? That’s right! Some of my favorite iPhone accessories I’ve ever purchased are lenses that I can attach directly to my phone case to give me greater creative options I wouldn’t otherwise get.
I use and highly recommend Moment brand lenses. Yes, there are much cheaper options, but as the saying goes, “you get what you pay for.” For under $100, you can capture images you couldn’t before. They are built to last and take up very little room in your bag, purse, or pocket. I’ve provided a link below so you can check them out (you’ll also need one of their cases that the lens screws into).
sidenote: Another great feature of zooming in on your subject is that it brings the background much closer to your subject, giving you a completely different look and feel.
