A picture is worth 1000 words…and the wait!

Did you know that a patent for the first photo booth dates back to 1888? The next year, the photo booth was exhibited at the Paris World Fair. Though it was unreliable and couldn’t be operated without manual intervention, the photo booth created a sensation! It was coin-operated and it took about 5 minutes for the photo to develop. In 1925, a photo booth, closely similar to modern-day ones, came into existence in New York thanks to the efforts of inventor Anatol Josepho. Each photo cost 25 cents and produced 8 photos in 8 minutes. Photo booths were extremely popular until the 1960s when Polaroid cameras grabbed people’s attention and threw down the shutter on photo booths.

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A picture speaks more than a thousand words. This is an old phrase that has immense truth in it. An image is not a mere frame or composition, but a reality. Today, people are crazy about taking photographs and want to share them instantly on Facebook Stories, Instagram Reels or WhatsApp Status. When we take an image, we also capture the reality which turns into a historical reality in the future. Thus, every image can create history.

All of us are potential photographers; the art of photography is innate in each one of us. We need to bring out that talent and move towards potential photography to become professional photographers. It becomes a reality when we keep practising. In this article, I would like to share my experience as a mobile photographer (pocket filmmaker) on how you can capture a realistic photograph.

How to handle a smartphone camera

1. Clean the camera lens properly so that the image is clear.

2. Focus properly, because the clarity of the image depends on your focus.

3. Keep your hands steady so that motion blur can be avoided.

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