怎樣用智能手機拍出專業效果照片大綱

Every family has its designated vacation photographer, so it was, to put it mildly, a moment of sheer horror when I arrived at the Naples airport last summer with my wife and two children for a brief stay on the Amalfi Coast and realized that I had forgotten my camera.

每個家庭都有自己的指定假期攝影師。去年夏天，我同妻子和兩個孩子到阿馬爾菲海灘短暫度假，當我來到那不勒斯機場的時候才發現自己忘了帶相機，當時的感覺，說得好聽一點，就是純粹的恐怖。

It wasn't the first time. Many years ago, a friend asked me to photograph his wedding. I packed film but for some reason left my usual camera, a Nikon single-lens reflex, behind and found myself left with a simple Ricoh point-and-shoot camera. I heard the bride's mother say, "I thought you told me he was a professional."

這不是第一次了。多年前，一個朋友讓我幫他在他的婚禮上拍照。我帶上了膠捲，但由於某些原因忘了帶平時常用的尼康單反相機，只帶了一臺理光傻瓜相機。我聽見新娘的母親說：“我記得你跟我說過他是專業攝影師的。”

But as it turns out there is a savior: your smartphone. Much to my children's embarrassment, I have a cracked first-generation iPhone 4. Things have come a long way since I bought that phone over three years ago. The cameras on cellphones today have become sophisticated instruments, with between 8 and 16 megapixel sensors, which allow you to make extremely detailed and sharp images. However, there are many other aspects, such as actual pixel size and aperture size, that affect the quality of a phone's camera. But even an older phone like mine, which has a 5-megapixel sensor, can take great shots.

但最後還有智能手機這個救星。令我的孩子們尷尬的是，我用的是一臺破破爛爛的第一代iPhone 4。這還是三年前買的，之後很多事情發生了改變。如今手機上的攝像頭已經成了精密的工具，有8兆到16兆像素的傳感器，讓你可以拍出細緻生動的照片。然而還有許多其他方面，比如實際像素大小和顯卡借用內存大小，這些都會影響手機攝像頭的質量。但就算像我的手機這麼老的機器，只有5兆像素傳感器，也可以拍出好照片。

Of course, cellphones have their limitations, and it's important to understand what they do well: landscapes and portraits in good, even light. It is equally important to know what they do less well: any shot with poor or overly contrasted light, and scenes in which there are several light sources. Flash is also rarely satisfying, mostly because it is too weak to richly illuminate a dim scene. It works much better in situations when it is used as fill-in flash, to pop a bit of brightness into faces and eyes.

當然，手機也有侷限性，瞭解它們的強項很重要——在良好而均衡的光線下拍攝風景和人像。瞭解它們的弱項也同樣重要——在任何光線不足，或光線對比過大的地方，以及有多個光源的地方。閃光燈的表現也很少能令人滿意，主要是因爲閃光燈太弱，不能充分照明模糊的場景；但拿它充當補光，爲面部和眼睛增添少許亮度的情況下會好得多，

There is also a host of apps available for Apple-, Windows- and Android-based systems, though the choice is wider for the iPhone. For me, the best apps are the ones that are easiest to use. The technical capabilities are more than most of us will need, so the important point is to find the interface you find the simplest and most fun to work with. Here are a few suggestions:

蘋果、Windows和安卓系統中都有很多應用，但iPhone上的選擇更加廣泛。對於我來說，最簡單的應用就是最好的應用。這些應用中的技術含量超過了我們絕大多數人需要的程度，所以重要的就是找到你覺得最簡單、最有趣的界面。下面有幾個建議。

Hipstamatic Available for Apple- and Windows-based systems, this app is a personal favorite. It's square — great for an Instagrammer or if, like me, you have spent years shooting on medium-format cameras. In fact, I used this app for the Amalfi photos displayed here. Two tips: Set the file size regulator to maximum to ensure the sharpest photo. Second, make sure the viewfinder is full frame so you see what you are getting in the picture.

Hipstamatic：可在蘋果和Windows系統下使用。這個應用是我個人的最愛。它使用正方形照片，非常適合Instagram用戶，以及我這種多年來拍攝中畫幅照片的人。我在這裏展示的阿馬爾菲照片就是使用這個應用拍的。兩個小技巧：首先，把文件大小設置爲最大，保證照片清晰。其次，保證取景框是滿幀的，讓你可以看到拍出的照片是什麼樣子。

Camera+ and 645 Pro Both apps are for iPhones and offer clear, improved controls for making 35-millimeter-style photographs, including easy zooming and exposure control. These apps are designed to give you the feeling that you are holding a real camera.

Camera+ 與645 Pro：二者都是iPhone上的應用，可以拍出清晰的、控制程度更好的35毫米鏡頭式照片。二者都有好用的焦距和曝光調節。兩個應用都是爲了讓你感覺自己是拿着真正的相機而設計的。

Camera Zoom FX and Vignette There are limited choices for upgrading an Android camera, but these apps, which offer easier control for framing and zooming, are two of the more useful ones.

Camera Zoom FX與Vignette：安卓手機的選擇餘地很小，但這兩個應用有很簡單的取景和調節焦距功能，比較實用。

Snapseed A well-designed editing program to make up for the sometimes frustrating simplicity of cellphone lenses. It uses swipe-style controls, which makes editing simple and fast.

Snapseed：設計出色的編輯程序，可以彌補手機鏡頭有時過於簡單的缺陷。它使用觸控方式，讓編輯簡便快捷。

These are handy apps, and I relied on one, but the best thing about a cellphone is that it's in your pocket — at least you hope it is. Even my kids grudgingly admitted that the Amalfi pictures weren't bad.

這些都是非常好用的應用，我總是使用其中一種，但手機最好的一點就是，只要你願意，就可以把它隨時揣在兜裏。就連我的孩子們都勉強承認阿馬爾菲海灘的照片還不壞。