Expert guidance for your phone photos. Cut through the confusion, unlock your phone’s potential, and take creative, standout photos that tell stories and make a difference. Drawn from Gabrielle’s 17+ years of professional photography experience, each weekly e-mail is filled with practical tips and none of the complex technical jargon.
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Week 30: Easy Steps to Capture Creative Photos of Yourself (Using Just Your Phone)
Published 6 months ago • 1 min read
LEVEL UP YOUR PHONE PHOTOGRAPHY
WITH GABRIELLE TOUCHETTE
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Welcome to Week 30 of 2025!
In today's e-mail, you'll get:
TIP OF THE WEEK: Capturing Creative Photos of Yourself
PHOTO OF THE WEEK: The Rule of Thirds
TIP OF THE WEEK
Capturing Creative Photos of Yourself
Want lifestyle photos that actually feel like you, but don’t have access to a photographer to take the photos for you?
No problem. You can do this yourself!
I've been meaning to create a how-to blog post on storytelling selfies for a long time, and now that I have a new favourite iPhone tripod, I enlisted my friend Dionne to help me do it!
Here are her lifestyle selfies, shot on iPhone 14, edited in Lightroom, using my new iPhone tripod and following my strategic shot list:
Selfies shot on iPhone 14 (with bluetooth remote in her hand), edited in Lightroom Mobile.
And here are some behind the scenes photos of her working on these selfies:
I hope you won't get tired of me talking about rule of thirds.
Because I won't stop!
It's the single most important compositional rule.
It's all about breaking the image down into threes. Three rows, three columns, etc. Can you spot the rule below?
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Hi I'm Gabrielle! I run a full time photography business in Winnipeg, specializing in portrait and commercial photography. This newsletter started with my passion for helping everyday people realize their full photography potential. With a bit of technical and creative help, you too can take better photos with the phone camera you already have.
Expert guidance for your phone photos. Cut through the confusion, unlock your phone’s potential, and take creative, standout photos that tell stories and make a difference. Drawn from Gabrielle’s 17+ years of professional photography experience, each weekly e-mail is filled with practical tips and none of the complex technical jargon.
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