Smart Photos is a new book from expert smartphone photographer Jo Bradford

Smart Photos: 52 Ideas to Take Your Smartphone Photography to the Next Level

Book cover for Smart Photos (Image credit: Jo Bradford / Smart Photos)

Become an accomplished smartphone photographer while feeding your creativity with this latest tutorial and inspiration book from Jo Bradford. An industry leading voice in the world of smartphone photography, Jo is also the author of bestselling guide: Smartphone, Smart Photography.

Her latest book, Smart Photos, is designed to be both an informative guide and source of inspiration for those looking to up their phone photography game with one of the best camera phones, revealing exactly what your smartphone camera is capable of.

Jo Bradford is a teacher and educator as well as author, and delivers masterclasses for the Royal Photographic Society, while running photo workshops and creativity courses all over the world. She is also an associate lecturer on the BA Marine and Natural History Photography degree at Falmouth University, so it's pretty safe to assume that Jo knows exactly what she's talking about.

If this weren't enough, Jo is also the owner and director of Green Island Studios, an off-grid photographic studio and bespoke analogue darkroom space based at a stunning hilltop location with panoramic views across the Dartmoor National Park, UK.

It is here that Jo has developed a unique collection of workshops and courses in smartphone photography, ranging from beginner’s sessions to masterclasses that she delivers from the studio.

"In 2015 I developed a love of smartphone photography while undertaking the year long photo-a-day project, A Love Letter to Dartmoor in 365 Photos." Jo states on her website.

"This led to my bestselling book about mobile platform photography being published in 2018. I am now considered a leading authority in this fast growing and dynamic field of photography."

A camera phone is something we almost always have on us, but often we struggle to use them properly, feeling like we don’t have the time, space or inclination to dedicate to it. In Smart Photos, Jo supplies a collection of practical exercises that allow you to master the features on your smartphone camera to take incredible images and also help you to easily reconnect with your creative side.

Through encouraging the reader to try something different with the phone camera, and seek out creative opportunities – from light painting to collaging, image stacking to time-lapse landscapes – soon you will once again feel the satisfaction of thinking and acting creatively, with the added benefit of taking you from a snapper to an accomplished smartphone photographer with visual literacy.

An advocate of using photography as a creative tool for social, cultural and environmental change, Jo's studio space is committed to greening the photographic arts practice. It does so by using eco print processing methods, composting all of its organic waste, and avoiding the use of high energy consumption devices such as air conditioning units and electric heating systems.

23rd August 2022 | White Lion Publishing | £12.99 / $TBC | Paperback

Beth kicked off her journalistic career as a staff writer here at Digital Camera World, but has since moved over to our sister site Creative Bloq, where she covers all things tech, gaming, photography, and 3D printing. With a degree in Music Journalism and a Master's degree in Photography, Beth knows a thing or two about cameras – and you'll most likely find her photographing local gigs under the alias Bethshootsbands. She also dabbles in cosplay photography, bringing comic book fantasies to life, and uses a Canon 5DS and Sony A7III as her go-to setup.

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