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Why add Vignette to your photos? Do you know what the Vignette tool is on your camera? If not, you should! The Vignette tool darkens the edges of your photo to emphasize the center of the image - your subject. You can adjust the darkness and the size of the vignette to create the look you want.  You will find the Vignette tool in the photo editing features on your phone. Photo without Vignette. Photo with Vignette. The result is subtle but really does make your subject the center of attention.  Cheers! Don’t forget to follow us on TikTok and...

What is the best format for Instagram stories? Do you like posting Instagram stories? Do you notice that when you post your photo there are spaces at the top and bottom? There’s a way to take a photo that will fit your Instagram story perfectly. You simply have to set the size of the photo on your camera to 16:9 and you will have the perfect size photo for your Instagram story! Follow us on TikTok and Instagram! 

What are the top camera phones? Phone cameras are making leaps and bounds improving quality and continuously adding pro options.  The past years have definitely been the best for upping camera features. The competition is high, and a few companies are leading the way. Here are the top 2 camera phones on the market today. iPhone 13 Pro Max Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra   These two game-changers have been topping professional review lists this year.  Is one of these your next phone? Follow us on TikTok and Instagram! 

What’s the best phone accessory to own? There are tons of phone accessories to choose from on the market today. Most phone photographers now have a tripod, either a mini or a full-size - or both.  There is a newish phone accessory that helps you take better and smoother videos.  Camera riggings are used on movie sets to hold professional cameras steady. As smartphones improved their cameras and videographers started using their phones for pro projects we started seeing a need to create a camera rigging for our phones.  Here at Kobratech, we didn’t hesitate to design the perfect camera...

What happens if you tap the back of your phone? New features on our phones are being introduced all the time - iPhone and Android. One cool new feature on the iPhone is the tool called Back Tap. It was introduced in iOS 14. You can set your phone to do a specific action when you tap the back of your phone.  Go to Settings > Accessibility > Touch and then choose Back Tap. From there, you can assign a double-tap to do something and a triple-tap to do another thing. We like to set the double-tap to Camera and...