Take Great Photos With Your Phone

For the most visually compelling shots, experts say not to center your subject. Instead, hold the camera so that the person or animal you’re photographing is off to one side, in the outer third of the frame. Similarly, when capturing a landscape, avoid putting the horizon in the exact middle.

To make it easier to line things up, you can overlay a 3×3 grid on the camera display.

To turn on the grid on an iPhone, go to Settings ->Camera ->Composition, and toggle on Grid.

On a Samsung Galaxy phone, turn on Grid Lines under the camera app’s settings. Then align key elements along the grid’s lines—for example, placing the horizon along the top third (as mentioned above) instead of splitting the photo in two.