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Ready to improve your mobile photo quality? Check out the 12 Tips for Improving Camera Phone Photos from the digital Photography School.  Here are the basics, but you should click through above for full details - they've got some good tips!

1. Light Your Subject Well

2. Get Close to Your Subject

3. Keep Still

4. Edit Images Later

5. Don’t Throw Away ‘mistakes’

6. Avoid Using the Digital Zoom

7. Experiment with White Balance

8. Take loads of Shots and Experiment

9. Follow Rules of Composition (and then Break them)

10. Keep Your Lens Clean

11. Observe Camera Phone Etiquette

12. Use the highest resolution possible on your camera phone

Show off your best mobile photos by texting them to mobile@bakersfield.com!

We'll publish them here and possibly in the Bakersfield Californian as well. Be sure to include your name so we can properly credit you :)