Most useful mobile photography accessories

Among the millions and millions of accessories that we can find for our mobile phones we have filters, but not the filters that include our favorite programs such as Instagram, Tiktok, Cupcut, etc., etc., but rather glass filters that we will put in front of our mobile camera.

What are the most used accessories in mobile photography?

Aside from the cases ;), the most used accessories in mobile photography when we want to get the most out of our phones are glass filters for mobile phones, an essential accessory if we want to get the full potential of our powerful iPhone, Samsung or any phone mobile with a good camera and professional features.

In order to get the full potential of an accessory for creative mobile photography, it is necessary that our phone has certain abilities. They are not essential, but they are highly advisable:

1. Allow to extend the exposure time: On Android we have the Pro or manual mode. If the phone does not leave us with the camera settings we will have to work with a program like Slow Shutter Cam or similar.

2. Save images in RAW format: The phones that allow you to squeeze all the juice out of your photos are those that allow you to save in RAW format, a format used by professional cameras that will allow you to push your imagination to the limit, some of the phones that allow you to record in RAW are:

• Huawei P30

• Huawei P30 Pro

• Huawei Mate 30

• Huawei Mate 30 Pro

• Huawei Mate 20 Pro

• Huawei P20 Pro

• Huawei Mate 10 Pro

• Nexus 6P

• Honor 20 Pro

• Samsung with Adobe RAW profiles

• iPhones and iPads are also capable of taking photos in RAW format starting with iOS 10, but it requires installing a third-party application such as Manual – RAW Camera or Obscura Camera.

Another accessory that will be essential is a light but stable tripod, otherwise it will be impossible to take long exposure photos without everything moving. There are millions of versions and prices, we recommend those that allow you to "twist" it in any way, this helps us to be able to mount the tripod in any position or tie it to a railing, with these possibilities you can take photos from incredible angles.

What glass filters can I mount on my phone?

Okay, so once we have this clear, let's go for the mobile photography accessory that will make us jump to another world, the glass filters.

We could classify the most common glass filters for our mobile phones into 3 sections.

• ND or Neutral Density Filters

• Polarizing Filter

• Effects Filter

ND or Neutral Density Filter

This filter is “simply” a piece of black glass that will allow you to darken the photo, why? Well, so that the phone takes more time to take the photo, and why do I want to do this? To achieve this effect.

Photo: David de la Iglesia Villar 

This glass, with better quality, has fewer strange things that will appear in the photo, unless you want a Van Gogh painting, don't risk it.

There are different densities depending on the steps of light that you want to subtract, the more steps of light you want to subtract, the blacker the filter is and the longer the photo will take to take, to identify them you can see ND8, ND16, ND32, etc., contri more Big the number more steps subtract, on our YouTube channel we explain it wonderfully, "What is an ND filter".

Polarizing Filter

The mobile polarizing filter is the filter that every photographer should carry, it cannot be replicated with software since it allows you to eliminate reflections from the photo and for now as long as you do not have Midjourney in real time on your mobile this filter is essential to do this.

Effects filters

This accessory for creative mobile photography will allow us to stand out from other publications because they offer us a world of possibilities. What filters do we have in this category?

• KASE Black Mist Filter

With the Black Mist filter we will achieve that very movie-like look by blurring the highlights, that is, the strongest lights in our scene, what this translates to is, since all the shine that the model has on the skin will be blurred, achieving a softened skin without ruining everything else, plus that sun that burns your eyelashes when you see it on your mobile will be softened with a very cool halo.

• KASE Night Filter

The night filter will allow you to take photos at night, eliminating much of the horrible yellowish tint that sodium lights leave on your portraits. If you are one of those who like to try to capture the Milky Way with your mobile phone, this filter is essential.

• KASE Streak Blue Filter

Another basic accessory for mobile photography, the KASE Streak, a filter that will allow you to create the effect that anamorphic lenses have. What the hell is that? Well, look..

Okay, and how do I set up these filters?

To mount these filters, KASE has come up with a simply brutal system, an ultra-fast magnetic system to mount that will cover all the lenses of your camera, forget about tedious tweezers.

You will simply have to stick some light and tiny strips on your phone and it will be ready to magnetically stick the filters to it, it couldn't be easier, these strips will not bother you with anything and will allow you to remove and put the filters in a breeze.