Learn to take sloppy photos.
There's a time for beautiful, elegant, concise reference photos. Arguably all photos are reference photos, trying to capture that moment in time. It's nice to have clean references.
Especially if you're sharing with other people, you should give them readable photos. You can read anything you took because you know where to look from when you took it, they cannot.
But if you're just taking a picture of a flyer, a storefront to come back to later, or something to look up during a presentation, that doesn't matter. The photo is a quicker, more descriptive record than text, not an aesthetic guide. Treat it the same as a scribbled note. Accuracy first, speed second.
Accuracy means all subjects in frame and focused, not beautifully framed. Mild under/overexposure is fixable in any built-in photo editor if necessary, blurry text is not. If text is readable, it doesn't matter if your phone is casting a shadow over it or if it's tilted. Bad angle, bad lighting, random gunk in the background, who cares?
Zoom enough to trigger the autofocus and check everything is visible, but no more. Take the photo and move on.
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Nightly Notes
One day I'll get really into photography and never be able to go back. Today is not that day.
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