Number one rule as a photographer is to always bring your camera around. Yes, you can always take pictures with the phone, and plenty of my posts on Instagram (photosby3van in case you want to find me) account are taken on my phone, but a small little phone sensor just can't compete with the amount of light and information even your most basic DSLR/Mirrorless camera can read. 

This shot was taken on a very overcast evening casually walking around Dublin City. We just got lucky to see a tiny bit of red sunset come through in the evening, I normally would check the weather before shooting or going anywhere, we weren't supposed to get any sun in the city, but like any predictions. They can be wrong and was really happy to be able to capture this. Sometimes the best of plans can be ruined by unpredictable weather, but if you don't have your camera. You can't capture lithe beautify of the world.

Pro Tip: if you are taking photos on your smartphone and plan on doing editing later. Try going into your camera setting or the pro mode to allow the phone to capture a raw file. This way you will have more headroom for editing. If you are looking for an editing app for your phone, try Snapseed, it is a truly simple, easy and powerful photo editing app. 

Design wise the Campanile tower is placed in the ideal spot as it perfectly aligns together with the two buildings behind it, making this a perfect shot for people with a bit of OCD on lines and perfection.

For the technical people. The shot above was taken using my D800 and a 20mm prime lens at F5.6 for a good depth of field at ISO 400 and a shutter speed of 1/60th of a second. No tripod involved. Thankfully when using wide angle lenses you can set your shutter speed fairly low, so as long as you're not running, you can get a clear sharp picture. 

Thank you for reading the post.

Evan

Photos by Evan