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Pina Gruden's top Lumia photo tips from Puerto Rico

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Why? Because he’s a world-renowned National Geographic travel photographer and he’d promised to give a masterclass to the five winners on the paradise island of Puerto Rico. The fabulous trip now over, we spoken to Pina Gruden, one of the winners, to find out what new skills she brought back home . For any aspiring Lumia photo artists amongst you, here are her top tips on how to capture your travel memories with a Nokia Lumia 1020. And as proof that those tips work, each one is accompanied by a gorgeous photo that illustrates it in action. Thank you, Pina! Capture moments “Set white balance to cloudy to get warmer colours, slightly underexpose (EV -0.3) to prevent the sky in the background to be “burnt out” and to set the mood, then just move around to get the composition you like.” Get closer “Set the focus to manual and get closer to your subject. The manual focus is really good in Lumia 1020 and it’s especially useful for close up shots of non-moving objects. Here I was luck...