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even the most advanced smartphone cameras have a hard time taking pictures in low light but with these tips you can make them look a lot better the first and most important thing to do when taking pictures in the dark is to keep the phone as still as humanly possible the lens needs to stay open longer to let in more light so any movement will make your shot look blurry tap to focus on your subject and hold your breath if you have time to set up your shot use the timer most new smartphones have a three or ten-second timer in the settings not only does this free you up to use both hands to stabilize it also keeps you from accidentally moving the phone when you press a shutter or you can take it one step further and place the phone on a tripod using a mount if you're going to use the flash use it for subjects only and as a last resort the light from the flash can wash out skin tones and cause red eye lastly try brightening up your shot using a photo editing app like snap cedar Instagram in San Francisco I'm Vanessa hand Arellano is scenic for CBS News