Photos complement texts to tell about a new location or place. Good photos do even a better work. And it does not exactly matter if photos were taken using a DSLR or a smartphone, except perhaps you are a professional photographer.
Here 5 pointers to taking good photos:
1. Keep a level horizon always. A slanted horizon is not acceptable. You can turn on your inbuilt camera grid lines or virtual horizon to serve as guide, especially if you have a tendency to a skewed horizon 
2. Have a subject of interest in your photo. A subject of interest is what first captivates your audience. Your subject of interest is what inspires you to brandish your camera and take a photo in the first place. SOI can be a meal on a restaurant table, a waterfall on a lush landscape or a quaint building on the road.
3. Mind your background. A clean (or uncluttered) background makes for a great photo. Work your subject (move around it) to get the best background devoid of distractions. Or move the subject itself if possible.
4. Keep your image sharp and subject of interest in focus. Shaky hands leads to blurry photos. So keep as still as possible while taking photos, or better still improvise or use a tripod (especially at night when there’s less light). Improvising a tripod means placing your camera on a solid object e.g table, railings of a bridge, etc., for stability.
Use camera touch-focus feature to make your SOI stand out in the image.
5. Finally, to spice up your photos, get creative. Apply photography rules and techniques such as rule of thirds, leading lines, symmetry (reflections), patterns, negative space, perspective, etc.
And try to edit your photos after they are taken and before you post. If you are not into Lightroom or Snapseed, it takes as little as ‘auto correct’ in the photo gallery app to give an otherwise dull photo the needed punch.
Good luck
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Carrying wood from the farm. Grand Popo, Benin
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Shore-based fishing. Tarkwa Bay, Lagos
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3rd Mainland Bridge, Lagos, at dusk
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A performer at an occasion in Ile-ife, Osun state
