03-20-2018 05:43 AM - edited 03-20-2018 10:39 AM
Of all the amazing photos Local Guides add to Google Maps, 360 photos are often among the most eye-catching. We showcase some of our favorites every #TravelTuesday on our Facebook page, like this look at Russia’s Kaliningrad from above or this stunning view of wisteria in Japan. Love what you see? Here’s how you can get the shot.
To start, while some Local Guides prefer to use DSLR, DSLM, or special 360 cameras, the only gear you need to be able to produce great images is a smartphone and an app with 360 photo capabilities, like the Google Street View app. Don’t believe us? The 360 photo shown below by Local Guide Inumula Vishwam was taken with a smartphone!
Your smartphone 360 photos can be just as stunning if you follow these 7 simple tips:
Finally, remember to keep practicing! The more 360 photos you shoot, the better you’ll get. You can even share your best 360s on Street View with the Google Street View app, and once you publish 50 approved photos, you’ll unlock the ability to be a Google Street View trusted photographer. Learn more about earning the Street View trusted badge here.
Have you already added 360 photos? Show us your favorites in the comments!
Screenshot of 360 photo by Local Guide Inumula Vishwam
03-21-2018 09:13 AM
Great tips @SonyaN some kind of what I always write 🙂
I'd add some technical tips:
Enjoy!!
This is actually shoot with my iphone, and won some prizes 🙂
Also this one, despite massive presence of people, worked well:
03-21-2018 09:20 AM
Awesome shots, @LucioV 🙂 And thank you for adding a few more useful tips to this thread!
03-21-2018 09:23 AM
These are amazing tips @SonyaN! Thank you very much for sharing them with us. They would have been very useful when I started taking 360's with my phone. Later on I purchased a 360 cam, but that was after taking many many photos with my phone haha.
Here is my first 360 photo:
I was so happy when I took it because it went really well. It makes me proud of myself! 🙂
03-21-2018 09:25 AM
Great shots @LucioV! You are for sure a very talented photographer 🙂
@LucioV escribió:
Great tips @SonyaN some kind of what I always write 🙂
I'd add some technical tips:
- ensure to be in airplane mode while shooting: receiving a call, or a notification, could break down the workflow, resulting in inconsistent results
- take care to have enough free space; not only for shooting, because stitching took a huge amount of memory to work
- use the undo button; if happened to include some moving people, or you are not satisfied with a single shoot, don't worry, push the undo button and repeat the shoot.
Enjoy!!
This is actually shoot with my iphone, and won some prizes 🙂
Also this one, despite massive presence of people, worked well:
03-21-2018 10:24 AM - edited 03-21-2018 10:26 AM
How do we erase faces? so that they come out blurred.
Thank you
03-21-2018 10:29 AM
Great advice @SonyaN and @LucioV! Thank you, I will definitely take everything you guys said into account the next time I try shooting a 360 photo on my phone.
@LucioV LOVED your photo! It's beautiful and with great quality
Please mention me with @Jesi on your reply, so I get notified
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03-21-2018 10:42 AM
03-21-2018 10:43 AM
Hi @HUMBERTO_V! When you finish taking the photo and upload it to Street View (so it's in "private" and still not published to google. Just synchronized with your profile so you can upload it later), there is an option you can choose that says "detect faces and blur them". Google will then use face recognition to detect people and erase their faces.
Hope this helps!!
@HUMBERTO_V escribió:
How do we erase faces? so that they come out blurred.
Thank you