ShotInstruct: Photo Guide

Alexander Shevchenko

About this app

Turn a shooting idea into a practical plan you can carry offline.

ShotInstruct is a photography field guide for beginners and hobbyists who want useful camera settings, composition guidance, checklists, and calculators in one place.

PREPARE FOR 10 SHOOTING SITUATIONS
Follow structured field recipes for landscape, portrait, macro, sports and action, street, architecture, food, long exposure, astrophotography, and time-lapse photography.

Every recipe includes:
• required and optional gear
• scene conditions to check
• contextual aperture, shutter speed, ISO, and focus starting points
• three composition cues
• common pitfalls and safety notes
• a persistent shot checklist

Settings are starting points, not guarantees. Each guide explains what should make you adjust for your camera, lens, light, subject, and intended result.

USE FOUR PHOTOGRAPHY CALCULATORS
• ND filter exposure calculator
• depth of field and hyperfocal calculator
• 500 Rule calculator for star photography
• time-lapse interval and duration calculator

Results show assumptions and limitations so you know what to verify before relying on them.

SAVE AND FIND GUIDANCE
Save field recipes, photography topics, and tools. Search in English or Ukrainian and return quickly to useful guidance. Favorites, checklist progress, preferences, and recent activity remain on your device.

WORK WITHOUT A SIGNAL
Core photography guides, instructional media, search, and calculators are packaged with the app. No account is required. There are no ads, in-app analytics, or in-app tracking.

ShotInstruct is an educational photography reference. Take a test photo and adjust for the real scene, equipment limits, local rules, and your creative intent.

What’s new

ShotInstruct 2.0 is a complete rebuild for real-world shoots. New: 10 structured field recipes, persistent checklists, contextual camera settings, composition cues, safety notes, English and Ukrainian search, and redesigned Home, Learn, Shoot, Tools, and Saved areas. Four calculators now explain results and assumptions more clearly. Refreshed light, dark, and system themes; core guidance remains available offline.