Business Insider's reporter has been practicing photography for more than a decade, and now she wants to learn to shoot with her phone. Joey Hadden/Business Insider

Nowadays, people are "drowning in photographs," National Geographic photographer Kiliii Yüyan told me.

But there are ways to make yours stand out — even if you're just shooting on your phone.

Yüyan tells visual stories about how different cultures relate to the environment, from the Amazon to the Arctic seas. He gave me four useful tips for taking pictures with my phone , and one of them made me think about photographing nature in a whole new way.

Put something between your camera and the scenery

The author photographs a shoreline in Belfast, Maine. Joey Hadden/Business Insider

When it comes to making phone photos stand out, Yüyan said natural landscapes are especially challenging since they've been photographed so much.…