Phony, get it? Hah…. I really like taking pictures, but I’ve always found it a little embarrassing snapping non-candit shots with my iPhone just because I feel a little silly doing it. I suppose that’s something all photographers have to get over eventually, though. However, the pictures in Chase Jarvis’ latest book “The Best Camera […]
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A few words on cool Phony pictures taken with, well, iPhones

Oct 10th 2009 by

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Phony, get it? Hah….

I really like taking pictures, but I’ve always found it a little embarrassing snapping non-candit shots with my iPhone just because I feel a little silly doing it. I suppose that’s something all photographers have to get over eventually, though. However, the pictures in Chase Jarvis’ latest book “The Best Camera is the one that’s with you” (news via Gizmodo) were all taken with a 2G iPhone with a fixed focus lens and some are pretty fantastic. There’s obviously the big skill, technique, and experience gap between Chase Jarvis and myself, but what that book says to me is that if he can go around the world snapping awkwardly on a touch-screen shutter button, then I can at least try to do so without turning red and dumping a paper bag on my head.

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In fact, while we’re on the topic of iPhone photography, I’d like to provide a little link love to photographer Steve John’s iPhoneography Flickr set (shot #57 is featured above). He seems to post one or two shots a day through his Twitter account (@frommystudio) and does all of his iPhone photo processing on the device itself. His flickr gallery is both a treat and a great resource for good iPhone camera apps. It’s seriously impressive how much the iPhone is capable of, and how many apps are out there to cater to photo nuts. I love it!

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