Ive long bemoaned the quality of the camera on the iPhone, along with everyone else. It needs to be better, in general and in all areas.
Better low light, more control over the lens, a flash would be nice, you know all the things every camera should be.
Like a good tech-geek, you struggle-on and make the most from what you have, and dutifully, I’ve found some good advantages to having a camera in my pocket that’s connected to the web.
Recently, with a little inspiration, ive been taking more photos that i like with the camera and getting to know it better.
Work area - Swinhoe Industries - Taken with the iPhone
As you will read if you visit his site, Chase Jarvis is a photog. of the most epic proportions, shooting for the biggest names in the sports, leisure and tech world. He is especially well known for his use of his iPhone to post daily pictures that come under the category “Chase Jarvis takes better shots with an iPhone than I do with a Hasselblad“.
And as he says, “the best camera is the one that’s with you”.
But there are a few other tips, supplied by Chase, to make the photos coming off your iPhone that bit better, and I too have enjoyed the benefits of them.
Camerabag is a truly great app, having received huge accolade from a number of places, and ive used it on the shots in this post.
The doggie being shy.. (there is extra 'grey' on the base of this from the filter)
Hanging about - taken with iPhone - tweaked with Camerabag
I like them. The filters come out well generally and make the photos taken much more usable and distributable.
Chase Jarvis is a savvy guy, follow his blog if you take photos regularly, but he’s not only about photos. He has mastered the world of Social Media, using it to connect with his audience and web users in a full-frontal attack.
He’s on twitter, he blogs – regularly, he posts RAW video posts to Youtube, he’s on Facebook, he podcasts (iTunes link)…
The guy has been posting from New Zealand for the last week whilst he’s been shooting a job. Its great to follow him and the crew and get the insights to how things happen.
Im still in the iPhone, alot, and with a selection of decent shots coming from the camera, im not hating using it anymore.
Go shoot something…
