Cell Phone Photography

[edmDusty]

It's all too easy to get in the gear head mindset, "If I just had that new lens I could get better shots." I say why not explore and have fun with what ever is around to take pictures. I've been able to produce cool pictures with a lomography effect from my cell phone.

So here is my challenge, Let see those cell phone shots. The lower the quality the better!

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/edmdusty/453543374/" title="The Other Side by dustinj, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/234/453543374_86a0c8fe8e.jpg" width="480" height="480" alt="The Other Side" /></a>

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/edmdusty/453558081/" title="The Other Side by dustinj, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/195/453558081_008ff2fe6f.jpg" width="469" height="469" alt="The Other Side" /></a>

These are two shots taking at a local punk club called the Bottom Of The Hill. I used photoshop to remove much of the graininess from the shots. If you're not familiar with lomography check it out -- it's great fun and very liberating. <a href=http://www.lomography.com/>http://www.lomography.com/</a>

[Major_Small]

I have no clue why some people are so caught up in bad photos. Lomography, and low quality camera phones... isn't the general idea of technology forward progress?

Anyhoo, straight from the... erm... phone:
http://static.zooomr.com/images/4606928_0e7924321c.jpg
http://static.zooomr.com/images/4606930_58f73ae471.jpg
Both only taken on a phone so they could be instantly transmitted elsewhere. I have both shots on film as well. The one of the sky doesn't have the car's glass heater lines because an SLR is cool like that.

[trucker]

One of the trucks that I drive at work. I took this long before I had my real camera.

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wixom/2128932584/" title="John's Truck by trucker29_69, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2165/2128932584_4b49d29cc3.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="John's Truck" /></a>

[edmDusty]

I have no clue why some people are so caught up in bad photos. Lomography, and low quality camera phones... isn't the general idea of technology forward progress?

I agree that Lomography isn't for everyone. However, I believe that you have technology and photography confused. Yes, the idea of technology is progress, but there are as many different goals, or ideas, of photography as there are people. If using a low quality device is what it takes to capture the mood you are shooting for, then go for it.

Can you say the same thing for architecture? Just because we have new technology does that mean that we should rip down all the Victorian houses and replace them with new condos instead of restoring them? (a major issue here in San Francisco)

You can look through flickr and see 100's and 100's of 100% technically perfect, and 100% perfectly boring shots. Technology is just a tool and is not called for in every situation. Having the best technology does not mean that you'll have to best photography.

[Major_Small]

I believe that you have technology and photography confused.I do not. Having a degree in computer science, and being somebody who's carried a camera everywhere for years now, I know very well the difference.
Can you say the same thing for architecture? Just because we have new technology does that mean we should rip down all the Victorian houses and replace them with new houses instead of restoring them?Yes, you can. Just because something is old, doesn't mean it's worth saving. If we all followed that logic, NYC would still be full of wooden structures and would never have grown into what it is today. I thought humanity learned this lesson from the great fire of London (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Fire_of_London). Sure, some things are worth keeping, but not at the expense of future progress.

The point is this - sure, sometimes for artistic reasons you want to make something look old. But really, what benefit could possibly come from something like a camera phone? All the pictures in this thread have no artistic value IMO. They're just snapshots taken on a really bad camera. camera phones produce worse quality than disposable film cameras do. They were designed as toys, and should be treated as such. Saying you can get art from a phone is the same thing as handing a child a marker and calling the result "modern art"

[Sime™]

Saying you can get art from a phone is the same thing as handing a child a marker and calling the result "modern art"

Everyone is entitled to their opinions...

Here's my camera phone art...
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/visper/79348991/" title="notting hill by gtvone, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/41/79348991_6c42a253bd.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="notting hill" /></a>

someones rubbish is someone elses art

[lisaliquidation]

Yeah so it is really small...

http://i30.tinypic.com/2q21e8m.jpg

Oh well.
Haha.

[Sandie]

lol..I really like this, now if I could only figure out how to get the pictures off my phone. Where are those teens when I need them.

[edmDusty]

lol..I really like this, now if I could only figure out how to get the pictures off my phone. Where are those teens when I need them.

send the picture in a text message to your email.

[klew]

Here's a different kind of HDR, taken at Costco. I wanted this to ask everyone, how can a rug be high definition?
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/klew97/2394391143/" title="IMAGE_101 by klew97, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2094/2394391143_fd5db859f7.jpg" width="500" height="400" alt="IMAGE_101" /></a>

Here's the Slurpee machine of a 7-11 that was redecorated for The Simpsons Movie (though it wasn't one of the stores where the entire store was redecorated).
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/klew97/2395225366/" title="IMAGE_028 by klew97, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3267/2395225366_c7a4972e1e.jpg" width="500" height="400" alt="IMAGE_028" /></a>

[edmDusty]

http://static.zooomr.com/images/4606930_58f73ae471.jpg
.

You're not giving yourself enough credit. With about 10 minutes worth of Photoshop, I feel this is a pretty cool picture. Very Tron-esc.

<img src=http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3036/2395239950_94f011d9c8_o.jpg>

[Nina]

These were all taken with my phones camera..
I don't mind that the pics it takes aren't as detailed etc as my other cameras, I love having something so quick and easy to use if something pops up that I want a shot of :).

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2076/2394443963_2132f84a63.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/disgruntled_unicorn/2394443963/)




http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2177/2395289722_1a704f79f2_m.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/disgruntled_unicorn/2395289722/)


http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3103/2394443579_e0bf97bbbf_m.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/disgruntled_unicorn/2394443579/)

[edmDusty]

These were all taken with my phones camera..
I don't mind that the pics it takes aren't as detailed etc as my other cameras, I love having something so quick and easy to use if something pops up that I want a shot of :).

"Take your camera everywhere you go, in bed, in Gorki Park, in a propeller-driven airplane or in the launderette: you grab your camera and everything around you starts to vibrate with life, be prepared, keep you camera close at hand and ready for action everywhere and all the time."

[NikonnooB]

Everyone is entitled to their opinions...

Here's my camera phone art...
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/visper/79348991/" title="notting hill by gtvone, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/41/79348991_6c42a253bd.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="notting hill" /></a>

someones rubbish is someone elses art

Yeah - Go 'head - somebody tell me THAT'S not art!

I loved this!

[Sandie]

send the picture in a text message to your email.

That thought never even entered my mind! And as funny as it sounds I only sent my first text message about 2 weeks ago :) but I think I can figure out how to get it to my email. Thank you.

[Pshorten]

OK, I can take photos with my phone but now you're gonna make me learn to get them onto a computer - this is painful!

Old dog - new trick...

[NikonnooB]

Sometimes, shots from a digital camera (PDA, in my case) are merely for entertainment:

http://eye-m-stassi.smugmug.com/photos/258369449_xKZoD-600x600.jpg (http://eye-m-stassi.smugmug.com/gallery/4399457_zJVqm#258369449)

http://eye-m-stassi.smugmug.com/photos/258369512_FwaGj-600x600.jpg (http://eye-m-stassi.smugmug.com/gallery/4399457_zJVqm#258369512)

[kirbinster]

These were taken with my LG enV cellphone:

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kirbinster/1346128281/" title="CamPhone Huskies-0111071814 by kirbinster, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1213/1346128281_0eba8be3b2.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="CamPhone Huskies-0111071814" /></a>

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kirbinster/1158628209/" title="0607072042 by kirbinster, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1389/1158628209_e4327c2e4b.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="0607072042" /></a>

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kirbinster/1158629883/" title="0607072202 by kirbinster, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1402/1158629883_79544cb8c7.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="0607072202" /></a>

[NikonnooB]

That is SO funny, that you got all that Nikon stuff with the LG!

BTW, that LG Env's not bad, is it?

[liquidfire7]

i just went though my phone and got some pictures form here..

these were all taken from a sony ericsson from at&t..



http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd203/Liquidfire7/ATT40750.jpg

http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd203/Liquidfire7/ATT40752.jpg

http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd203/Liquidfire7/ATT40771.jpg

[southernbelle]

Sometimes, shots from a digital camera (PDA, in my case) are merely for entertainment:

http://eye-m-stassi.smugmug.com/photos/258369449_xKZoD-600x600.jpg (http://eye-m-stassi.smugmug.com/gallery/4399457_zJVqm#258369449)

http://eye-m-stassi.smugmug.com/photos/258369512_FwaGj-600x600.jpg (http://eye-m-stassi.smugmug.com/gallery/4399457_zJVqm#258369512)

hahahahahahahahaha! You should send that in to Jay Leno!!

[kirbinster]

That is SO funny, that you got all that Nikon stuff with the LG!

BTW, that LG Env's not bad, is it?

The EnV is a great phone, folds out with a full keyboard and uses micro SD cards and has 2 megapix camera. I took the cellphone to the ball game as I did not want to have a problem at security with the Nikon and big lenses. It is nice to always have a "half-way decent" camera in your pocket.

[Agata]

This was taken with my boyfriend's iPhone.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3095/2401129671_c10a536acb.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3035/2401129749_3e7bd4f60a.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2387/2401129819_bc6f769889.jpg

[Solace Angel]

Was taken with my samsung swival sgh-x830

[braezen]

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/braezen/2296034241/" title="watch your head! by braezen, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3121/2296034241_14baf9aa84.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="watch your head!" /></a>

I know good equipment does not a good photographer make. Nor would fancy paints and expensive brushes make one a talented painter. Musicians before the digital recording era made brilliant music.
It is not the camera, but the person behind it.
You get the idea.
However, I love my new camera and it is an expensive amazing machine. The higher end quality technology enables good photos to be their very best, showcase them... but that is it.

My camera phone is 2MP, no flash and the slightest movement will create a strange blur, but I have managed to get some pictures I am pleased with when I ordinarily would not have had my camera available.

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/braezen/2333951458/" title="lone chair by braezen, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2083/2333951458_0718be88e7.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="lone chair" /></a>

[craftyblah]

I love my camera phone. It's the best way to get pictures somewhere FAST! :p

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/craftyblah/2405775938/" title="0517071300-01 by craftyblah, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2011/2405775938_93c8efe208.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="0517071300-01" /></a>

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/craftyblah/2404944871/" title="0116081708-00 by craftyblah, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2047/2404944871_5da052f53f.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="0116081708-00" /></a>

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/craftyblah/2405776110/" title="0402080907-00 by craftyblah, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3013/2405776110_a965fa2dc0.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="0402080907-00" /></a>

[rickysu]

ikutan :D

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2269/2387009243_1e2c003649.jpg

sony ericson w800i
location : medan

story behind:
S with cross sign means don't stop here
but my friend stop a bus there :D

[jujitsu1]

THis was shot with my samsung mobile phone. Its of my uncle and his daughter whilst we was out fishing.

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jujitsu1/2321502864/" title="Uncle and cuz by welshdarren, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3137/2321502864_1720f35da5.jpg" width="320" height="240" alt="Uncle and cuz" /></a>

[i_luv_ph0tos]

Motorola KRZR K1 (2mp) ~what I hate is that the cam has no focus thing and has no macro too....

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21722229@N05/2431266370/" title="Pagudpud Beach by i_luv_ph0tos, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2257/2431266370_0eb641ec9d.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="Pagudpud Beach" /></a>
Pagudpud. Philippines

[glyphon]

i actually just grabbed a bunch of pics off my phone yesterday. these were taken over the past year...

not the best compostion, but i'm glad i was able to get the picture at all.
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jdelamater99/2437280362/" title="0522071404-00 by jdelamater99, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2188/2437280362_d286fbd555.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="0522071404-00" /></a>

storm's a comin'
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jdelamater99/2437280740/" title="0711071921-00 by jdelamater99, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2275/2437280740_996e4918bd.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="0711071921-00" /></a>

a few others in the set
http://flickr.com/photos/jdelamater99/sets/72157604697748473/

[mfhurst]

Everyone is entitled to their opinions...

Here's my camera phone art...
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/visper/79348991/" title="notting hill by gtvone, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/41/79348991_6c42a253bd.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="notting hill" /></a>

someones rubbish is someone elses art

This would be a great photo for the next assignment converging lines.... That is very good quality for a cell phone or you are very good with PS

[deni]

I love this pic so much! I wish it wasn't a cell pic because I'd love to print it and frame- My little Jelly Bean

http://a851.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/56/l_f1e69d4f90bcf27aabdc781dc54e9832.jpg

[Tasha]

Both taken with my Sidekick.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1375/1383807180_5c70dbd289.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1149/1339359386_9a7669354b.jpg

[marwamorgan]

The center of Mohammed Ali Mosque, Cairo:
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/marwamorgan/2136660080/" title="Center. by .Marwa., on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2182/2136660080_f49bdb67d7.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Center." /></a>

[tickintime]

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/26588086@N06/2496529319/" title="Clouds by TickInTime, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2398/2496529319_a3649f17f8.jpg" width="500" height="400" alt="Clouds" /></a>

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/26588086@N06/2497355036/" title="Clouds by TickInTime, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2310/2497355036_3853abcaab.jpg" width="500" height="400" alt="Clouds" /></a>

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/26588086@N06/2496529347/" title="Clouds by TickInTime, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2237/2496529347_ceea1b32d6.jpg" width="500" height="400" alt="Clouds" /></a>

All with a Razr v3xx

[mswebb]

Played with this in Photoshop. (curves and added lens flare).

http://www.schiedel-webb.com/photos/phone2.jpg

[kkathy]

Took this with my razr one day during lunch. I couldn't even see the screen in the daylight, I'm lucky the deer are even in the frame.
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kkathy/2496607141/" title="Cell_phone_deer by kkathy, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3186/2496607141_8a3aeec633_o.jpg" width="320" height="240" alt="Cell_phone_deer" /></a>

[oldwolf]

Can't remember where I took this pic. It was June or July time frame of 2007 in Washington D.C. I do remember seeing Ben Stein at the restaurant our group ate at. I never would've known it was him if someone else hadn't gone up to say hi to him.

I wish I would've cleaned off the lense of the Razr before I snapped this shot though. No post processing done to this picture.

<a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/nthwolf/DPS/photo?authkey=vEFKJuHDwaw#5201040829806979634"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/nthwolf/SC3PFBLyqjI/AAAAAAAABsk/ZUq_Izzlik4/s400/060507_22421.jpg" /></a>

[navy.wife_2004]

wow.. the detail and quality in the camera phone, nice shot!


Everyone is entitled to their opinions...

Here's my camera phone art...
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/visper/79348991/" title="notting hill by gtvone, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/41/79348991_6c42a253bd.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="notting hill" /></a>

someones rubbish is someone elses art

[navy.wife_2004]

this photo is too cute. you could totally, soften the photo by doing skin smoothing, at about 34-35 and then do a soft focus, put the focus around the photo and wallaw! beautiful photo! you couldn't print a 8x10 i don't think, but you could a 5x7 or 4x6 i think...

I love this pic so much! I wish it wasn't a cell pic because I'd love to print it and frame- My little Jelly Bean

http://a851.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/56/l_f1e69d4f90bcf27aabdc781dc54e9832.jpg

[navy.wife_2004]

here is mine.
http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb48/webfrndz/Camera%20Pics/0crab.jpg

okay.. just to show it cropped. the quality isn't the worse.. but here it is cropped. to give an idea.
http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb48/webfrndz/Camera%20Pics/00crab.jpg
and my dog..

http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb48/webfrndz/Camera%20Pics/0caiti.jpg
and a bridge.
http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb48/webfrndz/Camera%20Pics/0bridge.jpg
sorry i'm photo happy.

[Sodaman420]

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/scis/2219500826/" title="Project 365-21-Monday, January 21st, 2008 by orlyscis, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2232/2219500826_0744c45e8f_o.jpg" width="320" height="240" alt="Project 365-21-Monday, January 21st, 2008" /></a>
I took this right after I got my teeth cleaned, lol
I thought it would turn out bad on my cell phone, but because I didn't bring my DLSR, I had no choice. Luckily it turned out awesome! My phone is the Samsung blackjack.

[hendricks.7]

This first pic is a precious one of my youngest baby when he had to be put in the hospital, and I couldn't find my camera as we were rushing off.

<a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lori.hendricks.7/PicsToPost/photo?authkey=tuFrigPVix0#5203416802993701650"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/lori.hendricks.7/SDZAA3C9AxI/AAAAAAAAAEE/BOn_AqvJj6o/s400/Joshua%20%26%20thumb.jpg" /></a>

This next one is of my cat I took for an example of framing. By the time I got back with my actual camera, he had moved, of course.

<a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lori.hendricks.7/PicsToPost/photo?authkey=tuFrigPVix0#5203257197714014818"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/lori.hendricks.7/SDWu2nC9AmI/AAAAAAAAACQ/DgjHZfdrdhk/s400/framing%20neo.jpg" /></a>

[hendricks.7]

I forgot about these from my 5 year old. The first is a self-portrait.

<a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lori.hendricks.7/PicsToPost/photo?authkey=tuFrigPVix0#5203416639784944386"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/lori.hendricks.7/SDY_3XC9AwI/AAAAAAAAAD8/salGi35Uysk/s400/Jackson%20in%20car.jpg" /></a>

This one he took of the baby after he arranged the toy as goggles.
It is the background on my phone's home screen.

<a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lori.hendricks.7/PicsToPost/photo?authkey=tuFrigPVix0#5203416515230892786"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/lori.hendricks.7/SDY_wHC9AvI/AAAAAAAAAD0/Vzk4iyHu8Wg/s400/Joshy%27s%20Goggles.jpg" /></a>

[Trouble]

Loved this photo and of course, wished I had a proper camera at the time! My buddies and I were out fishing when I snapped this with my LG camera phone.

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/johannataylor/2652306327/" title="River Sunset by Trouble022, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3060/2652306327_c54dfaa79f.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="River Sunset" /></a>

[KodiakStar]

Just a couple that happen to be my favorites:
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kodiakstar/2653166164/" title="Cherry Blossoms by KodiakStar, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3201/2653166164_085d9b0f04.jpg" width="500" height="376" alt="Cherry Blossoms" /></a>

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kodiakstar/2653166148/" title="Capitol Sunrise by KodiakStar, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3057/2653166148_548c0bc7b2.jpg" width="500" height="376" alt="Capitol Sunrise" /></a>

[Palachandra]

very nice...



Everyone is entitled to their opinions...

Here's my camera phone art...
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/visper/79348991/" title="notting hill by gtvone, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/41/79348991_6c42a253bd.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="notting hill" /></a>

someones rubbish is someone elses art

[Palachandra]

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/palachandra/2674155908/" title="ABOUT TO RAIN by Palachandra, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3108/2674155908_54856832f0.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="ABOUT TO RAIN" /></a>


My last photo with my Sony Errocson W910i (2MP res), I lost the same recently. Now i have ordinary without camera :(

[xxpinballxx]

I love the fact we can now shoot without our camera gear with our phones.....my suggestion is everyone posting a photo include their phone make and model.....
Might help some looking for a new phone decide.
There are phones coming out with 5 and even an 8 megapixel camera!!!
I think thats just insane.....quality wont neccessarily be great since the sensor is still what it is but any pixels you can add helps.

[jays0n]

I really like the "HDR" and Sime's station, from page one A LOT. Way to go. Gonna have to post one now :)

[jays0n]

<center><a href="http://www.zooomr.com/photos/jays0n/4388033/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.zooomr.com/images/4388033_4deb8380a3.jpg" width="500" height="401" alt="could-it-be-lance" /></a></center>

This is from a Blackberry Pearl 8100 (old-ish pearl)

[lputman]

jays0n, you've always impressed me with your cell phone photography! Nice one! :)

[jareyes08]

Taken with my Nokia N95

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y240/jareyes08/thebeach00500px.jpg