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!





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. http://www.lomography.com/

[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:


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.

[edmDusty]

Originally Posted by 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?

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]

Originally Posted by edmDusty

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.

Originally Posted by edmDusty

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. 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]

Originally Posted by Major_Small

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...


someones rubbish is someone elses art

[lisaliquidation]

Yeah so it is really small...



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]

Originally Posted by 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.

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?


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).