Does it Really Matter if it Was Shot on an iPhone?

Short answer: It depends.

I have always grappled with the sometimes competing aspects of vision versus craft.

iPhones are great for caaual use, This is auch a no-brainer.. You dont have to think of any of the mechanics of photography. Just point and shoot..

It’s really a matter of control, especially creative control over the scene in front of you. With modern DSLRs and mirrorless cameras you can conteol a number of different parameters that are more difficult to deal with on an iPhone.

The big difference is shutter/aperture priority;this affects stuff like depth of field and the ability to freeze-focus objects using high shutter speeds, or conversely, blurring backgrounds while panning moving objects using a alow shutter speed. And of course using the combination of theae two features to control depth of field- larger aperture mean shallow focus, small aperture means objects near and far to the lens are in focus.

Some of theae mechanics can be contoled on a smartphone but not so easily done in the native ios camera app. I have found that the Halide camera app handles a number of these capabilities. But it is kind of ackward to use if you’re a photog that’s used to setting these controls on a camera.

All in all, iPhones are great for caaual use, and wven can produce decent size prints. Its worth it, but I still go back to the basics time and again, even back to using good old film.

Sometimes

Sometimes I can look at somebody and try to imagine what they’re thinking. If you can envision sitting on a beach and contemplating life as you wait to go out and hit the waves on your boogie board that’s your projection.

Who is this? Where does he come from? Could that be me? Could that be you?