Comments on: On Vacation, Leave the Photo Gear at Home and Take Your iPhone Instead

By: Chris Wray

Chris Wray — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 19:37:18 +0000

I heartily concur with you, Sean. The iPhone 3GS picture quality is astonishing, given such a simple 3.1 MP device. When combined with cool photo apps like Pro HDR (a must for shutterbug enthusiasts), you can really produce some stunning imagery. Here are some of my results: http://ramblings.chriswray.net/?p=438.

By: Talbert McMullin

Talbert McMullin — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:56:51 +0000

To each his own. What I carry depends on what I'm doing.

By: Carl

Carl — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:35:18 +0000

i bought my gear to make prints to hang on my wall. why on earth would i leave it at home when i travel? the posted shots don't even look good on the screen [distorted, lack of focus, unsaturated colors, blown out highlights] these could never be printed... just sayin

By: Peter Cruise

Peter Cruise — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 10:50:55 +0000

Apple are definately at the top of their game. Bye bye symbian and Nokia Great blog...

By: Ned Yeung

Ned Yeung — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:24:24 +0000

This is exactly why I bought the Olympus E-P1 Pen, so that I can always have a compact-sized camera in a little shoulder pouch, which can take quality photos as good as any SLR. Of course, mounted with a kit lens it will only have entry-level kit lens quality, but mounted with a pro lens it's capable of pro quality. If you're carrying it for size and portability you probably want to use the kit lens, but entry-level SLR quality is still a helluva lot better than a point-and-shoot pocket camera of the same carrying size.

By: Chris Ridley

Chris Ridley — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:13:53 +0000

I was inspired a few weeks back also from Chase Jarvis' writings... I have since taken a huge amount of images with it and add them to my blogs..
Have a look here for my shots from the weekend of abstract shots:
http://www.11thstudio.com/blogs/all-posts/iphone-photograpy-abstract-leaf-and-plant-textures/

Makes a change from using my 40D all day long.. it's renewed my 'taking pictures all the time for fun' phase, which I havn't done for ages.

Love it.

By: Brian Mullins

Brian Mullins — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 23:19:47 +0000

Someone once said that the best camera you have is the one you use. I've taken some amazing shots with my iPhone 3GS (and 3G before it) that I would have missed otherwise.

Check out http://www.chasejarvis.com to see what can be done with an iPhone. He shoots with his D3 for a living, but has a whole gallery of iPhone pictures.

By: Michele Stapleton

Michele Stapleton — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 21:20:34 +0000

I have a high end Fuji Point and Shoot that is my camera when I want to get away from the big stuff. It has a decent zoom and I can use my polarizer and split neutral density filters. Shoots RAW files, too!

By: Terry

Terry — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 10:17:18 +0000

I have to agree with the author Sean. As much as I love my art, it is a refreshing breath of air when I don't have to look for the angle, anticipate lighting conditions, etc.

However, that doesn't mean I won't take my iPhone to take photos! That is too much of a withdrawal for me I'm about set off on a week long camping trip and I will be leaving my Nikons at home!

By: Eric Truax

Eric Truax — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 00:43:01 +0000

Challenge yourself with limitations...it's a good exercise...

By: Talbert McMullin

Talbert McMullin — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:16:43 +0000

I agree with all of you. For me, carrying a camera around is like a smoker carrying cigarettes around. If I do not have a close by, I get antsy. Separate me from my camera for too long, I get withdrawal symptoms.

I gave up smoking and can live with it. I cannot....no, I WILL NOT give up my camera for the lousy one on my phone. But congrats to those who can use a cellphone camera with success. Maybe I need some practice.

By: Reiser

Reiser — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 23:53:07 +0000

For every photo like this, there are 5,000 crappy iPhone images on Facebook. Doesn't mean the iPhone can't take good photos. But it doesn't mean the iPhone takes good photos more than 1% of the time either. Optimal lighting conditions, still subjects, etc are required. If you love taking photos, why leave your camera at home when you go to see a new place? Those memories are priceless.

By: Talbert McMullin

Talbert McMullin — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 23:40:53 +0000

Leave camera at home? Now, that's gutsy! However, I often travel with only a Lumix TZ5 and a monopod.

By: Mark Richards

Mark Richards — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 20:08:57 +0000

Mistake.
At least bring bring camera like Panasonic LUX-3
A pocket camera.
I have done so many good "Getty" pictures on Vacation, Family or other wise. For Stock,etc
Ipone can't hack it for that.

Mark Richards

By: William Lulow

William Lulow — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 13:00:36 +0000

This only goes to show that it's the creativity and the knowledge of sound lighting principles that truly make the photographer and certainly NOT the equipment.

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 16:41:52 +0000

Beautiful color and resolution. The silhouette of your son framed by the aircraft window is great photo. Improvements in digital photography coupled with the tight integration of online publishing and social media platforms (WordPress, Facebook, Google’s Picasa Web Albums, to name a few) make self-publishing a snap. Thanks for sharing your story.

By: roberta

roberta — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 11:45:55 +0000

These pix are amazing; basic technology has advanced so much that we can take photos with our minds and not worry about bulky equipment; love it.