The previous blog set the stage: One vacation, many cameras. I shot most everything twice, trying to line up the composition so that the only real difference was the focal length - one I could control with an SLR or DSLR, or one that I could not control with the iPhone 4. With the camera phone, I tried to keep the filter consistent and subtle so that the images were not overly distorted. I wanted the iPhone images to capture the same element I sought with the "real" cameras - the way the soft, warm light of late August, even on overcast days, enhanced the textures of water, faces and wood.
Sometimes, the iphone gave me a perspective that I didn't realize I had when I looked through the "real" camera's viewfinder - it really gave me height, the ability to focus while holding the phone above my head. The extra room around my mother standing in front of her classroom blackboard, for example, gives you more information about her classroom than the saturated colors picked up by my DSLR. However, the lack of a filter on the DSLR led to more saturated colors - the colors of summer that I was trying to convey - such as the green grass stains on my mother's white tennis shoes as she mowed the lawn.
I added my digital point-and-shoot, with all it's shooting options and zoom capabilities, to the mix? What else would have been revealed about the subjects? Or does the filtering options on the iPhone inherently add an interesting element unattainable with a "real" point-and-shoot camera? That's the exercise I have planned for my next trip.I found both camera options to be valuable tools and successful in their own ways. Now I'm curious: What if I had added my digital point-and-shoot with all its shooting options and zoom capabilities into the mix? What else would have been revealed about the subjects? Or do the filtering options on the iPhone inherently add an interesting element unattainable with a "real" point-and-shoot camera?
The previous blog set the stage: One vacation, many cameras. I shot most everything twice, trying to line up the composition so that the only real difference was the focal length - one I could control with an SLR or DSLR, or one that I could not control with the iPhone 4. With the camera phone, I tried to keep the filter consistent and subtle so that the images were not overly distorted. I wanted the iPhone images to capture the same element I sought with the "real" cameras - the way the soft, warm light of late August, even on overcast days, enhanced the textures of water, faces and wood.
Sometimes, the iphone gave me a perspective that I didn't realize I had when I looked through the "real" camera's viewfinder - it really gave me height, the ability to focus while holding the phone above my head. The extra room around my mother standing in front of her classroom blackboard, for example, gives you more information about her classroom than the saturated colors picked up by my DSLR. However, the lack of a filter on the DSLR led to more saturated colors - the colors of summer that I was trying to convey - such as the green grass stains on my mother's white tennis shoes as she mowed the lawn.
I added my digital point-and-shoot, with all it's shooting options and zoom capabilities, to the mix? What else would have been revealed about the subjects? Or does the filtering options on the iPhone inherently add an interesting element unattainable with a "real" point-and-shoot camera? That's the exercise I have planned for my next trip.I found both camera options to be valuable tools and successful in their own ways. Now I'm curious: What if I had added my digital point-and-shoot with all its shooting options and zoom capabilities into the mix? What else would have been revealed about the subjects? Or do the filtering options on the iPhone inherently add an interesting element unattainable with a "real" point-and-shoot camera?
Both sets work for me! They are just different and each has its own 'look' to it. In this application of web images, the iPhone images hold up well.
ReplyDeleteWould be interesting to see how far they would hold up in the printing process.
Keep 'em coming!