Today, with the ease of technology, the pace at which its developed and the price of attaining it all becoming cheaper and cheaper, photography has become a more accessible pass time. People are carrying around bigger cameras with bigger megapixels and bigger lenses. All trying to get that "big shot". But is bigger necessarily better?
Well according to world renowned commercial photographer Chase Jarvis, The best camera is the one you have with you. In his case he has built an entire image library with really impressive photos all captured and created with his humble Iphone.
Its a great concept, as much as we love our DSLR's and as much as we would like to have them on us at all times, it is simply impossible to carry around a hefty DSLR ALL THE TIME! So the idea to use whatever tools you have on you all the time to create imagery, and with how much camera phones have evolved, is a masterstroke.
I have spoken about the amount of Apps for the iphone that allow you to post product your images from you iphone as you shoot, then upload them to a web gallery with groups of people from all over the world doing the same thing. But simply just having something with you at all times that you normally wouldn’t notice, or need for other uses, like a phone, is a very good way of keeping your eyes open for photos all the time and not just when you’re carrying around your big DSLR.
You can check out what’s capable from using your Iphone as a camera here.
So get out there and shoot with whatever you have, whenever you have a spare moment!
