There’s an App for That! Fun with Your Smart Phone Camera Nancy Rosenbaum August 8, /7/20121Goddard Photo Club
Phone Cameras Are Gaining in Acceptance “The Apple iPhone 4 is currently the most popular 'camera' on Flickr.com” “…More and more, images from smartphones are appearing in online publications and even the occasional newspaper story, that would traditionally have been the preserve of professionals carrying 'serious' cameras.” Damon Winter, Staff Photographer from The New York Times garnered some unwarranted notoriety after winning third place for a feature submitted to the Pictures of the Year International 2011 competition. The pictures were made with an iPhone using Hipstamatic - an app not known for its subtle manipulation. Source: “How smartphones are changing digital photography”, dpreview.com 8/7/20122Goddard Photo Club Interstate Rainbow, Baltimore
Why Shoot With a Camera Phone? You can take, manipulate and disseminate your shots in no time at all, on the same platform You don’t need to be at a computer to upload or share photos You can take your phone into concerts, briefings, or other places where your camera would be unwelcome or prohibited; it’s more discrete A phone does not seem as intrusive as a large camera It’s always with you 8/7/20123Goddard Photo Club Self-Portrait with Building 8 Sunset
Sensor Size 8/7/2012Goddard Photo Club4 From “How the iPhone 4S’ Camera Sensor Compares with a Point and Shoot and Full Frame DSLR”, by Casey Chan, Gizmodo
Image Quality Resolution More megapixels =greater resolution Sensor Larger sensor = less noise 1/13/20105Goddard Photo Club Camera megapixelsLargest quality prints 4 MP11" x 14" 5-6 MP16" x 20" 8 MP20" x 30" 10 MPPoster size
Image Quality 8/7/2012Goddard Photo Club6 From “Smartphone Camera Battle: iPhone 4S vs. the Android Elite”, Tim Moynihan, PCWorld
Types of Apps Editing – Exposure, contrast, saturation, cropping, etc. Effects – Sepia, tint, pen and ink, fade, etc. Utility – HDR, depth of field, sun angle, etc. Photo Sharing 8/7/2012Goddard Photo Club7
Simple DoF (Depth of Field) 8/7/2012Goddard Photo Club8
Focalware 8/7/2012Goddard Photo Club9 Calculate position of the sun and moon from rise to set
Camera Plus Pro Includes filters, borders, basic adjustments, cropping 8/7/201210Goddard Photo Club
Retro Camera Select “vintage” cameras for different effects 8/7/201211Goddard Photo Club
Lego Convert to “Lego” image 8/7/201212Goddard Photo Club
Cartoon Camera Fx Plus 8/7/201213Goddard Photo Club
Accessories Schneider Optics' iPro Lens System for the Apple iPhone 4 turns the phone's fixed camera lens into a telephoto or fisheye via included converter lenses 8/7/201214Goddard Photo Club Dot Line Corp.’s Smartphone Clip with Mini Tripod