Cell Phone Photography

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brad industry: May 22, 2004

the nicker posted:

This is awesome.

edit:
and here's one to contribute

brad industry fucked around with this message at 00:44 on Nov 18, 2009

# ? Nov 18, 2009 00:21

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# ? Apr 23, 2024 15:53

Fists Up: Apr 9, 2007

Its scary to see how far phone cameras have come in just a few years. I can remember the first phones with cameras being so gimmicky and now they are as good as some point of shoot cameras. Will be amazing to see how this develops by say 2020.

# ? Nov 18, 2009 12:03

Raikiri: Nov 3, 2008

Nothing amazing but the lighting was nice and I didn't have my camera.

# ? Nov 19, 2009 17:05

psylent: Nov 29, 2000; Pillbug

Taken on iPhone, processed in Lightroom

# ? Dec 16, 2009 14:06

Flower Power: Dec 5, 2007

iphone

# ? Dec 16, 2009 18:18

Jahoodie: Jun 27, 2005; Wooo.... college!

What makes the iphone such a popular camera phone? Is it really that superior? Is it easy to use/upload, so more people take more pictures and share them? Or is it just good enough, and a popular model of phone with people who are likely to put stuff on the net.

# ? Dec 20, 2009 06:57

theflyingexecutive: Apr 22, 2007

Jahoodie posted:

What makes the iphone such a popular camera phone? Is it really that superior? Is it easy to use/upload, so more people take more pictures and share them? Or is it just good enough, and a popular model of phone with people who are likely to put stuff on the net.

nailed it

# ? Dec 20, 2009 06:58

evil_bunnY: Apr 2, 2003

Jahoodie posted:

What makes the iphone such a popular camera phone? Is it really that superior? Is it easy to use/upload, so more people take more pictures and share them? Or is it just good enough, and a popular model of phone with people who are likely to put stuff on the net.

Both. Everyone+dog has one, and sharing pictures is trivially simple.

# ? Dec 20, 2009 13:38

Tziko: Feb 18, 2001

I don't bother editing cell phone photos on my computer. Photogene (recommended!) and Camera Bag are enough on the iPhone.

Tziko fucked around with this message at 16:29 on Dec 20, 2009

# ? Dec 20, 2009 16:26

roachfiend: Mar 5, 2002

I recently got a new phone- a Sony Ericsson C901. I bought it because of the great reviews of the camera. I dig it.

It's got a panoramic mode on it where you take three shots and it stitches it together. Kinda cool.

# ? Dec 21, 2009 21:07

abgushte badamjan: Apr 4, 2009; for butts??????

I use an LG something-or-other. You can tell I totally care.

# ? Dec 23, 2009 22:07

Vheissu: May 5, 2008; Pickaxe. Beard. Beer. American.

Click here for the full 600x800 image.

iphone

# ? Dec 24, 2009 06:54

Ashex: Jun 25, 2007; These pipes are cleeeean!!!

Taken with a Blackberry Pearl 8130. Getting good shots with this phone is a pain in the rear end.

# ? Dec 26, 2009 22:21

SiB: May 6, 2005

I use "The Best Camera (is the one that's with you)" app on the Iphone 3G, it's from Seattle photographer Chase Jarvis. It's got some editing stuff in it, then you can upload to several sites with one touch (thebestcamera.com, facebook, flickr, twitter, email).

# ? Jan 1, 2010 08:15

fullroundaction: Apr 20, 2007; Drink beer every day

2 quick ones I snapped on the way to the beach yesterday. Resurrecting this thread because it's the only one I can post in while I save up for an actual camera. Meanwhile ... lurking and reading books on comp and post.

I'm trying to learn as much as possible so any criticisms would be appreciated (for these or the ones I posted on the first page).

# ? Jan 16, 2010 22:31

AIIAZNSK8ER: Dec 8, 2008; Where is your 24-70?

fullroundaction posted:

this one is nice, it doesnt look like the typical field of view a cell phone camera has. did you use the best camera app? the blue of the sky looks really good.

# ? Jan 16, 2010 22:34

fullroundaction: Apr 20, 2007; Drink beer every day

AIIAZNSK8ER posted:

this one is nice, it doesnt look like the typical field of view a cell phone camera has. did you use the best camera app? the blue of the sky looks really good.

I played around with it in Photoshop Mobile (free app) until it stopped looking terrible. Mainly just curves and shadows/highlights.

Here's the original so you can see the weird ways my iphone handles being anywhere near lots of natural light :iiam:

# ? Jan 16, 2010 22:44

fullroundaction: Apr 20, 2007; Drink beer every day

Overprocessed the heck out of this one in Photoshop to restore some details and sharpness.

# ? Jan 20, 2010 05:48

evensevenone: May 12, 2001; Glass is a solid.

# ? Jan 21, 2010 09:44

nerdz: Oct 12, 2004; Complex, statistically improbable things are by their nature more difficult to explain than simple, statistically probable things.; Grimey Drawer

I know that my entries pale in every technical aspect to the rest of the pictures in this thread, but the "oh man, I wish I had a real camera to take a decent picture right now" feeling that cell phone photography gives is what inspired me to buy my first dslr. These are years old snapshots taken on my 1mp nokia cellphone before I even knew the basics of photography:

Taken on a deserted warehouse's water tower, it was pitch black so I couldn't even read the grafitti on the wall, luckily I framed these 3 letters.

Taken on a friend of a friend's house. A really poor family, here you can see the husband tattooing his wife with some makeshift tattoo equipment while their daughter stands beside them.

Taken on a flood that made me park my car so it wouldn't be dragged away by the current. I didn't managed to capture the chaos quite well, but I quite liked how I managed to capture the man's "when is this rain going to let up" expression.

# ? Jan 21, 2010 09:47

TheToiletDuck: Jun 25, 2008

Taken with an iphone 3Gs and Autostitch and edited with Mill colour (then reduced in size with photoshop). I'm attempting to trick the autostitch into doing a makeshift HDR but it didnt quite work :P

another version edited with photoshop that seems to look nicer before i uploaded it on here

(i'm still learning to post-process)

and this, also taken with a 3GS and edited with mill colour

TheToiletDuck fucked around with this message at 19:45 on Jan 24, 2010

# ? Jan 24, 2010 19:40

Engine Skull: Jul 9, 2003; I WON'T TRY TO GUESS THE NUMBER THIS TIME LOWTAX

Picked up an iPhone 3GS today and was messing around with The Best Camera (because omg I love Chase Jarvis :swoon:

). I'm surprised at the quality you can get out of camera phones these days, there are some good shots in the this thread so far.

Messing around whilst waiting for a donair.

# ? Jan 25, 2010 06:13

b0nes: Sep 11, 2001

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# ? Jan 26, 2010 20:53

HPL: Aug 28, 2002; Worst case scenario.

Bloody August posted:

Picked up an iPhone 3GS today and was messing around with The Best Camera (because omg I love Chase Jarvis ). I'm surprised at the quality you can get out of camera phones these days, there are some good shots in the this thread so far.

Not to get all Mannequin on you, but exactly what about this photo floats your boat?

# ? Jan 26, 2010 22:11

Leyendecker: Oct 31, 2008

This thread's gotten me pretty excited about using my phone's camera more.

Leyendecker fucked around with this message at 21:50 on May 15, 2010

# ? Jan 27, 2010 04:30

Engine Skull: Jul 9, 2003; I WON'T TRY TO GUESS THE NUMBER THIS TIME LOWTAX

HPL posted:

Not to get all Mannequin on you, but exactly what about this photo floats your boat?

I just like the filters you can apply with The Best Camera, and I posted it mainly to give an example of the app. The actual content of the photo is far from special, but I think the processing on it looks cool. And it's not like this thread is littered with amazing shots, but it's not PAD either.

# ? Jan 27, 2010 16:23

streetlamp: May 7, 2007; Danny likes his party hat
He does not like his banana hat

While most of my shots aren't as visually interesting, I have been using my iphone (started with a sidekick) to document parts of my day. I used to strive for 1 image everyday but have really been lacking lately.

t.codywhitby.net

streetlamp fucked around with this message at 01:39 on Oct 11, 2010

# ? Jan 28, 2010 02:45

jackpot: Aug 31, 2004; First cousin to the Black Rabbit himself. Such was Woundwort's monument...and perhaps it would not have displeased him.<

evensevenone posted:

Goddamn. Hard to believe you didn't have to bracket shots to get that kind of range.

# ? Jan 28, 2010 18:57

fullroundaction: Apr 20, 2007; Drink beer every day

The only girl I've ever loved ...

# ? Jan 30, 2010 04:38

the: Jul 18, 2004; by Cowcaster

A few off my Motorola Droid. All post-production done on phone as well:

# ? Feb 1, 2010 04:23

red_blip: Feb 19, 2008; Fine human machine.

I am not a photographer - but I did have some interesting photos on my cellphone:

# ? Feb 3, 2010 23:21

the: Jul 18, 2004; by Cowcaster

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# ? Feb 4, 2010 15:08

red_blip: Feb 19, 2008; Fine human machine.

the posted:

Well done, good sir.

If it wasn't a camera phone, I'd probably set it as my wallpaper.

# ? Feb 4, 2010 17:52

the: Jul 18, 2004; by Cowcaster

red_blip posted:

Well done, good sir.

If it wasn't a camera phone, I'd probably set it as my wallpaper.

This is the largest version I have, I guess it would work if you have a netbook

Click here for the full 1026x766 image.

# ? Feb 4, 2010 21:51

Arinel: Aug 16, 2006; How does the water of the brain yield the wine of conscious experience? - Some one quoted it once.

On the iPhone with a lovely little ap for the post.
Edit: oops

# ? Feb 5, 2010 03:06

Iron Squid: Nov 23, 2005; by Ozmaugh

Lots of awesome photos in this thread. Bonus to those who actually editted their photos with their phones.

# ? Feb 6, 2010 06:40

Boiler: Dec 23, 2004; Shut up phone

Camera phones are the toy cameras of this generation, which makes it kind of ironic how many applications there are to imitate the toy cameras of old. I think after a while we'll all be nostalgic for the days of "how nice the noise looked" back in the day.