Category: Photography

On iPhone Photos, and Moving Foward

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Art Terry, a professor at the University of Memphis with over 50 years experience in photography, on Damon Winter of the New York Times winning third place in the annual “Pictures of the Year” competition with a photo shot with an iPhone and the app Hipstamatic:

Photography is about seeing, recording the world around you from your own unique point of view and perspective. Apparently for some, if you want to see the world as a journalist you have to use a certain kind of equipment. We are past the days of the rangefinder Leica with black and white film — at least for every day use. I hated to part with mine. These critics need to get over it and move on.

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On Instagram

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A few weeks ago, I published a piece about photo editing on the iPad. In it, I said:

…there are a class of photographers that want to do more than just put a heavy filter on top of our photos. Let us tweak — truly tweak — our photos, like we can on the desktop.

I still am frustrated with the lack of a great photo editing suite for iOS. Photoshop Express wins my vote for now, but even it is far from perfect.

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Project 365 and Photo Processing on the iPad

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In 2008 and 2009 I completed a Project 365 series. In a nutshell, I took a photo a day, every day for two years. The projects were draining and exhilarating, all at the same time.

In 2008, I retouched the photos as little as possible. This helped me really get to know my camera equipment, and rely on things like F-stops and correct light balances to get my photos the way I wanted them. I’m a better photographer for it.

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