iPhone as a Polaroid

The iPhone is the first phone I've ever had with a usable camera. I never imagined the iPhone camera would become a tool for artistic expression. I guess if your eye is always looking for “the shot”, having a camera in your pocket (no matter the quality) will satisfy the occasional creative urge. I never had a Polaroid instant camera as a youth, but I sure did hunger for one. The instant delivery of the finished product made everyone smile.

Today, my instant camera is the iPhone. I have the ability to take a quick shot and share it (almost) instantly by uploading it to Flickr or my Facebook account for all of my friends and family to see. I also enjoy the creative tools the Iphone allows me to have “in camera”. I shoot, process and deliver the image all within my phone. I have several photo programs on my iPhone with Photogene
and Camerabag being my favorite two applications. Photogene is my Photoshop type application, allowing me to crop, adjust exposure, saturation etc... and Camerabag is more the creative filter type application with a Holga type filter among my favorites.

I enjoy the technical limitations of the iPhone camera. You know what they say, it's not the camera but rather the photographer. Processing within the phone and sharing it among friends is a unique way to provide creative posts to a sometimes bland and boring Facebook. I have to give props to pro photographer, Chase Jarvis, for sharing his creative iPhone photos and helping me to open my creative eye with the iPhone camera.

Gallery of my recent iPhone photos.