One of the interesting advantages to having an iPhone is that it has a camera, and even more importantly, you can load some photo editing apps onto this camera. As a consequence I see that the iPhone (camera) has a potentially special role in furthering artistic photography.
There are plenty of very good, very accurate digital cameras out there. This has led to a boom in people taking what are (as I see) some incredibly high resolution, color corrected, multi-megapixel snapshots… In essence, just because you have a high quality tool, it doesn’t mean that the results are worth looking at (in their high resolution glory).
The iPhone (camera) is only 3 mega pixel (at least in my ever aging 3GS), and it does not have any special tools, exposure control, or even a decent zoom. This simplicity can be quite a dose of freedom, in that you only have to use your eyes, then point and shoot. There are some means to edit your shots on the camera. This is possibly a revolutionary advantage in smart-phones in general; this changes the action to taking a photograph, into a potential multistage event.
I have several apps I use, I can take HDR photos, and I have I have a couple photo editors (such as a slimmed down (freeware) version of adobe Photoshop). I have two different apps which allow me to take panorama photos.
If you add in my ability to upload all of my shots to my Picasa Web Album (via another iPhone app), there is little else I need for a camera (other than a tripod mount…which I have used…once).
Here are a few links to showcase some other iPhone photographers works, and some resources in this new lofi means to capturing the world around us:
The Art of iPhone Photography
http://www.tidbits.com/article/10289
IPhone street photography
How to Shoot Better iPhone HDR Photos
http://gizmodo.com/5633122/how-to-shoot-better-iphone-hdr-photos
IPhone photography
Finally, if you are really interested, I have a Posterous Photo Blog of a few of my random shots in the last couple of months (on the menu bar above…).
A tripod is good, but a Joby Gorillapod is terrific as it is both a capable mini or table tripod or, if needs be, a tripod capable of mounting a camera nearly anywhere! It wraps around a tree or a lamppost, or clings to a shelf, or anywhere that a different perspective might be advantageous.
Joby also, of course, makes Gorillapods for iPhone and iPad! Amazing gadgets.
I've had mine for a year now, and use it with my Nikon D80 and it improves my shots. I use it in perhaps a strange way because, although I use it traditionally, I also sometimes use it to help me stabilize a hand-held shot as well, like a steady-cam. (I use it by bracing it against my body.)
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