In case you need clarification that this is a mantra often heard but rarely stuck to by all photographers The Best Camera Is The One That’s With You: iPhone Photography by Chase Jarvis is a great example.
It is a book that contains over 200 photographs taken by Chase with just his iPhone camera and effects created by various iPhone apps.
This book was put together by the talented photographer and artist Chase Jarvis in order to illustrate the imagery possible by a simple low resolution camera found in the hugely popular iPhone. The iPhones camera is often derided for for producing poor quality images, having too low a resolution and not being a zilion mega pixels (the smart phone industry seems obsessed by mega pixels as opposed to lens quality).
The point made by Jarvis in this book is really well illustrated with some amazing images. In many of the books frames he uses the Iphone camera’s point of weakness to his advantage. Much as a high ISO can be used to produce that classic grainy film noir look, Jarvis uses the low resolution and camera shake to great effect in some of the images.
The book itself is small, compact and full of great images. This book is not a ‘how to shoot great pictures with a crappy iPhone camera’ kind of book. Instead it is one that will get your creativity stirred and will motivate you to get out there, shoot more pictures an be less reliant on only shooting with big expensive cameras and lenses that cost thousands of dollars.
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