171/365
One of the temptations about taking photos with your smartphone is wanting to post those photos immediately. It's an addiction to instant gratification. There a hundreds, if not thousands, of apps that will make that process as close to instantaneous as possible. There is a place for that, but for this particular instance, I should have waited.
I shot the above photo with my iPhone 4S (just the built-in camera app), imported it into Instagram, applied a filter, then posted it. Looking at this photo now, I wish I ran inside the house and grabbed my SLR, or even pulled the S95 out of my pocket--the very same pocket I keep my iPhone in. I didn't. I took it with my iPhone thinking about Instagram.
Instagram does not produce a great "final image". It's only suitable for viewing on a small screen. Today, I tried a different tactic. I grabbed the original iPhone photo, imported it into Lightroom, and went about my normal post-processing experimentation. I'm definitely more pleased with these results. The quality isn't that far off from what I would get from the S95.
I've told many friends that the "best" camera is the one you have on you. In this instance, I had two cameras, and I made the wrong choice in the name of instant gratification and comment/feedback addiction.
171/365
One of the temptations about taking photos with your smartphone is wanting to post those photos immediately. It's an addiction to instant gratification. There a hundreds, if not thousands, of apps that will make that process as close to instantaneous as possible. There is a place for that, but for this particular instance, I should have waited.
I shot the above photo with my iPhone 4S (just the built-in camera app), imported it into Instagram, applied a filter, then posted it. Looking at this photo now, I wish I ran inside the house and grabbed my SLR, or even pulled the S95 out of my pocket--the very same pocket I keep my iPhone in. I didn't. I took it with my iPhone thinking about Instagram.
Instagram does not produce a great "final image". It's only suitable for viewing on a small screen. Today, I tried a different tactic. I grabbed the original iPhone photo, imported it into Lightroom, and went about my normal post-processing experimentation. I'm definitely more pleased with these results. The quality isn't that far off from what I would get from the S95.
I've told many friends that the "best" camera is the one you have on you. In this instance, I had two cameras, and I made the wrong choice in the name of instant gratification and comment/feedback addiction.