Uplift
I've been out for the week with the Google Pixel 6 Pro. It got cold, it got wet, it got dropped... it kept on working. When you didn't have a camera with you a few years ago, you didn't have a camera. Now you often do. Check your pockets... Camera phones are becoming ever greater with their technology and their adaptability is beyond doubt. How I adore the primal sense of joy created from pulling a phone from my pocket and photographing what is right there in front of me in the moment. Don't get me wrong, the frame well-planned also brings untold delights when things come together, but this isn't always an option and you know it. Here is a shot in the driving snow, taken half way down an Alpine mountain slope. The thrill people were getting headed into the middle of a snowstorm at 3000m altitude is probably indescribable until you try it yourself. Here is the snowy fairground ride, headed up again through the whiteout giving its people a chance for another run. I haven't been skiing in over 20 years, but I think I'll be visiting again very soon with an even better sensor in my bag... better start looking into extreme camera insurance!
This image was taken as a jpeg and .dng using Google's RAW file system. I then used Lightroom's enhance feature to make the file slightly larger in pixel dimensions and then kept it as honest and high key as I saw it on the day. To compare it with other digital DSLR / Mirrorless tools is unfair, but wow how much things have improved in the camera phone market! I hope you enjoy seeing the scene as much as I did scoping it out on my skis and photographing it in the freezing cold conditions.
Uplift
I've been out for the week with the Google Pixel 6 Pro. It got cold, it got wet, it got dropped... it kept on working. When you didn't have a camera with you a few years ago, you didn't have a camera. Now you often do. Check your pockets... Camera phones are becoming ever greater with their technology and their adaptability is beyond doubt. How I adore the primal sense of joy created from pulling a phone from my pocket and photographing what is right there in front of me in the moment. Don't get me wrong, the frame well-planned also brings untold delights when things come together, but this isn't always an option and you know it. Here is a shot in the driving snow, taken half way down an Alpine mountain slope. The thrill people were getting headed into the middle of a snowstorm at 3000m altitude is probably indescribable until you try it yourself. Here is the snowy fairground ride, headed up again through the whiteout giving its people a chance for another run. I haven't been skiing in over 20 years, but I think I'll be visiting again very soon with an even better sensor in my bag... better start looking into extreme camera insurance!
This image was taken as a jpeg and .dng using Google's RAW file system. I then used Lightroom's enhance feature to make the file slightly larger in pixel dimensions and then kept it as honest and high key as I saw it on the day. To compare it with other digital DSLR / Mirrorless tools is unfair, but wow how much things have improved in the camera phone market! I hope you enjoy seeing the scene as much as I did scoping it out on my skis and photographing it in the freezing cold conditions.