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t goes by many names including: mobilography,
iphoneography and smartphone photography and
it cannot be ignored. The mobile phone has now
become more than a mere telecommunication device.
It has transformed into a smartphone, or as more
people refer to it, a camera phone. The boom in sales of
smartphones, such as the iPhone, has been huge. At first,
it was just a mobile telephone, but as the technology
advanced, it became a gaming device, social media hub
and a camera too. You only have to take a look at a busy
high street, or any large gathering of people at an event
and you see a forest of hands holding up their phones to
record the moment.
Sales of iPhones have increased and this has
had a knock-on effect in the world of
the digital camera. The compact
digital is feeling the effects of the
rise of mobile tech and in recent
years, demand for an entry-level
digital camera has waned. Casual
photographers have turned to their
camera phone, a device that is now
so ingrained in our culture, it’s hard to
imagine a time when they didn’t exist.
Whilst images taken on a camera phone
cannot yet rival the quality of DSLRs, the
leaps in technology being made have closed
the gap considerably. In reality, the quality
is not even close just yet, but that’s not the
idea behind mobilography. The quality of the
shot is secondary to the concept of just going
out, having a little fun and getting creative with
a device that should be intended for making
phone calls and which now has an avid following in
mobile photography circles.
“ Casual photographers have turned to
their camera phone, a device that is now
so ingrained in our culture, it’s hard to
imagine a time when they didn’t exist.”
Mobilography
It’s a clumsy word, but it’s catching on. Mobilography is taking photographs on your
mobile phone. Not just simple snaps or selfies; pictures that go beyond the basics and use
your iPhone like you would an expensive camera. Mark Frost shows us how.
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