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8oz Burger Bar Chorizo Mac & CheeseSo I finally broke down and traded my stone-age "regular" cell phone for an iPhone 4 a couple of months ago. It was life-changing in that, amongst other things, I can get directions to practically anywhere without printing out directions beforehand, and I can show the world what I'm eating or doing with Twitter or Facebook instead of waiting until I get home to blog about it. You know cell phone cameras and blogging in general have come a long way when the photo quality of pictures taken with my phone kick the asses of those taken by my point & shoot when I first started blogging. My how things have changed in 5 years.
The phone's certainly no match for my D300 especially in low light conditions, but it's nice to know that I don't always have to lug a brick around to document my food-capades. Plus my shoulders and arms thank me whenever I leave the DSLR at home. IPhone 4 shooting my meal = no SalonPas later.
I think the iPhone4 takes pretty cool looking pics both au naturel and with apps that give a more vintage feel. All of the following photos were shot using the iPhone 4's 5 megapixel camera with any post-processing done on the phone itself. Not bad for a cell phone camera, right?
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I can also use the nifty front camera to take artsy-fartsy photos of myself with a fork in my mouth. This is the photo that I lost Twitter followers over when I switched out my cupcake-atop-preggo-belly avatar with this for oh, 3 days or so. Like I said earlier, food blogging's certainly come a long way.
15 comments:
Very nice!
My 3GS cam sucks. Wah wah.
Very cool, Pam! Cell phone pix have definitely come a looooong way. One of these days, I'm gettin' me an iphone.
More 'Fork in Mouth' type shots, please !!
My Droid photos definitely don't come out like that! They are pretty horrible really - not much better than the photogs I used to take on my Motorola Razr! Though it is also possible I'm not using the camera properly.
Sometimes it's nice to not have to lug around a big camera. The iPhone serves its purpose.
Really nice photos. Even the artsy ones. And I think the fork pic was too haaawt for some people. :P
Great shots and tips. I love the fork in mouth image. What the what with Twitter? Sheesh.
Hey, that cupcake belly photo is a classic at this point. It's iconic amongst SoCal food bloggers.
i agree with chubbypanda. that belly photo is crassic.
i'm amazed by the cell phone vs old point and shoots too.. the pics are definitely best with natural light, but i haven't switched from my 3gs yet so curious if the 4g is that much better.
i like microbloging from my iphone though sometimes twitter makes me a lazy blogger....
the awesomeness of your iPhone 4 pics convinces me fully that it's not necessarily about the equipment - it's the user.
and this user pretty much sucks. haha! nice pics, dude!
We go to all the same places!
Really great post! Refreshing. Thanks, chica!
I'm the same way with my iPhone! I use it to take pictures of food when I'm too lazy to carry around my camera, and I am still continually surprised by how great the picture quality is.
Gah! I'm getting Smartphone pressure from all sides! I may have to give in...I actually lugged my DSLR 8 hours to Berlin only to leave it in my host's apartment because I couldn't be bothered with it, imagine if I'd had an iPhone.
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