About me: My name is John Kieltyka and I am a fine art photographer living and working in Seattle, WA.

Like so many people, I got my first camera when I was a teenager; an Olympus OM-1. That's the camera I took with me to art school, then graduate school, and it served me well. By the time I found myself in the role of fine art teacher I had moved on to better 35mm cameras, as well as various first-generation point and shoot digitals (remember those Casios?) Eventually, I jumped headlong into digital and haven't looked back.

Like everyone else, it seems, I have come to see iPhone photography with the same renewed sense of possibility I felt when I got that first 35mm camera; this is a tool that is eminently spontaneous and portable - it's exciting. Add to this the raft of ever-improving apps available for iPhone photographers and you have what is, for me, a paradigm shift in how I see the act of making images.

Not that I'll be abandoning my DSLR or my studio lights anytime soon, but in the same way lo-fi photography (Holga cameras, Polaroids, etc.) freed us from the technical minutiae of things and allowed us to explore, the iPhone allows me to "just shoot" faster than anything I've ever experimented with. Keeping a camera on me at all times has never been so much fun...

The majority of my iPhone photos are shot with the Genius camera. In post-processing, I'll crop the image, maybe sharpen it and balance the colors, then apply a filter or two. My go-to apps for these are  mostly Photogene,  CameraBag and CrossProcess, although I seem to collect photo apps with startling regularity :)

Created with Admarket's flickrSLiDR.
If you would like to showcase your iPhone photos here on the iPhoneography blog, then send me an email with a link to your Flickr account and a short bio about yourself and your iPhoneography, and if suitable I will post your showcase.

About Deborah Lattimore: I've been taking photographs since my grandfather gave me a Polaroid camera when I was four. I drove my family absolutely crazy, documenting everything. My two sons have gotten used to having their photos taken thousands of times every year of their lives, which continues now into their thirties. I joined Flickr in 2005, and my life has not been the same since. It opened up an entire world to me, and I was so fortunate that my photos were given exposure and recognition and have been published in various magazines, books, and websites.

In 2008, I was diagnosed with breast cancer and had a double mastectomy, chemo, and radiation. I documented my experience on Flickr and on my blog with photographs, so that women would be able to see portraits of mastectomy and hopefully not be so afraid if they had to go through the same experience. It was also a wonderful way to spread the word about the importance of early detection with mammograms, which is what saved my life. I was honored that San Francisco Magazine featured my work in the April 2009 issue, and that Ron Dawson interviewed me for a podcast on F-Stop Beyond, two more avenues for spreading the word about mammograms . I think my self-portraits of the mastectomy are good examples of the power of the visual impact of photography and also how meaningful photography can be.

Before I had an iPhone, I photographed with a Canon XT and 7 lenses, Canon G9, Nikon 90s,  and was especially in love with Holga and Polaroid photography. In 2009 I was completely amazed by iPhone photography I saw on Flickr, particularly photos taken with the Camerabag Helga app.  I was visiting my oldest son in L.A., who has an iPhone, and he downloaded Camerabag and let me experiment. I was immediately addicted! I bought an iPhone 3Gs in January of 2010, and haven't used any of my other cameras since.

I love the immediacy of photography with the iPhone, the convenience of having a very small camera and video with me at all times. I travel every 2-3 months, and it's so liberating not having to deal with several cameras and lots of film on the plane or when I'm out shooting. Being able to post-process in-camera and then easily upload to Flickr or my other websites is wonderful. I no longer take a laptop with me when I travel; the iPhone does it all. I'm particularly fond of Camerabag Helga and also the Hipstamatic app. I'm so thankful for iPhoneography.com and LifeinLofi.com, invaluable websites to learn about new apps.

After my year of breast cancer treatment, I learned to prioritize what's important in my life, and having fun is number one on the list.  I have never had so much fun with photography as I am having with the iPhone, and for that I'm so grateful!

Created with Admarket's flickrSLiDR.
If you would like to showcase your iPhone photos here on the iPhoneography blog, then send me an email with a link to your Flickr account and a short bio about yourself and your iPhoneography, and if suitable I will post your showcase.