The iPhoneography Showcase of Robert Barr
Wednesday, March 17, 2010 at 2:00PM | Glyn Evans About me: When I graduated from the college with my photo degree I had a general goal in mind. I wanted to start a business for myself taking photos of architecture for real estate agents and remolding firms. It had been a bit discouraging at times because competition is so stiff. I found myself not using my camera much for enjoyment anymore. Mostly because it was heavy, expensive, and took allot of time to edit photos from raw to finish product. For those reasons I never really carried a camera around with me to shoot random photos. I always found myself saying I wish I had a camera quite often.
Recently I purchased an iPhone. I think someone showed me some photos they did with the ShakeIt app. I mostly got it to surf the net while I was busy doing things around town. Shortly after getting my phone I realized the amazing potential of the iPhone camera. The best camera is the one you carry around with you always. It really helped open up my creativity I found myself taking photos of things I would not normally consider or bother taking my expensive camera out for.
Something about the immediacy of the whole thing is very appealing to me. It is like a step up from digital. Going from shooting, editing, publishing on one device is something I would have usual turned my nose up to a few years ago. It was not till I started to realize the full potential of the iPhone camera did I really start to accept it it as a viable alternative to a regular camera.
I sent a few of the images off to the printer to be printed at 8x10in. I am usually a stickler about resolution and quality/clarity of images in print form. I thought at best they would be acceptable to give to a friend. Once I got the print back I was amazed to see the quality of the prints produced with the camera. From that moment on I was sold.
I have also been very impressed with the iPhonegraphy community as a whole. The amount of creativity that can be found coming from iPhone users is just staggering. Not to mention the community as a whole has been a very friendly group to get to know. I look forward to growing as a photographer through my iPhone.
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Robert Barr in The iPhoneography Showcase
Reader Comments (4)
Another Seattle iphoneograper, yes!
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Love "Office Space!"
It would be nice if, when you did these showcases, the photographer could share some of their favorite photography apps used to create the images.
I like ProHDR the most. I shoot almost all my photographs so that they can first be processed through ProHDR. For effects I like CameraBag, CAMERAtan, lo-mob, and a couple others. FocalLab and Tiltshift generator also help add depth of field/focus effects to my work.
Anyway thanks for featuring me :)