Beam Me Up!

[AndrewMcD]

In an effort to help myself concentrate on simplifying composition I've been participating in a MOOC (Massive Online Open Course) offered by the University of Delaware in "Phoneography." The point of the course is to help people learn to take better images with their cell phone cameras. The limitations imposed by a simple camera are an interesting way to force me to think more carefully about light and composition. These are a few of the images I'm made with my iPhone over the past week. Doing PP work on the tiny iPhone screen with PhotoShopExpress is a challenge!

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[Nicks Pics]

Frankly it does not seem that the iphone gives great limitations in those images. Those compositions are indeed simple, but I'm not sure what meaning/feeling we are supposed to get from looking up at a metal post, or the side of an apartment???

[IzzieK]

Awww Nick...I like the side of the apartment building shot...it shows patterns and architecture pushed into one. The overhead wires of the the mechanical doggie shot in #2 needed to be removed and #3 seems to me overprocessed. which brings me back to my favourite which is the last one, the apartment building...

[Shadowman]

Nice series.

[Mike Buckley]

You're on to a great discipline and you're using it to your advantage. I especially like the first and third photos.

[AndrewMcD]

Frankly it does not seem that the iphone gives great limitations in those images. Those compositions are indeed simple, but I'm not sure what meaning/feeling we are supposed to get from looking up at a metal post, or the side of an apartment???

I suppose the only response I can provide is that any meaning taken from images I produce is the responsibility of the viewer. Your mileage may vary. Thanks for having a look and commenting.

[AndrewMcD]

Izzy - Thanks for viewing and commenting. I agree the wires need to be removed but I confined myself to processing that image on the iPhone and decided it was too tedious a task. Yes, however, I did push the saturation slider a bit more than I am accustomed to on image 3.

Mike - Thanks for viewing and commenting. I'm finding the discipline of working with the iPhone camera stimulating. Forcing myself to simplify and consciously making use of various techniques of composition is, I feel, improving my approach to photography.

[Kaye Leggett]

I really like the simplicity of all of these - you've really had to go and find the shot and succeeded very well

[mknittle]

Neat idea Andrew. looks to be working nicely.

[Dave Humphries]

Hi Andrew,

You're on to a great discipline and you're using it to your advantage. I especially like the first and third photos.

I'm with Mike on these two - and the concept of the exercise.


My thought on #1 was to title it "twenty past six" - y'all may need to view it in the LightBox to "get it" - that was when the thought struck me.

Cheers, Dave

[Rebel]

Really like the 2nd one, nice shot!

[bnnrcn]

Hi Andrew I like #1 very much. I like #3 too. I would remove the lamp post in it but because you confined yourself to the iphone, I think it would be difficult or impossible.

[Kodiak]

Beam Me Up!

Beam Me Up, Scotty! That is if you want to stick to the script… ;-)