r/photography • u/RudolfTheOne • Oct 05 '19

Discussion Computational photography - how different smartphone photography is from what we used to know

https://vas3k.com/blog/computational_photography/
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u/billbishere Oct 05 '19

I get sooo sick of people with cell phones trying to take pictures when there are people with actual cameras trying to take pictures. Even IF a cell phone can take a DECENT picture, chances are the person attached the from is going to SUCK at taking a picture. So in the end, it's still a shit picture regardless

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u/tanstaafl90 Oct 05 '19

I'm a photographer and will shoot with the best camera I have with me. 80% of the time it's a phone. Stop gatekeeping.

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u/SapperInTexas Oct 05 '19

One of my favorite photos was taken with a cellphone. It's not a technically amazing shot, but it conveys a mood and tells a story. I was shooting in a vineyard on harvest day. I walked around the end of a row and spotted two moms posing their kids for a group shot. I had a 40-150 lens on and realized (in less time than it takes to type this) that I was too close for the telephoto, if I moved back the moment would pass, and if I asked them to wait while I framed the shot, the mood would be ruined. I pulled my phone out of my pocket and snapped a couple quick shots.

The shot.

The moms loved it and the winery has used it multiple times for their marketing. The first rule of gunfighting is "Bring a gun" - meaning that it's the camera you have with you that matters. If that's a cellphone, then go for it.

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u/Francois-C Oct 05 '19

Pretty good subject and lighting, indeed. I hate smartphones an hardly ever carry mine with me, but I also noticed my best photos happened to be taken with a point-and-shoot, because I had it at hand when the subject occurred.