A couple of weeks ago the New York Times' photography blog, Lens, talked about some famous photographers who got great photos out of their camera phones, so they invited their non-famous readers to submit their own camera phone art.
I uploaded a few and two got picked. I guess they got 1,500-plus submissions and selected 300 or so. Kinda cool. That's one of them, above. Here's the other:
They can be seen in context here. Advance to the third page of photos, and look at the second row, photos 4 and 5. (Though I think the position depends on your screen resolution.)
Looking at the rest of the pictures was actually pretty inspiring. I mostly do landscapes and buildings, but there are some pretty artsy and abstract things there, as well as offbeat portraits. I need to do more of that. My stuff (if it can even be called that) is very literal. Pedestrian, maybe. I've got a good eye for composition, but the pictures I take are pretty conventional.
Which is pretty much in line with my basic MO. I prefer realism. The concrete, the tangible. I need to start looking more with a different eye. A more creative eye. Here's a bit of a start. Not crazy or anything, but a little more dramatic than the usual pics I take.
This building corner looks kinda like the prow of a ship. The light pole spoils it a bit. Or maybe it adds a little something. Another angle ... a counterpoint, perhaps.Anyway, still getting used to the iPhone. Though I think the first two, taken with my old Razr, are just fine ...
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