The smartphone is quickly becoming the dominant camera in photography. With the iPhone 4 and 4S now listed as the two most popular cameras to upload images to Flickr, just beating the Canon Eos 5D mk2 into second place.
Flickr now hosts 6 billion photos (as at the end of 2011). Instagram has passed the 50-million-user mark, according to Cnet with more than 1 billion photos uploaded and 5 million being added daily.
But … Read more
Over recent months there has been some disdain voiced from some photography publications, blogs and forums about the rise of iPhoneography. Whether the comments come from professional or serious amateurs photographers, their tone ranges from contempt to anger and hate, but their message is always clear – the iPhone is killing photography.
Their complaints are many: that the market for selling photos is being substantially weakened by the proliferation of smartphones, which has turned … Read more
A major factor in the swift adoption of smartphones by consumers is that they’re easy to use. You tap the on-screen keyboard to type an email, tap to make a call, tap to open an app.
In fact it’s a simple tap to do everything. And when you are using a particular app, there are a variety of gestures that you can employ to perform certain tasks, such as the swipe, the pinch, the unpinch. … Read more
The news that social media giant Facebook had decided to buy Instagram for the not inconsiderable sum of $1 billion broke on Twitter on April 9. Pretty soon the story had been retweeted a multitude of times and opinions spouted from Instagram users and tech journalists alike.
Instagram users were immediately up in arms, venting their concerns about what impact the buyout by Facebook will have on their favourite photo app. Tech analysts were debating … Read more
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Jon began taking photographs with a Kodak Pocket Instamatic 130 more than 30 years ago. He now switches between three cameras – a Hasselblad, Canon and iPhone – depending on the subject matter he wants to capture.
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