Jorge Quinteros
Blogger, web enthusiast & avid photographer based in Brooklyn.

24th June 2010

iPhone 4 Captures

I doubt that anyone with the smallest amount of interest in photography would argue that it’s not the camera that creates the image but rather the photographer. But what these gadgets do provide is the flexibility to take photos that mean something to you and even more so if it comes from a device that serves so many other purposes.

Since the first iPhone, one of the biggest reason for not upgrading to any of the subsequent versions has been because none of the new features introduced ever attracted me enough to justify the commitment.

Kids playing at the park in a 90(F) degree weather in Brooklyn.

Fast forward 3 years and the 5MP camera on the iPhone 4 obliterated any uncertainly I had in modernizing to a new iPhone and now I’m more than fascinated in the extra value that’ll go into taking photos because of the fantastic quality you get from it.

I rarely uploaded iPhone photos to Flickr because regardless of how compelling the photograph might have been, I strived to curate shots that were as high-level as the camera that took them but now that’s changed and I’ve realized how shallow that reasoning was. If a photo is amazing, it deserves to be overlooked with what it was taken and recognized in what it represents.

I’ve created a set on my Flickr page entitled iPhone 4 Captures that will be home to photos specifically taken with the iPhone 4 and color treatment courtesy of Camera+. iPhone images will be distinguished from shots taken with my other cameras (Nikon D90/Canon G11) because the former will have a thin black border.