Galaxy S6Īnother thing about smartphones that can help you become a better photographer: you need to focus on capturing good light. He didn’t need a fancy or experience Leica to get him in. Morale of the story? Photos shot on a smartphone can look good.Īnother example: Michael Christopher Brown shot much of his work on his iPhone in Africa, and have made compelling images (that got him into Magnum as a nominee). Funny enough I’ve been uploading a lot of photos shot on my smartphone on Instagram (after processing in VSCO with the a6 preset), and people have thought they were film Portra 400 shots. I shoot with several cameras at the moment a film Leica MP, a digital Ricoh GR, and a Galaxy S6. It is the “quality” of your images, in terms of the emotion, composition, and feeling you give your viewers. Of course a smartphone isn’t going to have the same quality as a full frame, DSLR, or any other “real camera.” But at the end of the day, it isn’t image resolution that makes a good photograph. They’re just as good as high end point and shoots from just a few years back.

But to be honest, the cameras in the modern smartphones (iPhone 6, Galaxy S6, LG G4, and many others) are pretty incredible. It is small, unobtrusive, always with you, and convenient.Ī lot of people say that smartphones aren’t apt cameras because it isn’t “full frame” or whatever. The #1 excuse (and problem) that all of us photographers face is that we don’t shoot enough, and we don’t have our cameras with us.īut if you think about it, the smartphone is the ultimate camera. How? They have constant feedback and quickly learn through shooting all the time, and by sharing images on social media. Many talented street photographers on Instagram have only been shooting for a year or two, and have made incredible growth and progress in their photography. Not only that, but their rate of learning is incredible. Some of the best street photographers I know shoot with only smartphones. You increase your rate of learning Seattle, 2015. Honestly, my frank answer? Just start off by shooting on your smartphone.

I often get a lot of questions from aspiring street photographers or photographers in general what kind of advice I would give in terms of what camera to buy. It has been so much fun and I’ve enjoyed it so much, that I wanted to write an article about my personal experiences and thoughts about the benefits of shooting street photography (and any photos) on a smartphone. I’ve been shooting a lot of photos on my smartphone lately (Samsung Galaxy s6).

Which smartphone has best camera 2015