00:00 – The philosophy of phone photography
04:33 – The work of Kathy Ryan
07:47 – 13 tips for better photos
16:17 – Conclusion
Whether you have an iPhone or a Samsung or whatever, it doesn’t matter as long as your phone has a camera in it. The most critical factor in image quality is not the camera, but the photographer and the decisions they make. And while having loads of high-end lenses and cameras is great, it does encourages you to fall back on those things when making your shot.
Phone photography forces you to call on the basic fundamentals of good photography: Composition, lighting, colour and tone, storytelling, and the decisive moment. It’s a great way to learn.
In this video I take a look at the work of Kathy Ryan from her series, Office Romance, and I take you through 13 important tips for creating great photos with you phone camera.
https://www.instagram.com/kathyryan/
Other artists referenced:
Joel Sternfeld — https://www.joelsternfeld.net/
Lara Jackson — https://www.larawildlife.co.uk/
Kristin Dokoza — https://kristindokozaphotography.com/
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Oh the memories… I've been shooting from cellphones since the flip ones in the beginning of 2000s 😂. I was just able to afford a camera in 2019, so my hole school of photography practice was made on phones. I'm so glad you approached this subject! Good to see you back and making spectacular videos again, having us thinking about all that. ❤️
I forgot I had the light-room app on my phone, thanks for the reminder.
just 30 seconds and it's already one of my favourites videos in many time, love your video style man, hope you can make more this year
anyway, good luck with your personal projects and stuff, we appreciate you
jamie, huge love from romania, love to see your videos everytime you post. keep it up
What a great video, thanks for these awesome tips!
So good to have you back! ♡
I appreciate that phones are not as good as dedicated cameras but I have made a reasonable side income selling phone photography.
I think this is an inadvertent ad for Gucci.
Where have you been? I missed you and your great videos!
Not only what to do, but WHY you must do it. Great content!
Awesome intro with that table turning into a frame 😂
Awesome video as well, thanks Jamie!
Applause for your purposeful, relaxed manner. The video is rich with suggestions and sound advice.
Jamie, Jamie, Jamie … I hate you, l loath you, I despise you (that’s a movie reference) … and I love you … simply the best on you tube … how do I like it? More, more, more (that’s a musical reference)
That old phrase, you take great photos, you must have a great camera, that's like saying to a chef, you cook a great meal, you must have a great oven! 🙂
new JW video, is it Christmas already?
Don’t leave it so long next time fella, love your work
So great to see the master of scripting, editing and communicating back! Love you, man!
Great tips Jamie. I always feel a bit guilty using my phone to take pics as I feel I'm not a real photographer unless I'm lugging a bag of gear with me but makes total sense to use your phone when you can. Thanks.
We love you Jamie! So glad you finally posted and will look forward to the next one 🙌
Love it when you drop a new video, thank you 🙏🏾
Bravo👏, I absolutely love your videos. It is clear that you put so much time and effort into each video and every time I watch one I get a renewed energy to go out and shoot, thanks! @fairbuh
Always a pleasure…🙏❤️👍
I have Lighroom Mobile, but I rarely use it. I like that I can access my iPhone's native phone app from the lock screen, something I can't do with Lightroom. I also rarely want to shoot raw or manually set shutter speed etc. (which along with ISO is the most useful manual setting on a. phone camera).
What I do like in iOS is that I can choose to shoot in black and white, which REALLY helps learning to see, and what works, in black and white. But the real beauty is that all iPhone captures – jpeg and heic – are stored without the filters. So you can shoot in black in white, but if you need to tweak the contrast with the use of colour filters you can revert it back to colour, and then convert back to black and white in something like Snapseed, which allows the use of colour filters when converting. Very cool.
I have learned in my 7 year video/photography journey is that if you invest in anything, it is a good light. Lighting to me (external and learning how to use it), makes or breaks your photo. Thanks for the LR tip. I was taking photos for work and it kept "fixing it" and in the LR app I was able to take it raw and make adjustments like a camera. I wish they had it for video. It irritates me that iPhone does not have a white balance lock in video app!
Great tips. Installing lightroom to enable dng raw shooting has helped my very basic Motorola G8 phone take pretty usable and editable images vs. the very 'meh' jpegs it produces.
please make more videos, miss your content, love the james bond reference
Great to have you back. I always learn so much from your videos
I've been waiting on a video like this, from you, Jamie. Thanks for this. ☺️
I love your videos. They are all so inspiring, make curios about photography again and make me wanna shoot more. Thank you!
Oh, the excitement when I saw a new Jamie video had dropped. Always a joy. Lots of useful hints and tips. I'm inspired, thank you.
nice work, enjoyed that – thanks
The content of your videos is so impressive, inspiring at its best.
Great.
Top! thanks! This inspires me to pick up my good intention again tomorrow and to take a good creative photo with my phone every day. thanks again!
Respectfully, I find it almost offensive that you call modern smartphone cameras rubbish. Not long ago, NASA couldn't have even dreamt of such marvels. While I get the point you're trying to make, the always-moving quality goal posts is practically a mental disorder of the times.
Great video. Have several proper cameras accumulated over four decades but love using my mobile ProMax in ProRaw. I’m a hobby photographer and find it ideal with my morning walkabout to photo daily local images. One thing I added and is very useful is a Bluetooth grip, cheap. got a better grip and can be used with ordinary gloves in cold weather. Thanks for the video.
Great to see you back! Another excellent video in so many ways. Keep them coming!
Always amazing work!!!