Kristen's Spectacular Captures: March 2015

Thursday, March 26, 2015

Camera in Every Pocket

Because of the new and improved technological advances, the popularity of normal cameras, such as Nikons and SLR’s, has dithered. Most photography that you see online is taken from a phone. These new phones have developed so much to have a high-quality lens in them. Thusly, this means photographs don’t have to be taken with a fancy camera, but rather a common smartphone. Photography has turned from being a thought out process, capturing a moment, into a quick snapshot of something that you see with any camera. Nowadays, you can get tripods and phone attachments that enhance the quality of the photograph that you have taken from your phone. This decreases the value of a SLR camera. The quality of the photograph from the phone is also not up to par with a SLR. If a photograph taken from a phone Is blown up and printed, the image will not keep it’s beauty, as the pixel count will decrease. The blown up photo becomes pixelated and blurry and hard to make out. In a different perspective, phones with cameras could be an invention that could lead to great things. The development of a camera that could be with you wherever and does not add any extra weight is an amazing concept. Your camera will be ready when you are to take a photograph. This means any time you need to quickly snap a photograph, you can without the hassle of taking out your camera, turning it on, focusing the lens and more. This means more memories can be captured. In years future, you can look back at these photographs and say “oh yeah! I remember that day!” Along with this, the increasing quality of phone cameras means that you can take a nice looking photograph without a SLR. I don't think that photography has died but has taken on a new form.