Rally's at E. 55th and Woodland, iPhone 3Gs (Camera Bag app, Holga filter)
My BlackBerry finally kicked the bucket last week, with no loss of love on my behalf. As I’ve mentioned before here on the blog, I’ve long been envious of my blogging colleagues who post their cool iPhone pics on their web spaces (particularly Matthew Rettenmund’s “Guydar” feature). So with the BlackBerry in the grave I ended my seven year relationship with T-Mobile and headed off to Best Buy and signed a two-year contractual obligation to AT&T. All that just so I could join in the iPhone fun.
Sure, I could have stayed with T-Mobile (and I will miss them) and opted for the MyTouch Google phone. Afterall, according to all the online reviews I’ve been reading, the Google phone is a fair opponent of the Apple gadget. In some cases, reviewers rated the MyTouch over the iPhone. But, you know what? In the end it’s simply not as cool.
In high school I had a science teacher , Mr. Cascioli, who was a gadget geek. This was in the early 1990s, a time when the PC was just becoming a household item (yes, I wrote most of my English papers on a word processor – remember those?). I remember sitting in class when Mr. Cascioli announced that there would come a day when the computer would be our main source of entertainment. He told us we’d watch t.v., listen to music, shop, and even video conference all on the computer. Well, this was all sort of a little far-fetched for all of us. ‘That eccentric Mr. C,’ I thought. Never did I imagine that all this would come true. Not only did it come true, but now I do all this on a device that fits in my pocket. After three days of owning an iPhone I can truly say that Apple has left no stone unturned. I couldn’t be more happy with the iPhone (or, as I like to call it, my “iBrain”).
Best of all I get to practice the art of iPhoneography. Of course, the camera phone as a street photography tool is not new to me (recall my BlackBerry series). But there’s something about the way the iPhone takes pictures that is very artsy to me. I liken it to the old Polaroid Instamatic. Just like shaking a Polaroid picture, the camera app on the iPhone is loads of fun and produces a pop-art image that can’t be replicated by any other camera phone.
So, with no further ado, I’m introducing a new category here on the blog, iPhoneography, which will replace my BlackBerry series. Oh, and if you’re wondering, I discovered (ironically via a Google search) that iPhoneography is, indeed, a real term to describe the art of iPhone photography.
Two Guys Walking, Shaker Square (CameraBag app, Holga filter)
West Side Market (CameraBag app, Magazine filter)
West Side Market (CameraBag app, Colorcross filter)
West Side Market Cafe (CameraBag app, Holga filter)
