Tell a great story with your phone!

Taking a picture of the watch would be okay, but even with my phone camera, I can tell a story!

     Last week, I posted about my favorite camera app for my phone.  As I mentioned, there is nothing wrong with being a phone photographer, and even the most popular photographers do it all of the time!  Unless you have an old flip phone (you know who I'm talking about), your phone is a great tool to take great pictures and tell great stories!  And I like the word "great" a lot... guess that's why I don't write for the NY Times...

   

The world has also gone a bit crazy when it comes to "selfies".  I was shooting a client yesterday and she had just recently been introduced to the term selfie.  Don't judge her...she's busy!  There are probably a TON of people out there that have A LOT of selfies on their phone, and that's great.  Well...only kinda great.   But here's the thing:  you are carrying around a pretty decent camera all day long, so why not learn how to tell really good stories with it?!

My favorite (mobile) app!

   

You'd be surprised (maybe) to find that photographers are not in the habit of turning their nose to the Instagramers and Snapchatters of the world just because we have one of those big fancy cameras.  I can speak for myself by admitting that I can get easily inspired when I use a fun app or I look over my wife's shoulder and see a piece of pure art on her phone.  For example, there was a picture she recently posted on Facebook that some friends had commented and "liked", giving me credit for such a beautiful image.  I was quick to acknowledge that it was not me at all!  It was Jenny!  (She's got a GREAT eye!...trust me!)  Still one of my favorite images ever, she took this beautiful shot...and posted it to Instagram and Facebook.

copyright Jenny McKindles 2013

Truth be told, she would not have created this image had I elected not to be the driver...so for that, I guess I should take credit...I'm kidding, of course.

     The point is that there are tons of apps out there and I am not afraid to pull out my phone to document ideas.  And my favorite app right now (after dumping a dozens) is