How many of these "professional" photographers use their smartphones?

You can get some really good looking photos using just your smart phones these days.

If I’m paying you to take pictures and you pull out a cell phone to take the pics, you might not get paid.

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Private Eyes and Stalkers use cells especially when they don't want to stand out by carrying a bag full of equipment. A phone camera allows them to take pics more anonymously.

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FIFY. When exactly does a pro photographer list "not standing out" as the deciding factor?

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FIFY. When exactly does a pro photographer list "not standing out" as the deciding factor?

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Street photographers are concerned with this, but I've never heard of any of them intentionally using their cell phone as their main camera for that reason.

I have heard people talk about the x100 line from Fuji and small high-end point and shoots as good for street photography because they more easily blend into the surroundings.

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Is that really a thing for photographers?

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Not actual photographers that know what they're doing and trying to take a serious photo.

Everybody uses their cell phones if that's all they happen to have with them.

You are heavily limited on a technical level on what you can do with a smart phone.


How ever, as long as you aren’t planning on blowing the photo up, the quality is there with modern smartphones.

The big benefit is the fact that it’s always there and handy.

Hell, when I am out for a generic shoot, I find I often resort to a kit lens even if I own a prime that would work perfectly due to difficulty of set up.

I reserve my primes for speciality/low light applications where I need shutter speed. Or if I need the bokeh.

You’ll hear even expert photographers say it’s not the equipment that matters. It’s having the vision and taking advantage of the opportunity.

And the convenience of phones suits the last one.




Now if you have a Facebook “photographer” bringing his camera to a portrait session you have problems

There was movie recently that was filmed entirely with an iPhone.

LINK

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Photographers use cells especially when they don't want to stand out by carrying a bag full of equipment. A phone camera allows them to take pics more anonymously.

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You should see the shots I get with this thing. Just whip it out of my pocket and no one's the wiser.

Apple sells photo accessories for your smartphone. I don't know much about photography, but it seems like the accessories they sell does produce a much better quality picture so I am sure there are people who do it, but I really don't know.

I do know, that people have showed me this dumb bitch on FB who is a "professional" photographer. And its obvious that she uses some shitty photo editing program and the pictures are not good at all.. But because she is really cheap, people who don't have much money hire her to do weddings and graduation pictures and it's kind of sad.

Phones do well with land scapes and with lowlight indoors. They aren’t great at portraits or action shots.