A year of photography with a telephone
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My talk about my year long project to take and upload a picture a day using only my mobile phone. Given at Lancaster Photographic Society, 26th Jan 2010. Website referenced in the talk is at http://christiancable.posterous.com
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A year of photography with a telephone
- 1. 365 days in the life of Christian Cable DAY 140 Duck Adventure
- 2. What! – A picture a day DAY 169 Free biscuits ™ Taken make for a happy ™ Processed and office ™ Uploaded to the internet Everyday for an entire year using only my mobile telephone. No computer, no photoshop.
- 3. … but why? – “The best camera is the one that’s with you” Chase Jarvis ™ It’s instant and low pressure ™ It’s very limited so there’s less to worry about ™ All you can do is be in the right place; it’s just point and click ™ … and it’s FUN! DAY 259 Soundwave
- 4. Let’s talk Equipment – DAY 287 Retro-diculous
- 5. Camera 1: T-Mobile G1 – ™ 3.2 Megapixel Camera ™ No Manual Focus ™ No Shutter Speed or Aperture Control ™ No Zoom ™ Very short focal length so large Depth of Field DAY 107 Self Portrait
- 6. Camera 2: iPhone 4 – ™ 5 Megapixel Camera ™ Tap to Focus ™ No Shutter Speed or Aperture Control ™ No Zoom ™ Very short focal length so large Depth of Field DAY 299 I *heart* Autumn
- 7. Limitations mean … – The only real control you have is where you stand and when you press DAY 314 Tired the shutter
- 8. Let’s talk Workflow – DAY 161 Everyone wants to know how the sandwich is made
- 9. Workflow – ™ Take Photo ™ Process the photograph using an App on the phone ™ Email the Photo from the phone to the website ™ The website tells my friends on Facebook and twitter there’s a new picture to look at ™ Repeat for an entire year DAY 288 Up on the roof
- 10. Taking a Photo – Camera+ 1st finger to focus and 2nd finger to meter the Camera+ exposure iPhone
- 11. Post Processing – photogene Adjusting levels and cropping photogene iPhone
- 12. The Internet – Each day all my friends on twitter and Facebook see I’ve posted a DAY 250 new picture. David has all the toys
- 13. The Internet – This leads to each photo typically getting around 100 to 400 DAY 258 views Screen Gazing
- 14. Advantages and Disadvantages – DAY 246 Dead Kitty DAY 142 Mabel J Cat
- 15. Advantages – ™ Easy ™ Portable ™ You can take pictures in secret ™ No big guilty “to edit” queue on my computer ™ Loads of people see my pictures across the world ™ Got me back in to the habit of capturing that moment DAY 247 Nom nom nom
- 16. Disadvantages – ™ Nothing is competition quality ™ Low resolution ™ Processing is over the top ™ JPEG only, not RAW ™ Many people are watching ™ Limited control - No zoom, no long exposure etc DAY 064 Pay Here
- 17. What did all this teach me? – DAY 070 Worst. Self Portrait. Ever
- 18. I Noticed Patterns – Looking back over the year it’s easy to spot what sort of DAY 300 For Sparta! things draw my eye…
- 19. Stairways –
- 20. DAY 011 Stairs
- 22. DAY 199 about to see They Might be Giants on the South Bank
- 24. DAY 068 Stairs
- 25. DAY 338 am I on repeat?
- 26. Food –
- 27. DAY 003 Dark Chocolate Cupcake
- 28. DAY 212 Roses
- 31. DAY 251 Tomato
- 32. DAY 054 Non-toasted Sandwich
- 33. Circles –
- 34. DAY 043 Inside the Washing Machine
- 35. DAY 108 Red
- 36. DAY 348 xbox
- 37. DAY 347 Ceiling Detail
- 38. DAY 350 Press for Exit
- 39. DAY 352 Zenit-E
- 40. Favourites –
- 43. DAY 290 Train Journey
- 44. DAY 047 Little Red Man
- 46. DAY 353 Coffee
- 47. DAY 277 West End Gardens
- 48. DAY 354 Grim.
- 49. DAY 305 The River Lune
- 51. DAY 336 Chair
- 52. Summary – ™ Limitations can be fun, and they make you think ™ I’ve learnt a lot about myself ™ More people than ever talk to me about my photography ™ I can make pictures anywhere! DAY 365 The last of the snow
- 53. Questions? –