Got Mobile?

It's always beneficial to have a camera at hand, even if it is your mobile device. You may not get a second chance to capture something cool to your eyes. I make a lot of photos with my Nexus 5. Using a mobile phone camera was how my passion for photography became unlocked. I've made quite a few photos with mobile phones; and I don't keep them all.

When I'm out and about without a digital camera, such as my Nikon D5100, I will have the stock camera app open on my phone. So I'm ready if something or someone catches my eye. Sometimes I go out on purpose to make photos with my phone camera. So I get no interruptions, I might turn my phone to airplane mode. That means no phone calls or text messages while I'm composing a shot.

There are photographers who down play photos made with a phone camera as being real photography. Whatever. I believe those guys just want to hear themselves talk about an opinion. None the less, I encourage you to go out and make a lot of photos with your phone camera and have fun doing it. Choose one photo app and stick with that one.