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Mobile Photography

What is Mobile Photography? Mobile photography is the phrase used to describe photographic images taken with a mobile device such as a phone, iPod or tablet computer (e.g. iPad). The invention of more sophisticated camera lenses for mobile devices, plus the amazing variety of inexpensive applications (apps) available have created a rich and diverse culture. This short film attempts to explain why mobile photography is so popular and such big business.

In just a few short years, smartphone photography has reached critical mass. It used to be the case that a camera module on a phone was a curious anomaly rather than the rule, but now you would be hard pressed to find a mobile device without a lens on it somewhere. To demonstrate just how much mobile photography has permeated contemporary society, take a trip through any tourist venue and count the number of people taking photos. No doubt there will be a mixture of compact cameras, SLRs and mirrorless interchangeable lens cameras (ILCs). But just as many people will be using a mobile device to snap a photo. You might even let out a chuckle as you see someone lift a tablet to the sky, poised and ready to grab that happy snap.

Today, smartphone camera technology has reached a point where most devices are good enough to produce images for newspaper front pages, be used in a professional capacity at a wedding or to document major sporting events. The line between mobile devices and traditional cameras has blurred so much that we no longer question why someone uses their phone to take a photo. The stigma, at least surrounding mobile phone photography, has all but disappeared, except for the most fervent traditionalists.