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Video: Camera Pro Chase Jarvis Preaches iPhone Photography
We walked New York's High Line with pro photographer Chase Jarvis, known for his empowering affirmation that the best camera is the one that's with you. These days, it's far more likely to be your phone's camera than a traditional shooter, and Jarvis suggests not sweating the lower quality sensor and lens. Sure, having a high-end SLR would be great, but what's more important, he says, is capturing the moment, be it a home run at a little league game or the way light is reflecting on a window. To that end, he's created Best Camera, an iPhone app that lets you shoot, apply multiple filters and effects, and share via Facebook, Twitter, e-mail, and the Best Camera photography community. Check out Jarvis's discussion of mobile photography, tips for shooting, and the app in the video after the break. We've also included some of his iPhone shots in a gallery to give you some ideas to get started.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
scoobycarolan said 3:11PM on 12-18-2009
Cool guy. I love this app.
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scoobycarolan said 3:12PM on 12-18-2009
Cool guy. Love this app
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Michael Melwani said 10:17PM on 12-18-2009
simply amazing.
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Martin said 10:41PM on 12-18-2009
I can;t get enough of the iPhone camera and have been shooting thousands of pictures with it. I love Chase's app and have a slew of others, my favorite right now is one called "shakeitphoto" - it emulates the look and feel of old polaroids, including the "shake to expose" feature - check out lots of my shakes on my site - frescova.com
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jabsdad said 12:40AM on 12-19-2009
Nice to see people like Chase getting this kind of "exposure." Now maybe he'll be able to afford some sunglasses from this century.
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grant said 7:04PM on 12-19-2009
Seriously? You just HAD to be a jerk...
Brandon said 11:45PM on 12-19-2009
It looked good on him
donnamae said 5:05PM on 12-24-2009
the best sunglasses are the ones you have with you! Hee hee!
Kat said 2:45PM on 1-08-2010
they looked good on him...he just has a different style than you...its called being yourself instead of conforming to the rest of the world
vince said 6:20AM on 12-19-2009
Chase and Apple. I love the video, and have the phone. Well done on every front here... the app, the phone, the video...
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dotstuff said 8:33AM on 12-19-2009
i would get a iphone but verizon is my carrier, to costly to switch
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carter said 2:07PM on 12-19-2009
whats the name of the app
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adrian79 said 1:17PM on 12-20-2009
I waited 4 years to hang out with this woman I know, last night we finally went on a date and in the lounge we had a blast... she asked me "do you have a camera on your phone?", the iphone's lack of a built in flash bulb pretty much ruined any chance of "capturing the moment"...
thanks apple for screwing up a wonderful first date :) ( actually the date was fine, but the point is...FLASHH)
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jeff said 6:51PM on 12-28-2009
IF THE IPHONE HAD A FLASH IT WOULD BE TERRIBLE. THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A DECENT FLASH ON A CELL PHONE. THERE NEVER HAS BEEN. IT WOULD BE A WASTE OF ELECTRONS. JUST GET BETTER AT TAKING PICTURES WITH NATURAL LIGHTING AND POST PROCESSING.
every single day.
Adam said 7:19AM on 1-19-2010
adrian79 is bang on, for me using the iphone as a camera for anything has been largely pointless and the image quality is so incredibly poor there is really no use for the images. It needs a flash for certain.
As for the responses about there never being a decent flash on a cameraphone my personal Nokia N82 has a proper flash like you will find on any point and click camera, and takes high quality pictures for a fraction of the price of an Apple product.
exdub41 said 10:00PM on 12-20-2009
I mean to me, this seems cool and all, but I think our culture has gotten a little carried away with having a camera on almost every single device. We have camera's, camera phones, camera ipods, camera's on our computer...
I'm just waiting for the marketing bulls of America to start making camera's on our shoes or microwaves, and people will buy it, JUST to have the next best thing.
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fotomac said 1:17AM on 12-24-2009
I understand your opinion, but change in photography is inevitable with our capacity to put cameras of any type in the hands of people. George Eastman revolutionized photography with the "Brownie" box camera and roll film. Heaven forbid, now everyone could have a camera! Photographers who used view cameras and the exquisite glass negatives reacted as you are now. Then Oskar Barnack came along and invented the small Leica camera and amazingly high quality photographs could be taken from such a small camera. Now we're in the digital age and people's appetite for image producing technology remains insatiable. The beat goes on my friend and we can only hope to use it responsibly---whether for art, journalism or scrapbook image producing devices will continue to roll on.
exdub41 said 11:57PM on 12-28-2009
Despite this, people DO NOT use it responsibly. Invasion of privacy is a bigger problem than ever, there is nothing sacred anymore.
People have flooded the market with photography, instead of being limited to those who truly have taste and creativity, anyone who is anyone thinks they are a photography, ever decreasing the freshness of what was once an art form.
Its very pitiful, really. Technology once again outshines true art, taking away from its once limited appeal.
Elliott (Set Yourself Freelance) said 2:01PM on 12-21-2009
Cool video...checking out the app now..
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neversink said 11:39AM on 12-23-2009
This whole thing is completely silly. After all, if you take the iphone images (or any phone camera images) and download them to Aperture, Photoshop, Lightroom or whatever your favorite image software is, then you can manipulate the photos any way you want and even more. To me the ap is a bore and a gimmick, but some of Chase's work is good....
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