 So my presentation it's really about cell phone photography because that's the tool you usually have available to you I find a bit of background I work in a camera store So I sell cameras and I also print pictures. I print cell phone pictures So I see kind of what goes wrong with them a lot But my main point every camera ever has sucked in some way every camera has limitations every photo that has ever been taken as a compromise of some sort so Photography also isn't really just an art anymore. It's a practical thing if you're taking a picture with your cell phone It's not usually because you're feeling stirred by like the creative passion It's because you have a picture you need to take a picture of something you need it for your website You need it for your Instagram you need it for your mom So she knows where you are and knows what's going on because she's gonna want to see it So the best camera you is the best camera people come in all the time and say, you know I need to buy a camera. What's the best camera the best camera is the one you have with you and Can use know how to use and are going to actually get out of your pocket and use if you have a giant SLR Rig that's sitting in your bag like mine is it's not doing you any good so Addressing the limitations of cameras most of these I had to admit I'm sort of cheating. These are just pictures that I've taken None of them are with cell phone cameras Most of what you can like there's things you can do with cell phone cameras There's limitations just like with everything the first limitation is light cell phone cameras really suck in low light But every camera does so what you want to do is maximize the light you have available to you Sometimes they have flashes. They're not going to reach very far get closer to the thing You're taking a picture of move it next to the window do what you can Second thing is motion see that I'm using someone else's flash went off. I took a picture. It was lucky But you have to be aware of things like that try to take advantage of it when it happens I tend to have this obsession with with photographing things that are in a horrible light So my entire life as a photographer has been dedicated to making the best of a really crappy situation This is the golf dome in Henrietta. It's awful Sometimes you get good light take a picture You don't you want to avoid backlit subjects usually you need some fill light So that's what a flash can be for or just reposition your subject Your next enemy is motion a little motion blur can be really cool in a picture like there's a motion blur That's neat. They're moving you can tell they're moving cool But the problem is if you're if you have camera shake Then it wrecks the picture. It doesn't look like anything a little camera shakes. Okay, you can see I wasn't holding it Totally steady, but if it's too shaky you've ruined the picture So what you need to focus on it's controlling your motion brace your arm use the camera self-timer Or it's like what I've found is hitting the button always moves the camera and wrecks the picture So you got to try like this one. There's a bunch of camera shake, but there's a lot more motion blur. It's more interesting that way Those things are on fire that girl was crazy. I Also was probably drunk but Sometimes the motion blur I'm moving the camera with the moving subject. So she's clear and nothing else is So you can try things like that You also like if you brace your finger just above the touch screen on your cell phone sometimes you can get it to go off Without shaking it, but the self-timer is the coolest thing and the other thing is to control your distance Try to frame the picture in a more pleasing fashion because most cell phone cameras The other thing they suck at is zoom no matter where you are you're either too far away or so close The darn thing won't focus so pay attention to your focus. This one actually was using a remote flash You can't really see because there's a thing anyway You can't do that with cell phones, but you can do that effect with another light So you could try things like that you can get creative if you want, but you're probably not doing this for art You're probably doing it for practical purposes, but try changing your angle getting low get closer to the thing Whatever you're taking a picture of get like if it's a kid get down on the level try to get a picture like that So you can get everything you want in the picture, but not have it so far away. You can't tell what's going on So anyway, most of the really fancy aspects of art photography aren't available in most cameras Like if you're a little point-and-shoot, but it's easy to use and if you use it a bunch You can get the hang of using it and get better results So just because you can't do really fancy stuff with the remote flashes or super fast shutter speeds or super high ISOs Doesn't mean you can't take a meaningful photo and again my point that I was starting with to see that was low I got a lot of gravel on my knees with the shot The point is that you can still get a photo that is useful for your purposes and occasionally you can make some sort of accidental art too So anyway They're on Delaware Avenue