Life in LoFi: iPhoneography | iPhone Photo News, Showcases, App Reviews

In case you missed it this week, Chicago-based iPhoneographer Jeremy Edwards, who has contributed to Life In LoFi, was recently interviewed by Qiana Mestrich on Dodge & Burn Blog – Diversity in Photography. In addition to everything else he juggles in his life, Jeremy is very active in the iPhoneography community. In addition to talking about his ongoing projects, Jeremy also discusses the state of iPhoneography today and draws some interesting historical parallels.

Mobile photography is discrete. It offers a truly organic interaction with your subjects that other forms of photography cannot. Perhaps it could be considered frivolous, but as an artist, I’m not certain that is necessarily a bad thing. — JE

Click here to read Jeremy Edwards’ full interview on Dodge & Burn Blog.

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Related links:

Life In LoFi: “Technique: 7 Tips to Better iPhoneography,” by Jeremy Edwards

Jeremy Edwards’ FROM THE POCKET

Dodge & Burn Blog – Diversity in Photography

Since the birth of my FROM THE POCKET project in late 2009, I have received several emails from fellow iPhoneographers — many of whom want to know the applications I use for processing, capturing techniques, subject choices, and so on. As we all know, iPhoneography is a rapidly growing artistic medium and with that, comes the introduction of new artists and iPhoneographers alike. The art and design world is slow to accept iPhoneography as a true expression of art. However, we are seeing that iPhoneographers who are true artists beginning to alter this interpretation. Just like any new form of art, iPhoneography needs to grow and establish artistic legitimacy. There are those who simply take pictures with their iPhone, and those who employ the iPhone as an artistic tool.

This article is directed at my fellow and aspiring iPhoneographers who want to better their iPhoneography experience and artfully improve their images. Below, I have listed 7 simple tips to better your iPhoneography. This will not be a source of suggesting applications you should be using to process images, or how you should hold the iPhone, or how to make your images look “more analog”. My intentions are to provide artful insight into bettering your iPhoneography.

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