Since digital photography became available to the masses, camera companies have always made consumers believe that the more mega pixels a camera has, the better the camera. As photographers carrying around large Dslrs all day, we tend to get a lot of people who says, “That’s a big camera. I bet it takes nice photos.” And that’s what a lot of people are led to believe, but megapixels have nothing to do with what makes a great photo.
So for this week the Post photographers collected up images they’ve made when they didn’t have their Dslrs on them, but came across a scene or moment that caught their eye so they used what they had: their phone or pocket camera.
As you’ll see from the images below, it’s not about the camera, it’s about the photographer. Knowing, from experience, how to see light, color and shape in any given scene and composing these elements in the frame in a pleasing way while waiting for a moment – that’s what photography is all about. It’s a dance between you and the world. The photographer moves in a scene until they subtract and arrange things in their frame to where it pleases the eye and then they wait paitently for that perfect moment to click the shutter.
Check out some of the photos our photographers made with their phones and point&shoot cameras below: