Assignment 39Camera Phones and Apps

Contributed by Dan Burkholder

“Art does not depend on the tools used, but on how they are used; in the hands of an artist, the camera produces works of art.”

—Paul L. Anderson

FIGURE 39.1 Italy panorama made with the sweep panorama mode on an iPhone 5S.

FIGURE 39.1 Italy panorama made with the sweep panorama mode on an iPhone 5S.

Photography is filled with an almost overwhelming array of hardware, optical, software, and esthetic choices. There are so many options that many practitioners often fall into "decision paralysis," where they are so overwhelmed by the photographic possibilities that they end up doing nothing well . . . or just nothing. I've seen this often when photographers ...

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