For the last four years, I believe that I have left my cameras behind on holidays and yes I do have a smaller camera in fact it’s a Sony RX100 mark 3. the truth is I have left this at home for most of my holidays in favour of the iPhone. I have even added some lenses to the iPhone for the same effect as the camera? Why would this seem a natural thing to do?

I genuinely think it’s because I see the phone/camera as an easy process to transport this beautifully crafted flat piece of glass around. Its profile allows for a very compact form and able to deliver the same pixels as some of the smaller cameras. The problem is though everyone has a smartphone and even if you don’t agree it’s here to stay.

[perfectpullquote align=”full” bordertop=”false” cite=”” link=”” color=”#be6464″ class=”” size=””]The hip name for using your phone and being a photographer with it is “iPhoneographer or phonography“[/perfectpullquote]

[perfectpullquote align=”full” bordertop=”false” cite=”” link=”” color=”#be6464″ class=”” size=””]”I have been using the iPhone for all types of captures from recce work with clients to my own studies.”[/perfectpullquote]

These studies or observations are almost for me the same personal projects and therefore my iPhone images are used where ever to cover pictures outside the commercial projects. I use my iPhone to photograph my own personal work. I suppose that they never set out as personal projects but on reflection, I employ the same careful considerations as if using my DSLR. Composition, light, shape, and form. I have quite a collection of work that rarely gets seen and so to overcome this I have set up a separate Instagram URL called @silvergumtype which profiles my observations when out and about.

[perfectpullquote align=”full” bordertop=”false” cite=”” link=”” color=”#be6464″ class=”” size=””]”iPhoneography is the art of creating photos with an iPhone. This is a style of mobile photography that differs from all other forms of digital photography in that images are both shot and processed on the iOS device.”[/perfectpullquote]

[perfectpullquote align=”full” bordertop=”false” cite=”” link=”” color=”#be6464″ class=”” size=””]I was once asked what I did on the weekends and a replied “Landscapes” I enjoy being in nature. The person in front of me was absolutely horrified and suggested “surely as a fashion photographer you should be testing models and ideas to finding your next inspiration?”[/perfectpullquote]

I was humiliated and slightly embarrassed and it was this comment which sent my other types of photography underground for many years. I always love to be in nature and you can see that a lot of my work is based in great locations.

I process on the fly or in the field with Lightroom and a few other mobile apps often utilising some of my pre-manufactured Lightroom mobile presets I have made and installed into the mobile app. It is a completely different way of working for me. It’s smaller and concise and I tend to think about the image slightly easier without compromising my creativity but with less worry about conforming.

below are a few screen grabs of my Instagram @silvergumtype the pictures feature some locations such as Iceland, Wales, and Scotland. It’s clear that I really love to be in a location and enjoying the outdoor life. In fact, some of the top guys on YouTube I think have a blessed lifestyle, shooting on location what they want and where they want and also get viewers and subs by just doing what they want. A win-win these days I think and