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.

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.

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