iPhone Art

iPhone Art
iPhoneography by Sonya Sanchez Arias© Sonya Sanchez Arias

If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change. - Dr. Wayne Dyer

I know this may seem strange to some people, but sometimes the last thing I want to carry with me when I go out is a camera. It's probably because I work with and around large format cameras so much. But then, I go to places and want to kick myself in the ‘butt’ for not having a camera with me, and missing so many photographic opportunities. So I make the best of the situation, shoot with my iPhone, and purely by accident, I’ve learnt that the images I make this way can be surprising and beautiful. In my commercial photography I am expected to be in control of everything that goes in front of the lens at all times, so it’s actually really liberating not have to worry about equipment, lenses, depth of field, apertures or shutter speeds. There’s something quite magical and unexpected that takes place when you compose the image and wait for the iPhone to interpret what you see, and I’ve found that shooting this way can be rather therapeutic and invigorating!

I have always felt that the real essence and creativity of shooting with my iPhone is in the experimentation, taking risks, breaking rules, making mistakes, and having fun. The unpredictability, of not knowing exactly how the image will turn out, that mystery for me, is part of what makes the process so enjoyable and addicting.

The work below is a sample of images created using my iPhone. For me, shooting like this, is an uncomplicated way to capture a moment, communicate my vision, and express the beauty I see in the simple everyday things around me.

iPhone Art

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iPhone Art

iPhoneography and iPhone Art....shot on an iPhone 4S and processed on an iPad by Sonya Sanchez Arias

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