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iPhone 5 might kill point-and-shoot cameras “more,” iPhone 4 now becoming the most popular camera device according to Flickr.
April 19, 2011 By Carlo Diokno
According to a report posted by NY Times, iPhone 4 is now becoming the most popular camera device based on the data published by Yahoo’s popular photo sharing site Flickr. iPhone 4, which is currently the latest generation of the popular smartphone brand by Apple, is quickly becoming the number 1 camera of Flickr users, slightly behind the number 1 camera, the DSLR camera from Nikon, the D90 with 12.3 Megapixels camera quality.
Apparently, iPhone 4 is a smartphone, while the Nikon D90 is a DSLR. But smartphones today are quickly becoming the first choice of the public when it comes to shooting photos and videos because it’s portable and easy to use. Plus, smartphone manufacturers are now trying their very best to give the customers a much more powerful photo and video capturing software and hardware, aside from the fact that Apple’s app store features a lot of “camera apps.”
Speaking of powerful photo and video capturing, Apple’s “still good as a rumor” iPhone 5 might feature a better camera quality of 8 megapixel, according to latest rumors talking about the iPhone 5′s camera sensor. If this rumor is true, then expect to see the iPhone’s camera market share climbing even higher.
Aside from the iPhone, Android smartphones are also expected to deliver quality video and still shots courtesy of improved camera sensors. Samsung’s Galaxy S2 and HTC Thunderbolt are some of the new phones that have positive camera quality reviews.
Taken from popherald.com; source article is below:
iPhone 5 might kill DSLR cameras, iPhone becoming the most popular Flickr camera
As an amateur photographer, it seems that I am doomed to fail. A beginner photographer trying hand in stock photography - isn't that a recipe for failure?
I have actually signed up to 2 agencies, and while one will review the photographs once submitted, the other agency requires submitting photographs prior to being accepted as an agent.
I was given 3 days to upload fresh pictures, with the reminder clause ‘impress us’, which means be your best, give your best, don’t just snap pictures, but compose and shoot a great photo – hey, this is stock photography, you know!
So that I did. I roughly now have an idea of how much it will cost. And I’m not buying yet.
I was actually laughing a bit, in that, what I thought of using, an A4 paper, was what the author suggested as a starter. One reader commented that you have to do some tweaking, which is to make sure that your camera’s white balance is able to compensate for the whiteness, or better yet, non-whiteness of the A4 paper you use for your seamless white background. Check out these 2 sites and learn from the author and the readers’ invaluable views.
I came through one site that talks about Stock Photography, and I believe I have gleaned at least one grain of good knowledge that I can make use of, planted in my questioning mind, and given the proper watering and sun and nurture, will be a good start to a good growth and yield in stock photography. Again, this is one site, and there are many others that are equally good, but this is what I found first, and it makes sense to me, since the author is a stock photography expert – so far as what he says is concerned. If what he talks about makes me a stock photography expert as well, then it must be true!
I have learned that stock photography is speaking a bit of a different language, and while it is still about photography, the word ‘stock’ before it draws a big cut between ordinary photography and stock photography.
Don’t clutter up your photographs. Think of how your photo will be used by the designer. Put yourself in the designer’s shoes, and that will greatly impact your style of photography, and how you select and compose your subjects. As in most cases, this is easier said than done, but with practice, only time will tell when every shot is a money shot. When taking photos for stock photography, think, what is my photo telling me? What message can it convey? Again, it may not be necessarily a breathtaking picture. It just has to be a usable picture that conveys a message univocally, without distraction.
Higher demands. Saving money. These are what basically conceived the idea for stock photography. Then internet. It became a global contribution and a global competition. But that should not deter you from being a stock photography agent. Be one. An expert.
Following everything in the stock agency’s rules and guidelines will make you succeed in creating a ‘generic’ stock photography item. That will get your photos accepted for sale. If you take the other half, YOUR creativity, and put them together, you get an exceptional stock photography material that isn’t simply accepted by the agency and put it up for sale, but it will be a material that is highly accepted and sought after. That is what will bring in the money!
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