of iPhone photoshoots

I somehow ended up on this website where I watched a video about some guys doing a high end fashion shoot using only an iPhone 3GS camera. Well, the pictures were retouched in Photoshop, and there was awesome lighting, but whatevs. I thought it was really cool*. I found it interesting because a. people think you can't take great shots without expensive equipment and b. pro photographers are mad that your average Joe thinks he's a photographer now that he has Instagram on his smartphone. YO pro photographers, I know how you feel. Seriously, it seems that everyone is a fashion designer/has a label too these days but it doesn't mean that everyone is gonna make it. Some people are shit & have too much self-confidence but some people are just naturally creative and talented. I guess it also annoys you because you spent so much money becoming a photographer (try paying my fashion school fees bro!) and now these lil turds who paid less than R10000 think they're amazing. It doesn't hurt that they have thousands of social network fans to stroke their egos either, but you know what? Get over it. So what if they think they're photographers? They'll either get bored of it one day or you know, actually improve and metamorphosise into good photographers. It probably kills you that you like some of their work too, doesn't it? Ha!

ANYWHO, It made me think that maybe I** could do something like that too (ONE DAY, NOT NOW) but instead of an iPhone (as I don't have one), I could use my not-as-flashy-with-limited-space Android phone, which I won't name.*** It has a 5 megapixel camera, which is better than a 3GS camera, and takes pretty decent shots in the right lighting.

Decent, right? I'm TOTEZ a photographer. And this is on Instagram too, LOLZ!

So I've added Do A Fashion Shoot Using My Phone As A Camera to my non-existent to do list. I sincerely hope I remember to do this, but like at the end of the year when I have no school work deadlines looming. gah.

ps. Here's another iPhone fashion shoot using only natural light and reflectors, and a budget of $100.

pps. And this one here used an iPhone 4S, with a budget of ZERO $$$ and all the photos were edited using only Snapseed and Photoshop Express (iPhone apps, if ya don't know).

*I won't lie, I'm super inspired.
** not necessarily myself, I mean I wouldn't want to relinquish control completely but I'd like to make use of a real photographer to take photos on my phone. Who am I kidding? I'd totally do it myself because I am a control freak when it comes to my shit it would be fun.
***It's a Wildfire S. go away.