You might have noticed that I take a lot of photos 🙂 Some of my favorites never make it into a post. So here are five photos from the last several weeks that deserve a showing. All of them were taken with my new iPhone13, which — I’ll be honest — I mostly bought for the cameras, especially since I cracked the lens on my iPhone12 a while back and so one of its two cameras was kind of unpredictable (think “unwanted lens flare”).
This one was an experiment using the phone camera in macro mode. I’m really impressed with the cameras on my new phone and I’ve had a lot of fun playing around with them in different situations.
Ah, macaroons! This lovely plate of them was in the window at a store in Eureka Springs and I couldn’t resist taking the photo. There were a zillion people waiting on line inside the store, so I didn’t actually buy any macaroons. But don’t they look tasty?
I used the phone’s wide angle camera for this shot of Punderson Lake in eastern Ohio. I wanted to capture as much as possible of those gathering clouds (we had rain that night), the stillness of the water and two fishermen next to the row of colorful kayaks.
The cover photo (up there at the top of the post) was also a wide-angle shot to capture as much of those clouds as possible while still showing some of the Lake Erie shoreline.
And, finally, dusk on Lake Erie, from my campsite. It’s amazing how much light that phone camera sucks in, making this shot work instead of making it murky dark.
I’ve taken to using the iPhone13 as my everyday camera, especially when I’m just walking around the campground or doing hikes. It’s easier to carry than the Sony A7, although I do still love that big boy a lot. I just took the A7 out for a spin on Sunday and it reminded me how much fun it is to play with shutter and aperture and all those other “pro” settings that are just defaults on the iPhone. Always good to have camera options, I say.
Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still.
Dorothea Lange
Yeah, I hear you on that, Laura! I use my phone way more for photos and notekeeping than I do actually calling people!
Thanks, Jenny, that means so much coming from a fellow photographer whose work I admire. Enjoy that new phone, and I can’t wait to see what you do with it. Also, I’m so stealing that quote for a later post 🙂
The crack on my iphone didn’t affect most photos, just when there was sunlight 🙁 It would have cost me $700 to get it fixes, because they have to replace the whole camera assembly, so it was just as pricey to get a new phone with trade-in.
Hi, Conrad! I haven’t played with the telephoto that much, to be honest. The macro mode has been where I’ve been playing and it’s amazingly powerful. I’d wait for the 14, why not?! I got a good deal on trade-in for my old phone, and they had the 13 in stock when I was in Bentonville so I went for it (I can’t have them ship a phone to me because no address, so it took about 3 months to find a store that had them in stock along my route).
As always, beautiful photos! Your wide-angle shots are stunning. Do you find the telephoto useful? I want to be able to zoom in on some subjects. I’m also interested in macro mode. I’ve been saving up for a new iPhone. By now, I might as well wait for the iPhone 14 Pro to come out in September.
Thanks for posting this. It reminded me to get my camera fixed on my phone. It actually works, but has a crack over one of the lens. Doesn’t seem to affect the performance, but it will if the crack spreads. I think you’re iPhone has a nicer camera, but I like my Samsung 20 just fine.
Great images Annie! Cameras are spiff, but you also have the “eye” which is why your photos are so good and so enjoyable. Having said that, I had my new iphone 13 delivered to my house just today, because I’m a bit of a photography nut myself! Can’t wait to open it up and start playing. “Photography is falling in love with the world,” someone said. Exactly how I feel.
I got my Google Pixel 6 Pro for the camera. The actual phone part I don’t really care about. 🙂
I like this post!! Lovely pictures with no restraints. I think it’s worthy of periodic repeat!
I suggest you purchase the ProCamera app. You will be able to play with speed and focus but mainly you can control or shut off White Balance which will give you more realistic colors. Not a lot of money and easy to learn. Whenever I am shooting magenta, red or orange flowers with the iPhone, there is a noticeable difference from the iPhone Camera app photos to the ProCamera of the same. Love the water drop leaf, been to Punderson also.
Beautiful photos Annie, will there be a new photo book soon?
I am thinking of getting an iPhone13 as well, given that the next IOS coming this fall will no longer support my 7+. Decisions, decisions – or should I wait a few months for the iPhone14? For now, I am still enjoying my 7+.
I find camera phones have an incredible depth of field, so much more is in focus than what you get with a regular camera. And they take beautiful sunset shots, which is something I struggle with with my camera.
Wonderful photos — I am always interested in your photography. Are the iphone photos SOOC – straight out of camera – or have you done some post processing as you would with images from the SONY?
Excellent phone photos!
Thanks. I love your photography and am wondering about the iPhone13 myself! Inspirational!
Your images are beautiful! I love the leaf! Amazing in macro mode. I may have to upgrade my 12 to the 13 as well.