Will phone cameras destroy photography?
Any “photo-taking” moment can not ignore the invasion of the phone camera. Before it was easy to tell when there were cameras around and if everyone had them available, now anyone with a phone can become an undercover photographer. Even on occasions once dominated by professional photographers, such as weddings and the like, we now see dozens of arms reaching out to take pictures with a camera phone seems to dominate. scene.
Conventional photography is a highly developed art and profession. The precision of the equipment and the ability of the photographers to deliver high-quality products to their customers is well known and is the result of decades of development in the craft sector. But nowadays, anyone can become an amateur photographer using this small cell phone in their pocket or purse.
The question requires serious consideration of three subjects. For the professional photographer, is this the end of your career? Will digital phones wipe out your customer base and make you obsolete? For the budding photographer, what about your future? Should you even invest in learning how to use the sophisticated equipment that makes professional photography stand out? Why bother if camera phones make all that obsolete? And for you, the consumer, can you get the same quality photos taken with a camera phone as hiring a photographer?
These are valid questions. It is very common that when a new technology begins to infiltrate a profession, the old defender of that profession feels threatened. It happened when television came out and the media called it the death of radio. This happened when walkie-talkies and later color were introduced in movies and TV and with every technological advancement in the world of music. And with each disastrous prediction of the demise of an industry, the opposite happened and the industry adjusted, grew, improved, and prospered further.
So there’s a good reason not to worry that camera phones will destroy photography as we know it, including…
* Phone cameras cannot achieve the same level of quality. It is not without reason that the professional photographer has invested in the extremely sophisticated equipment that he has in his studio and carries with him when shooting. Years and decades of research have revealed quality problems that rudimentary equipment cannot solve. State-of-the-art photographic equipment has the precise tools to deal with lighting issues to precisely frame each photo and produce the professional-quality results people expect from weddings, legs, and weddings. content or any kind of professional photography. You can bet that forensic photography, fashion photography, and publishing photography will never willingly accept the low-quality standards caused by camera phone shots.
* This is an amateur game. When you see kids holding up their phones to take pictures at a concert to take pictures, you know that device isn’t going to produce a professional-quality photo. This is especially true in a live setting such as a concert, where a multitude of problems such as lighting, visual noise, and others must be overcome with complex instrumentation that simply cannot. have on the phone to take pictures. Phone cameras are amateur photography equipment. And they will always dominate this niche.
* Final product standards will be compromised. And the high-quality standards are what make professional photography valuable to its clients.
This is not about throwing your phone camera into a negative light. They have their place and they are fun. But we in the professional photography world have nothing to fear from the advancement of this technology.