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I Take Pictures With My Smartphone To Prove That It’s Not The Equipment That Matters
I'm Mounir 19 yo from Algeria and believe that for me photography was never about the materials. In the certain point, your are limited by what you got but you have to love the process not the outcome.
If you really want to do something, to create, then just do it. No excuses and no crying about not having this or that.
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Rick O'Banion 8 years ago
Check your edit...there's no stars in front of the moon in a real sky.
Mounir Belmokhtar (Submission author) 8 years ago
i know ,, my mistake xD
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Daniel Sparks 8 years ago
I use my smartphone in photography for the same reason! :-) www.instagram.com/upward.i.look
Rue Granger 8 years ago
I’m so inspired by you; as a 13 year old aspiring photographer (I know I seem young, but I’m quite proud of some of my pictures :D) I definitely don’t have equipment. But I use my smartphone, and this post just inspired me more!
Mounir Belmokhtar (Submission author) 8 years ago
you can show me some of them, i would really be glad to see your pictures
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Rapha Diniz 8 years ago
I do not agree with this sensationalism on this subject that it is not important to have a camera to have good photos. What Mounir Belmokhtar wanted to demonstrate was that his creativity is not limited to one device camera. There is nothing too much in the images he produces, what is different there exposed is the practice and creative vision of it allied to an editing and image treatment suitable for your photo. When searching for a specific photograph, the equipment is a differential in achieving the goal considering dynamic range, lens sharpness, lens angulation level, high ISO performance, megapixels, etc. Therefore it is wise to know how to discern the concept of creativity and the limitation of photographic equipment.
Mounir Belmokhtar (Submission author) 8 years ago
thankyou thankyou !! :)
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Angel Potchekansky 8 years ago
What phone did you use? Also did you add effects on a phone app or a computer one?
Mounir Belmokhtar (Submission author) 8 years ago
i didn't your comment , sorry for the late , for those pictures i used my Iphone 5S and i edit them with lightroom on computer , few of them where edited with my phone using Snapseed
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Wouter Berg 8 years ago
Great pics, but some of them would be even better with a shallower depth of field that you could not actieve on a phone...
Tinne 8 years ago
The artistic eye is key, but as one gets to a higher level of creativity, equipment does add another few layers of depth and refinement. Your work is excellent anyway. Perhaps you will tinker with finer equipment down the road and also enjoy it.
JXC 8 years ago
Totally agree. Equipments are being developed not out of vain but out of artists' pursue of perfection.
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Beatz Girl (Erica) 8 years ago
Amazing photos, but it's not the equipment that produces good photos. It's the editing. I could bet that these aren't the original versions (unedited) and that you edited them using a sophisticated software
Dani Donovan 8 years ago
Very nice! My husband also takes beautiful photos with his phone. However my snaps look very average. It takes an artistic eye!
Lida Krykun 8 years ago
Very nice, but how did you create the blurry slow shutter speed effect?
Rachael Marrast 8 years ago
These are great. Too bad you wouldnt be able to print them on large canvases.
Gloria Wesson 8 years ago
I absolutely love your pictures..! I take photos with my iPhone 6s, and my dad (photographer) is often quite impressed... ;)
Mounir Belmokhtar (Post author) 8 years ago
i took them with my iphone 5s :) u can show me latter what u took i'm very intrested
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Usernameofgag 8 years ago
I love it. It is another pov. But,a little suggestions here, maybe you can use less filter. Since you photo already unique.
Mounir Belmokhtar (Post author) 8 years ago
thankyou ,, yup i guess you are right , next time hope they will be better
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Mounir Belmokhtar (Post author) 8 years ago
i see , if you have an old smartphone they maight be grainy as well ,, but never stop making photo
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Aunt Messy 8 years ago
There are a bunch of competitions aimed specifically at people who use their phones as cameras. It might be worth entering.
Jayson Conner 8 years ago
I also take zillions of photos on my iPhone 8 Plus and I think that some phones are much better than DLSR.
Wouter Berg 8 years ago
Great pics, but some of them would be even better with a shallower depth of field that you could not actieve on a phone...
Tinne 8 years ago
The artistic eye is key, but as one gets to a higher level of creativity, equipment does add another few layers of depth and refinement. Your work is excellent anyway. Perhaps you will tinker with finer equipment down the road and also enjoy it.
JXC 8 years ago
Totally agree. Equipments are being developed not out of vain but out of artists' pursue of perfection.
Load More Replies... Beatz Girl (Erica) 8 years ago
Amazing photos, but it's not the equipment that produces good photos. It's the editing. I could bet that these aren't the original versions (unedited) and that you edited them using a sophisticated software
Dani Donovan 8 years ago
Very nice! My husband also takes beautiful photos with his phone. However my snaps look very average. It takes an artistic eye!
Lida Krykun 8 years ago
Very nice, but how did you create the blurry slow shutter speed effect?
Rachael Marrast 8 years ago
These are great. Too bad you wouldnt be able to print them on large canvases.
Gloria Wesson 8 years ago
I absolutely love your pictures..! I take photos with my iPhone 6s, and my dad (photographer) is often quite impressed... ;)
Mounir Belmokhtar (Post author) 8 years ago
i took them with my iphone 5s :) u can show me latter what u took i'm very intrested
Load More Replies... Usernameofgag 8 years ago
I love it. It is another pov. But,a little suggestions here, maybe you can use less filter. Since you photo already unique.
Mounir Belmokhtar (Post author) 8 years ago
thankyou ,, yup i guess you are right , next time hope they will be better
Load More Replies... Mounir Belmokhtar (Post author) 8 years ago
i see , if you have an old smartphone they maight be grainy as well ,, but never stop making photo
Load More Replies... Aunt Messy 8 years ago
There are a bunch of competitions aimed specifically at people who use their phones as cameras. It might be worth entering.
Jayson Conner 8 years ago
I also take zillions of photos on my iPhone 8 Plus and I think that some phones are much better than DLSR.
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