Wedding Photographer Shoots The Same Pics With Both The New iPhone 11 Pro And His Gear, Compares The Results
The iPhone 11 Pro, with its triple rear cameras, night mode, and new selfie camera is surely meant to be Apple’s photography counter to Android’s three-camera flagships, the Huawei P30 Pro, Google Pixel 3 and Samsung Galaxy Note 10. But just how good is it? Professional wedding photographers of 7 years Jamie and Lauren Eichar wanted to find out. They took the new device alongside their trusty Canon 5D Mark IV for an engagement shoot with their friends, and then posted the results side-by-side for people to compare.
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“We got into photographing weddings accidentally,” Jamie told Bored Panda. “My wife and I had only been dating at the time for 1 month and some good friends of ours were getting married and asked us to photograph their wedding because of our interest in photography.”
At the time they were in college, just shooting as a hobby. “We posted their photos up on Facebook and a lot of our friends who were getting married right out of college started asking us to shoot their wedding too. People liked having familiar faces behind the camera and a really great discount from beginner photographers who weren’t doing so bad at it. Once we had a decent enough portfolio, we asked ourselves if we wanted to really go for this full time. As the weddings continued to snowball we got more and more serious about wedding photography. Seven years later and we’ve photographed about 150 weddings and love it.”
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iPhone 11 Pro
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Canon 5D Mark IV
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iPhone 11 Pro
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Canon 5D Mark IV
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iPhone 11 Pro
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Canon 5D Mark IV
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iPhone 11 Pro
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Canon 5D Mark IV
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iPhone 11 Pro Portrait Mode
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iPhone 11 Pro Not Portrait Mode
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iPhone 11 Pro
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Canon 5D Mark IV
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iPhone 11 Pro
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Canon 5D Mark IV
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“A phone in your pocket is a camera in your pocket and we love that we always have that on us,” Jamie said. “It’s easy to mess around with it in whatever setting we’re in everyday life… playing with our nieces and nephew, going on a hike, or traveling we’ve got an impressive little camera right with us.”
“We started pulling out our phones for a few extra portrait images on wedding days and engagement shoots as a way to send the couple teaser images as they wait to get all of their photos back. Once portrait mode became a thing, we’ve wanted to make this video to show off what the iPhone is capable of. Not until the iPhone 11 came out, did it actually feel like the quality was this good that we could fool people to think that it’s from our professional DSLR.”
So far, Jamie has always had an iPhone and hasn’t explored other phones. “I’m always interested in what each one is capable of. From what I see in reviews, it seems like there are lots of great cameras on other smart phones but none that do portrait mode as well as the iPhone.”
The photographer said that you’re going to be able to get the image you like with every camera. If you understand lighting, composition, framing, posing, and other key essentials, of course. With that said, when it comes to smartphones, Jamie still chooses the iPhone. “I think what makes the iPhone stand out from the rest is that they have managed to include 3 different focal lengths into the phones cameras without sacrificing the quality of the sensor in any of them. In other phones that try to do the same thing, often they will have one great camera and the others will be there more as a gimmick. Also, portrait mode on the iPhone 11 Pro is definitely stands out as the best at simulating the effect of true depth of field that you would get from a DSLR.”
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Regardless of the comparisons, the engaged couple's photos made me smile.
Took the words right out of my mouth. Reading the bickering over some overpriced iNonsense vs professional equipment I couldn't help wondering what on earth these people were looking at, because that couple is Hallmark to a T and made me forget al about the piece.
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Personally, I'd be pretty angry if I paid a fortune to have a professional photographer at a wedding and have them show up with an iPhone.
I wouldn’t, the photographers know why they’re doing!
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Well, I didn't bother to watch the video, because when I saw the "comparison" shots, I just shook my head. Of course shots displayed on the net at this magnification are comparable. It is not until you compare these shots in Photoshop at zoom, or try to photo process the original files, that you will see the blatant difference between the iPhone and a camera which has a sensor that gathers 50 times more light. That said - most people these days only look at their shots on small screens, and for that use, modern phone cams are remarkably capable. The Apple phone algorithms are nothing short of amazing. They allow complete photographic amateurs to take splendid photos in most conditions, including many where a seasoned photographer using a DSLR would have to struggle. I know this from experience - the small, intelligent flash on a phone, for example, can have an advantage in intimate (close-up) settings like at a table in a dark restaurant.
True, it can be less intrusive, but at a wedding you are expecting a photog. Plus they should have a fast portrait lens so they can get shots w/o jamming the camera in the guests' faces.
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When the iPhone can do this, I will consider using it more than my Canon 6D. MW2-5d90ad...ec46af.jpg 
Better yet... do this with a cellphone camera...
I'll save you some time... you can't - it's impossible Milky-Way-...340494.jpg 
You can compare and iphone 11 to a Hasselblad and not tell the difference when its exported for a board panda post. Now show me the same photo at full scale on my imac for when i need to edit and print larger than an 8x10. If you think an iphone is comparable to a professional with a camera.. then they dont need your short changed business.
An iPhone along with other top end smartphones can easily replace a point-and-shoot camera(which is why that market is nearly dead), but not a DSLR, but the images are quite good coming out of a phone. Cellphone cameras have come a LONG way. I remember taking pics with a flipphone and they were a noisy, pixelated mess.
I think this couple would make any photos look fantastic! They radiate love and it totally shows!! <3
Wake me up when a smartphone can capture an aircraft passing by at 200kts, at 1/30s, with a full prop disc and the ability to count the rivets holding it together. Or maybe a two inch tall bird at ten feet, and you can count the individual filaments of its feathers. A smartphone is good for small prints or instagram/facebook. A few grands worth of body and optics can simply not be challenged for more demanding subjects, and anyone who says otherwise is undisputedly wrong, and only saying it because they don't want to spend silly amounts of cash for next-level performance.
When I saw the first photo taken from their back, I thought, "The woman is considerably taller than her fiance." I assumed the person with braids was a woman until I saw the next photos. Here's the horrible thing that society has impressed upon me (and I'm a 60 year old gay man!) ... I always assume an engagement/marriage photo is of a man and a woman and until something catches my eye that contradicts my first impression ... I think like the heterosexaul majority. It's kind of sad.
Do this, with ANY cell phone camera then come back and talk to me about how good they are compared to a DSLR Bond-Falls...dee2f0.jpg 
All I can say is Now there is a couple who truly love each other. You can see just from the photos how in love & happy they are.
Oh great, iPhone advertisement. Trust me, not a single professional photographer in the world would swap their camera for a f*cking iPhone. One of my best friends actually is a wedding photographer and she went furious when I showed her. I am (and she is, too) pretty sure these pics were set up so they look as close as possible - meaning, they shot an iPhone photo first and tuned the camera settings to fit. Now I dare you, try the same the other way round.
iPhone and DSLR lenses have the same aperture? You are joking right? They are not even close to being the same. The largest aperture opening on a cellphone camera is smaller than the smallest opening on most DSLRs... while they may be labelled the same, they are definitely NOT the same.
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Well, I'm trully very excited to see how capable the smartphones cameras are today. But please, how can a decent person say that a phone can beat a pro-glass or the capability of a full frame sensor? That is such a b******t marketing manipulation (Apple in this case).
I'm an oldster (58) and it made me misty that the photographer chose his FRIENDS, a lovely gay couple, and I haven't read one complaint or snipe in the comments, Conclusion: photographers are superior humans.
The iPhone pics looks a bit harsh with its High contrast and somewhat over processed pictures. they don't look natural and pleasing if you look at details, and in some, even in general. I prefer the raw format, to do what needs done by eye...
I'm an iPhone user, I also have 36 megapixel DSLR and very good glass. Bokeh, out of focus image will be better with DSLR set up, control of depth of field, what portion of image is in focus, can be controlled with DSLR, iPhone and apps mostly does that with SW manipulation, like the out of focus bokeh, the iPhone sensor is tiny and it has fixed f-stop lens. Sure, the images are close too comparable on smartphone or laptop screen, a 11 by 14 print will tell who the winner. Also at low light conditions full frame DSLR/mirrorless will blow the smartphone cameras out of the water. There's a reason good camera's are several thousand dollars and the same for lenses.
The real comparison might be better if you put an amateur person with a professional camera to take the same pictures and then compete with the photographer making a various kind of pictures in different scenarios professional photographer w/professional camera VS average Joe w/I - phone
it is not about the gear most of the time! It is about the photographers skills! he picked best time of day for light and good composition, that counts for 90% of it. the iPhone would fail in low light etc but, if they just put up the image with no context of how they were shot know one would give a s**t. Also they are really lovely set of images for an engaged couple x
"... is surely meant to be Apple’s photography counter to Android’s three-camera flagships..." Are you really so ignorant of how long that design was in the pipeline? Just because an Android hurries to unveil its phone right before iPhone (knowing it's a fixed target, always in September)... never mind. If you don't get it, you don't get it.
So no chance android phone makers would have something"in the pipeline"? Apple has not been ahead of competition for some years now, by now their new phones mostly differ through gimmicks.
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I am a pro photographer (portrait and weddings) and I would love to be recruited by a phone company for taking an entire wedding with a smartphone. I would find it really stimulant and interesting.
First and foremost please don't compare testimony of an accidental photographer who started as a hobbiest and made decision to I full time wedding photo business. Your style and perspective demonstrate lack of experience. I am not a wedding photographer own iPhone 11 pro, shoot casting models and products with my Haselblad H6, Sony A7RIII and Canon 5DSR. I am willing to challenge any so-called iPhone lovers to have a one one one casting or products I.e. Diamonds, Rolex or exotic cars photography and if a neutral person pick iPhone image or my Sony or Canon image.
Like the photographers pics, buttttttt what was the purpose of this post?!? Will people still buy these sh***y phones when Apple starts charging like $3000 and up?!? Smh
Jeez ... look at all the photogs getting defensive. Of course a 5D is better. But for a camera-in-your-pocket, the iPhone 11 pics are pretty good. That's all this comparison is showing.
okay, and now try with Iphone shoot a full speed running horse 20meter away from you...
Phones might never or they might get as good a DSLR. As for myself, I got fed upt of carrying heavy photography equipment during my trips. Phones are so much more handy
Some people are getting really worked up about this like...I don’t care if you use apple or nice cameras or apple or android or whatever, use whatever you want and I’ll use what I want and we can leave it at that. I don’t need your passive aggressive opinion that contains insults about my photography skills?
except iPhones do shoot in RAW, just not with the stock camera app. some commenters are downright ignorant in tech.. sure the cellphone cameras are always going to be inferior to DSLRs, but nobody can ever stuff a DSLR in their pocket and carry them 24/7.
I'm too distracted by that guy's braid pigtails. I don't know how to feel about them.
Regardless of the comparisons, the engaged couple's photos made me smile.
Took the words right out of my mouth. Reading the bickering over some overpriced iNonsense vs professional equipment I couldn't help wondering what on earth these people were looking at, because that couple is Hallmark to a T and made me forget al about the piece.
Load More Replies... Personally, I'd be pretty angry if I paid a fortune to have a professional photographer at a wedding and have them show up with an iPhone.
I wouldn’t, the photographers know why they’re doing!
Load More Replies... Well, I didn't bother to watch the video, because when I saw the "comparison" shots, I just shook my head. Of course shots displayed on the net at this magnification are comparable. It is not until you compare these shots in Photoshop at zoom, or try to photo process the original files, that you will see the blatant difference between the iPhone and a camera which has a sensor that gathers 50 times more light. That said - most people these days only look at their shots on small screens, and for that use, modern phone cams are remarkably capable. The Apple phone algorithms are nothing short of amazing. They allow complete photographic amateurs to take splendid photos in most conditions, including many where a seasoned photographer using a DSLR would have to struggle. I know this from experience - the small, intelligent flash on a phone, for example, can have an advantage in intimate (close-up) settings like at a table in a dark restaurant.
True, it can be less intrusive, but at a wedding you are expecting a photog. Plus they should have a fast portrait lens so they can get shots w/o jamming the camera in the guests' faces.
Load More Replies... When the iPhone can do this, I will consider using it more than my Canon 6D. MW2-5d90ad...ec46af.jpg
Better yet... do this with a cellphone camera...
I'll save you some time... you can't - it's impossible Milky-Way-...340494.jpg
You can compare and iphone 11 to a Hasselblad and not tell the difference when its exported for a board panda post. Now show me the same photo at full scale on my imac for when i need to edit and print larger than an 8x10. If you think an iphone is comparable to a professional with a camera.. then they dont need your short changed business.
An iPhone along with other top end smartphones can easily replace a point-and-shoot camera(which is why that market is nearly dead), but not a DSLR, but the images are quite good coming out of a phone. Cellphone cameras have come a LONG way. I remember taking pics with a flipphone and they were a noisy, pixelated mess.
I think this couple would make any photos look fantastic! They radiate love and it totally shows!! <3
Wake me up when a smartphone can capture an aircraft passing by at 200kts, at 1/30s, with a full prop disc and the ability to count the rivets holding it together. Or maybe a two inch tall bird at ten feet, and you can count the individual filaments of its feathers. A smartphone is good for small prints or instagram/facebook. A few grands worth of body and optics can simply not be challenged for more demanding subjects, and anyone who says otherwise is undisputedly wrong, and only saying it because they don't want to spend silly amounts of cash for next-level performance.
When I saw the first photo taken from their back, I thought, "The woman is considerably taller than her fiance." I assumed the person with braids was a woman until I saw the next photos. Here's the horrible thing that society has impressed upon me (and I'm a 60 year old gay man!) ... I always assume an engagement/marriage photo is of a man and a woman and until something catches my eye that contradicts my first impression ... I think like the heterosexaul majority. It's kind of sad.
Do this, with ANY cell phone camera then come back and talk to me about how good they are compared to a DSLR Bond-Falls...dee2f0.jpg
All I can say is Now there is a couple who truly love each other. You can see just from the photos how in love & happy they are.
Oh great, iPhone advertisement. Trust me, not a single professional photographer in the world would swap their camera for a f*cking iPhone. One of my best friends actually is a wedding photographer and she went furious when I showed her. I am (and she is, too) pretty sure these pics were set up so they look as close as possible - meaning, they shot an iPhone photo first and tuned the camera settings to fit. Now I dare you, try the same the other way round.
iPhone and DSLR lenses have the same aperture? You are joking right? They are not even close to being the same. The largest aperture opening on a cellphone camera is smaller than the smallest opening on most DSLRs... while they may be labelled the same, they are definitely NOT the same.
Load More Replies... Well, I'm trully very excited to see how capable the smartphones cameras are today. But please, how can a decent person say that a phone can beat a pro-glass or the capability of a full frame sensor? That is such a b******t marketing manipulation (Apple in this case).
I'm an oldster (58) and it made me misty that the photographer chose his FRIENDS, a lovely gay couple, and I haven't read one complaint or snipe in the comments, Conclusion: photographers are superior humans.
The iPhone pics looks a bit harsh with its High contrast and somewhat over processed pictures. they don't look natural and pleasing if you look at details, and in some, even in general. I prefer the raw format, to do what needs done by eye...
I'm an iPhone user, I also have 36 megapixel DSLR and very good glass. Bokeh, out of focus image will be better with DSLR set up, control of depth of field, what portion of image is in focus, can be controlled with DSLR, iPhone and apps mostly does that with SW manipulation, like the out of focus bokeh, the iPhone sensor is tiny and it has fixed f-stop lens. Sure, the images are close too comparable on smartphone or laptop screen, a 11 by 14 print will tell who the winner. Also at low light conditions full frame DSLR/mirrorless will blow the smartphone cameras out of the water. There's a reason good camera's are several thousand dollars and the same for lenses.
The real comparison might be better if you put an amateur person with a professional camera to take the same pictures and then compete with the photographer making a various kind of pictures in different scenarios professional photographer w/professional camera VS average Joe w/I - phone
it is not about the gear most of the time! It is about the photographers skills! he picked best time of day for light and good composition, that counts for 90% of it. the iPhone would fail in low light etc but, if they just put up the image with no context of how they were shot know one would give a s**t. Also they are really lovely set of images for an engaged couple x
"... is surely meant to be Apple’s photography counter to Android’s three-camera flagships..." Are you really so ignorant of how long that design was in the pipeline? Just because an Android hurries to unveil its phone right before iPhone (knowing it's a fixed target, always in September)... never mind. If you don't get it, you don't get it.
So no chance android phone makers would have something"in the pipeline"? Apple has not been ahead of competition for some years now, by now their new phones mostly differ through gimmicks.
Load More Replies... I am a pro photographer (portrait and weddings) and I would love to be recruited by a phone company for taking an entire wedding with a smartphone. I would find it really stimulant and interesting.
First and foremost please don't compare testimony of an accidental photographer who started as a hobbiest and made decision to I full time wedding photo business. Your style and perspective demonstrate lack of experience. I am not a wedding photographer own iPhone 11 pro, shoot casting models and products with my Haselblad H6, Sony A7RIII and Canon 5DSR. I am willing to challenge any so-called iPhone lovers to have a one one one casting or products I.e. Diamonds, Rolex or exotic cars photography and if a neutral person pick iPhone image or my Sony or Canon image.
Like the photographers pics, buttttttt what was the purpose of this post?!? Will people still buy these sh***y phones when Apple starts charging like $3000 and up?!? Smh
Jeez ... look at all the photogs getting defensive. Of course a 5D is better. But for a camera-in-your-pocket, the iPhone 11 pics are pretty good. That's all this comparison is showing.
okay, and now try with Iphone shoot a full speed running horse 20meter away from you...
Phones might never or they might get as good a DSLR. As for myself, I got fed upt of carrying heavy photography equipment during my trips. Phones are so much more handy
Some people are getting really worked up about this like...I don’t care if you use apple or nice cameras or apple or android or whatever, use whatever you want and I’ll use what I want and we can leave it at that. I don’t need your passive aggressive opinion that contains insults about my photography skills?
except iPhones do shoot in RAW, just not with the stock camera app. some commenters are downright ignorant in tech.. sure the cellphone cameras are always going to be inferior to DSLRs, but nobody can ever stuff a DSLR in their pocket and carry them 24/7.
I'm too distracted by that guy's braid pigtails. I don't know how to feel about them.
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