Nice self-portrait, and fine write-up. Your days as an editor still show
through.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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From: "Bob Whitmire" <bwhitmire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2011 1:48 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] What, no OM mount???
>I love my iPhone.
>
> Here's a self-portrait, taken with iPhone and my new Kindle. The hand not
> shown is holding the phone.
>
> http://www.bobwhitmire.com/about.html
>
> --Bob
>
>
> On Jul 9, 2011, at 2:22 AM, Marc Lawrence wrote:
>
>> iPhonography is enormously popular. The iPhone 4 recently passed all
>> others as the camera most used for photos uploaded the Flickr:
>>
>> http://www.modem3g.com/blog/2011/06/iphone-overtakes-flickr-as-most-popular-camera/
>>
>> and iPhonography exhibitions are regularly held, even inside Apple's
>> own stores. Like Lomo, Diana, Holga, et cetera, there's always an
>> niche waiting to be filled with an enthusiam and its accompanying
>> craft and paraphernalia.
>>
>> While much is done in-phone to squeeze and blur and blanch and slice
>> and stretch and smear and hone pixels, going from other accessories
>> available there is a reasonable possibility of a desire to further
>> increase the number of tools in the toolbox with options unavailable
>> via app (there is not always "an app for that"), be it true DoF
>> effects, or magnification, or fisheye or whatever. I desire this
>> product very little myself except for the usual gear-lust, but it
>> tickles the hell out of me, as much as any leftfielding technique,
>> gadget or technology associated with the art/craft, that someone is
>> playing and having what they consider fun well off the usual roads.
>> Impractical, possibly foolish and absurd even, but then I'm rather
>> fond of the latter two and glad of its comedy...glad to *participate*
>> at times in its comedy (or some would say tragi-comedy. It's all a
>> rich tapestry. ;) ).
>>
>> So, why? Because it's there. :)
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Marc
>
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