Last night while examining my cell phone plan, it dawned on me that I had been using my current phone for almost exactly one year. Thinking about this, I plugged my phone into my computer and imported the over 1400 images taken from my phone into Lightroom, and took a visual tour through the last 365 days of my life.
While I was doing this, I began to think about the phenomenon that is cell phone photography, and the cultural impact its had over the last few years. Initially, people used mobile uploads to share (largely unedited) snippets of their life, the moment that they happened. But as cameraphone technology and app/filter technology continued to progress, and the use of both spread further and further, “iPhoneography” – deliberately using cell phone cameras with filters/editing programs to create a stylized and creative image- made the transition from a fringe practice to a legitimate way that we talked to the world and expressed ourselves creatively.
I realized something while examining the images from my phone – They were the details. The moments and scenes in my life that happened spontaneously, not when I had been prepared to shoot with my normal “big” camera. These were the tiny things. A laugh with a friend. A good meal. A pretty scene I had forgotten about. And it felt good to remember them.
Chase Jarvis said, “The best camera is the one that’s with you”, and as I looked through the vignettes of my life, captured by my Android camera, I couldn’t agree with him more. So here it is – a year, through the camera phone.
Dinner for Dons // April 2011
Sailing Casco Bay // April 2011
Maine's Hottest Bachelor // Oct 2011
Rosemont Market // March 2012
Port City Music Hall // March 2011
Spose Video Shoot // March 2012
The New Apartment // Nov 2011
Pregamin'! // April 2011
Waterville Valley, NH // Oct 2011
Distinct. // April 2011
Shooting a Band // Aug 2011
Preparing for Elykssor Party // March 2011
Hyde Park Proposal // April 2011
Kayaking at home in Milo // Oct 2011
Found in basement of 615 Washington // May? 2011
Elevator, 99 Silver Street // June 2011
Daisy! Waterville Valley, NH // Oct. 2011
Noodle House, Los Angeles // Jan 2012
Backstage, PCMH // Mar 2011
Beach Shoot, 5:30 am, // July 2011
South Portland // Sept 2011
MadWorld Guestbook - Sniff's Entry // Jun 2011
Workin' // June 2011
Bulldog Style // Feb 2012
Joseph // Oct 2011
Work // Feb 2012
Sniff's autographed copy of Vagabonding - Scotland, train // May 2011
K-Po, Front Room // Sept 2011
Fun in London // April 2011
Wells, ME Wedding // Aug 2011
Heat Wave // July 2011
New Car! // June 2011
Broken Car! // Sept 2011
Baxter Brewing // Jan 2012
Mallett Brothers Band video shoot // Sept 2011
Hot Stuff // Feb 2012
Practicing for my first gig // Oct 2011
Spose // Dec 2011
One-year anniversary dinner, Fore St. // July 2011
Help-Portrait - Maine // Dec 2011
Silver St. // Mar 2012
Daydreaming, Grittys // Mar 2011
Hutch Hats // Jun 2011
Filets and Bubbly // April 2011
Elykssor TV // Jan 2012
Los Angeles // Jan 2012
Bissell Brothers Brewing // Jan 2012
Baxter Brewery // Jan 2012
Valentine's Day Shoot // Feb 2012
Hangin' // Feb 2012
Spoils // Mar 2011
Portland // March 2011
State Theatre // Dec 2011
- Found on Parking Meter // July 2011
Taco Escobarr // Oct 2011
Snowstorm Rations // Feb 2012
Lifestyle Shoot, Boston // July 2011
Wedding Venue // Mar 2012
Kennebunk // July 2011
My city by the Sea // Aug 2011
Sniff // April 2011
Google Maps // Aug 2011
Night Shooting // July 2011
Independence Day // 2011
Farmington // June 2011
Work // Jan 2012
Ossipee NH // Dec 2011
South Portland // Feb 2012
Christmas Time, NH // Dec 2011
Luke & Will & Big Band Syndrome // Dec 2011
Road Trippin' // Mar 2012
Self-Portrait // Mar 2012
This a cool idea… It makes me want to spend more time in Portland.
Cool Idea, this makes me want to spend more time in Portland.