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Photographer’s Camera Dies At The Beginning Of A Photoshoot, So He Uses His iPhone Instead
Sydney-based photographer Aaron Browning was just about to start a perfectly planned shoot on a sunny day when he picked up his camera to discover it wasn’t working. Rather than rescheduling and going home, Browning got resourceful and decided to use his iPhone 6. His results were better than anyone could have anticipated.
Using the power of iOS 10 and an app called Camera+, which allows users to shoot raw image files, Browning managed to pull off a flawless photoshoot. His shots look like the work of a professional set, making it hard to believe they were shot on a phone camera and edited in Lightroom. “To be fair, I’d already been fairly practiced in limiting myself on shoots,” Browning wrote on a PetaPixel post. “The iPhone limited me even further, so it was a really great challenge.”
His model, Jasmine Scorse-Chen, was reportedly a good sport about the whole thing, and was even eager to try the boundary-pushing technique.
More info: Instagram
Would you believe us if we told you this photoshoot was done entirely with an iPhone 6 camera?
Sydney-based photographer Aaron Browning’s camera died just before the shoot, so he had to get creative
Using an app called Camera+ operating on iOS10, he was able to capture surprisingly professional shots
He did have to work at the mercy of natural sunlight, which he can be seen blocking with his finger here
But once he was finished editing the photos on Lightroom…
The results were even better than anyone could have anticipated
His model, Jasmine Scose-Chen, was reportedly a good sport about the whole thing
In fact, she was even eager to see how the boundary-pushing technique would turn out
“To be fair, I’d already been fairly practiced in limiting myself on shoots,” Browning wrote on a PetaPixel
“The iPhone limited me even further, so it was a really great challenge”
If only all of us were this skilled with a phone camera, we could have modeling sessions whenever we wanted
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John L 7 years ago
I think you are correct Marie. Obviously there is an attempt to build up one over the other more advanced systems.
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ARANJEVI 7 years ago
What kinda "photographer" takes off on a shoot with an almost dead battery smh..
Jasmine Scorse-Chen 7 years ago
The battery wasnt dead. The lense just stopped working as soon as he got there 👍
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Nanna 7 years ago
Of course you can take good pictures with an Iphone, outside in daylight, the problem comes when its a lack of light, often gets grainy and yellow unless you use the flash. And when you want to print the pictures to poster size, you'll see the pixels right away.
Charliey Matta 7 years ago
No really. Harsh light like this is hard to work with even with a dslr
Load More Replies... John L 7 years ago
I can definitely tell the difference here. Lense quality is paramount, and these shots do not bring out the detail that a single prism gives. Furthermore, changing the camera's parameters to work with changing conditions are more limited with a smartphone. Sorry, but if you are used to using an SLR, either film or digital, its easy to tell the difference.
Barrie May 7 years ago
And this is why every Tom, D**k and Harry nowadays thinks they're a pro. Stock sites have standards. Magazines have standards. I've done free magazine work for fun in the past (not fashion though), and pixel-level perfection is generally required. Shooting through a cheap lens, onto a abysmally tiny sensor, then slapping a selection of faded and/or vintage filters over the results, is not the right way to do things! For years, consumer grade cameras got better and better. Then Smartphones happened, and like the space shuttle and Concorde, progress took a massive dump. People need to be honest with themselves. An iPhone isn't as good as ten grands worth of DSLR kit. Never will be, and I'm fed up with the drop in standards across the board. /rant
Mike Chin 7 years ago
I'm going to say you haven't looked at enough fashion mags, check out Nylon or i-D, or just Terry Richardson's work. Grainy ugly photos with stark lighting. Instagram filters were popular because so many pro photographers were doing the same looks, and wedding photographers copied them. The look of these photos were done in post intentionally, i know my 3 year old phone can produce better image quality.
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Nik Lawman 7 years ago
Don't mean to be rude, but yes I could tell these were taken on an iPhone and, no, photography isn't really that difficult. Finding the right subject and frame, then post processing is what countless do nowadays -- and with an iPhone.
Marie La Souris 7 years ago
Photography is an art. Art is harder than it seems. And yeah, it's more accessible nowadays, but just like piano is so played by every teenager ever, it's still not that easy.
Load More Replies... Manual Mimosa Delgado 7 years ago
You are a professional photographer, you schedule a shooting day, than something goes wrong and you take pictures with an iPhone instead? Does it sound unprofessional only to me??
Jaried Frogosa 7 years ago
This is an ad for iPhone. A photographer is judged on their photos, not the equipment they used to capture them. These aren't even particularly good photographs.
Mike Chin 7 years ago
It's Terry Richardson syndrome, most average people think his work looks like c**p but he gets paid millions. Lots of photographers hate him and equal number try to emulate his look
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Sondre Strøm Linde 7 years ago
Uhm, why is this so fantastic? Equipment is only the tool. You can take great pictures with any camera if you know what you're doing.
Manu Schuster 7 years ago
The problem with discussing phone photos, in my opinion, is that they all appear the same way. There is plenty of auto correction involved..
Load More Replies... Manu Schuster 7 years ago
Nice, looks just like any other photo on Instagram. Not quite a challenge, right?
Jennifer Cosby 7 years ago
Well the model has commented here saying "the lens just stopped working" I don't know about you, back up camera or no back up camera, I have 7 lenses in my bag!!!! WTH??? He only has 1 lens? He is shooting a lot of the time, in what looks like the harshest sun of the day, with the sun coming down straight on her face looking at the harsh shadows. A few its coming from the side. IDK.... looks like a professional Iphone photographer to me!!
Alvaro MoVi 7 years ago
Yes you can see it's an iPhone or a mobile camera. The poor quality optics, the muted color rendition, no details, low dynamic range.
M O'Connell 7 years ago
I always have a backup camera. In fact, my backup camera (Nikon D40 ~2006) could take MUCH better pictures than his iPhone.
Another bored panda 7 years ago
Yep, definitely look like it was shot with a phone. Moving on to the next useless article.
Randy Brogen, M.Photog.Cr. CPP 7 years ago
No pro worth their salt would ever go to a paid shoot without backup gear. Forgetting to charge your batteries is completely unacceptable.
William Morales 7 years ago
Shenanigans, what photog only brings one stinking body or lens? I have 3 bodies with me just in case this c**p ever happens, not to mention how many lenses in the case.
Lori Creech Loree 7 years ago
Where was his back up camera?? Professional photographers should never show up with only one camera body.
Shana 7 years ago
Doesn't matter how good a phone can take pictures. Nobody is gonna pay a lot of money to hire a pro photographer and then have him come take the pictures with his phone. :p Just seems silly to me. (also, which photographer forgets to check if everything is working before going to a shoot/ doesn't bring back-up batteries,...)
Eframit Orozco 7 years ago
What is really scary is how skinny the model is... that can not be healthy at all :((
Manoj VB (മനു) 7 years ago
iPhone again proved that it is a good option for photographers in emergency situations. Stunning photographs.
John L 7 years ago
I think you are correct Marie. Obviously there is an attempt to build up one over the other more advanced systems.
Load More Replies... ARANJEVI 7 years ago
What kinda "photographer" takes off on a shoot with an almost dead battery smh..
Jasmine Scorse-Chen 7 years ago
The battery wasnt dead. The lense just stopped working as soon as he got there 👍
Load More Replies... Nanna 7 years ago
Of course you can take good pictures with an Iphone, outside in daylight, the problem comes when its a lack of light, often gets grainy and yellow unless you use the flash. And when you want to print the pictures to poster size, you'll see the pixels right away.
Charliey Matta 7 years ago
No really. Harsh light like this is hard to work with even with a dslr
Load More Replies... John L 7 years ago
I can definitely tell the difference here. Lense quality is paramount, and these shots do not bring out the detail that a single prism gives. Furthermore, changing the camera's parameters to work with changing conditions are more limited with a smartphone. Sorry, but if you are used to using an SLR, either film or digital, its easy to tell the difference.
Barrie May 7 years ago
And this is why every Tom, D**k and Harry nowadays thinks they're a pro. Stock sites have standards. Magazines have standards. I've done free magazine work for fun in the past (not fashion though), and pixel-level perfection is generally required. Shooting through a cheap lens, onto a abysmally tiny sensor, then slapping a selection of faded and/or vintage filters over the results, is not the right way to do things! For years, consumer grade cameras got better and better. Then Smartphones happened, and like the space shuttle and Concorde, progress took a massive dump. People need to be honest with themselves. An iPhone isn't as good as ten grands worth of DSLR kit. Never will be, and I'm fed up with the drop in standards across the board. /rant
Mike Chin 7 years ago
I'm going to say you haven't looked at enough fashion mags, check out Nylon or i-D, or just Terry Richardson's work. Grainy ugly photos with stark lighting. Instagram filters were popular because so many pro photographers were doing the same looks, and wedding photographers copied them. The look of these photos were done in post intentionally, i know my 3 year old phone can produce better image quality.
Load More Replies... Nik Lawman 7 years ago
Don't mean to be rude, but yes I could tell these were taken on an iPhone and, no, photography isn't really that difficult. Finding the right subject and frame, then post processing is what countless do nowadays -- and with an iPhone.
Marie La Souris 7 years ago
Photography is an art. Art is harder than it seems. And yeah, it's more accessible nowadays, but just like piano is so played by every teenager ever, it's still not that easy.
Load More Replies... Manual Mimosa Delgado 7 years ago
You are a professional photographer, you schedule a shooting day, than something goes wrong and you take pictures with an iPhone instead? Does it sound unprofessional only to me??
Jaried Frogosa 7 years ago
This is an ad for iPhone. A photographer is judged on their photos, not the equipment they used to capture them. These aren't even particularly good photographs.
Mike Chin 7 years ago
It's Terry Richardson syndrome, most average people think his work looks like c**p but he gets paid millions. Lots of photographers hate him and equal number try to emulate his look
Load More Replies... Sondre Strøm Linde 7 years ago
Uhm, why is this so fantastic? Equipment is only the tool. You can take great pictures with any camera if you know what you're doing.
Manu Schuster 7 years ago
The problem with discussing phone photos, in my opinion, is that they all appear the same way. There is plenty of auto correction involved..
Load More Replies... Manu Schuster 7 years ago
Nice, looks just like any other photo on Instagram. Not quite a challenge, right?
Jennifer Cosby 7 years ago
Well the model has commented here saying "the lens just stopped working" I don't know about you, back up camera or no back up camera, I have 7 lenses in my bag!!!! WTH??? He only has 1 lens? He is shooting a lot of the time, in what looks like the harshest sun of the day, with the sun coming down straight on her face looking at the harsh shadows. A few its coming from the side. IDK.... looks like a professional Iphone photographer to me!!
Alvaro MoVi 7 years ago
Yes you can see it's an iPhone or a mobile camera. The poor quality optics, the muted color rendition, no details, low dynamic range.
M O'Connell 7 years ago
I always have a backup camera. In fact, my backup camera (Nikon D40 ~2006) could take MUCH better pictures than his iPhone.
Another bored panda 7 years ago
Yep, definitely look like it was shot with a phone. Moving on to the next useless article.
Randy Brogen, M.Photog.Cr. CPP 7 years ago
No pro worth their salt would ever go to a paid shoot without backup gear. Forgetting to charge your batteries is completely unacceptable.
William Morales 7 years ago
Shenanigans, what photog only brings one stinking body or lens? I have 3 bodies with me just in case this c**p ever happens, not to mention how many lenses in the case.
Lori Creech Loree 7 years ago
Where was his back up camera?? Professional photographers should never show up with only one camera body.
Shana 7 years ago
Doesn't matter how good a phone can take pictures. Nobody is gonna pay a lot of money to hire a pro photographer and then have him come take the pictures with his phone. :p Just seems silly to me. (also, which photographer forgets to check if everything is working before going to a shoot/ doesn't bring back-up batteries,...)
Eframit Orozco 7 years ago
What is really scary is how skinny the model is... that can not be healthy at all :((
Manoj VB (മനു) 7 years ago
iPhone again proved that it is a good option for photographers in emergency situations. Stunning photographs.
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