Photography used to be an art that required precision and extensive time. It still is in some cases but thanks to the advancement in technology, it has become much easier to express art through a camera lens. But has it become too easy? Smartphones have started to up their game when it comes to cameras. New innovations like portrait mode, optical image stabilization and telephoto lens have granted once unimaginable features so easily. My question is... are these smartphones ruining the creative art of photography?

Well...yes and no

I believe that expression of art in any form is still expression of art. However you decide to tell your story or capture others in your world is your choice. But the two practices shouldn't be clumped together. I mean, you would never say that watercolor and pastel is the same, would you? (and if you did, i'm sure a mob of artists would eventually find their way to you). The same should apply to new age technology. Appreciate both sides, but recognize that they require different skills.

My open thinking to this new art stems from the fact that around 1820, the first camera was probably seen as absurd and many couldn't have even conceived it as a new form of art. I am not one to stand in the way of progress, and who knows, maybe in 50 years smartphone photography will be the new norm and DSLR, Nikon, Canon (and many more) are outdated and forgotten. Who knows? It was John F. Kennedy who said, "Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future," and I sure have no intention of missing that.

In the spirit of trying not to miss the future, I decided to add some photography captured with the device that also allows to me call others and update my twitter account. Hope you enjoy and remember to try to see in art wherever you go.