When people think of photographers or videographers, they think of big cameras and lens and lots of equipment. But we all have power cameras in our pocket today. I am currently using an iPhone Pro 12 to capture my content. In this article, I want to show off a variety of content I have taken in the past few months using this iPhone. There is a reason the #ShotoniPhone campaign has been up and running since 2015!
Video
I filmed this geotechnical storytelling video on my iPhone 12 Pro on a lightly rainy day in Metro Vancouver. While the imagery looks great on it, using the built in microphone to shoot a subject, often standing far from the camera and with a highway in the background, would make for a poor video. While filming videos with speaking, I adapt by using lavalier microphones on the subject(s) which greatly improves the sound quality.
Landscapes
I, like any typical geotechnical engineer, likes to spend a lot of time outside. I took many of these photos on a trip to New Hampshire during peak season for the leaves changing colour and I was not disappointed.
It actually took some playing around though to capture the different colours in the Cardigan Mountain image. Originally it was hard to see the variation of the colours by playing with the focus, zoom and exposure.
The final few photos are from British Columbia. I must have at least 50 images of the Port Mann bridge from that angle at all different times of the year. It’s along a favourite walking route and its always so beautiful but subtly different based on the time of year, day and weather.
Night Mode
One of the reasons I originally upgraded to an iPhone 12 Pro was for night mode. I love playing around with the cool imagery you can collect when the sun goes down. Here are a few examples, including a bucket list item of seeing the northern lights, from Vancouver no less! A rare opportunity and I made sure I would not miss it.
Indoor Shots
Indoor shots are often easier to take since the lighting can be controlled vs. working with the sun. I’m a huge hockey fan, so here a few recent images, even if the Canucks lost poorly to the New Jersey Devils shortly after the first image was taken.
Haley, these are some great shots! Thanks for sharing and serving as a reminder that you don’t need fancy equipment to get some beautiful photos.
Cheers,
Nikaela
Thanks Nikaela for your kind words.