Well, I said I was moving my blog to a different server and it happened. Now that that’s over, it’s back to some photography posts.

The camera industry has done an all-around good job of making photography accessible to nearly everyone. Two cheers to them. Three cheers to the mobile phone industry. They are the ones who have really made everybody a photographer. Not every cell-phone image is art, but many are images that would never have been made if the photographer had relied on having his or her camera on hand.

If you are a serious photographer, you may be wondering why cell-phone images matter. I can’t answer that for everyone, but for me they matter because they are taken of pretty much anything and everything in the human experience. By devices that fit in a pocket or purse. By your phone! The rules are a bit changed but the game is the same. With a big expensive camera or with a cell phone the things that matter most are where you point it and when you push the button.

So, if you are tempted to dismiss cell-phone photography as “just fooling around,” give it another thought.

I’ve had an iPhone for a while and the camera, while not incredibly great, is incredibly fun. The great thing about taking photographs with a cell phone is it’s not serious. I mean, reaaalllly, does anyone expect cell phone pictures to be any good?

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