What is Phoneography?

      Phoneography is the act of creating photos that have been shot and processed by a mobile phone. Phoneography, though is already a few years old, became mainstream with the advent of the iPhone and its App Store which provided better, easier, and more creative tools for people to shoot, process, and share their work. Now a days, even Android phones are very advanced and are capable of delivering excellent high resolution quality photos.

      The number of mobile phone users in the world is expected to pass the five billion mark by 2019. The number of smartphone users is forecast to grow from 2.1 billion in 2016 to around 2.5 billion in 2019, with smartphone penetration rates increasing as well. Since billions of people are using smart phones in their day to day life, they now prefer to click photos, edit photos, and post photos through their phones only. Experts have also noted that an increase in the sale and usage of smartphones are directly related to a gradual decline in camera sales over the past decade. This indicates that normal people & also professional photographers now prefer smartphones over cameras, because it is very portable, easy & fast.

     Of course cameras have better focal lengths, and clarity compared to phones, and are more towards the higher side on quality & value, but in the end both of the gadgets have their own plus points & minus points.

The above analysis shows the increase in photography on phone

      Many people use their camera phones to take pictures to share on social media simply because it is so easy and fast. The images on Instagram, Facebook, and Snapchat are dominated by images created on smartphones. 

      You’ve probably seen billboards or ads with an amazing photo with the caption, “Shot on iPhone”. Here are a few shots :-

      The ability to take amazing, mind blowing photos is right at your fingertips. For those who are looking to get a bit more serious about their images, keep in mind that there are a wide range of lenses and accessories that you can get too!, and that will be shared in my next post, so make sure to follow me to get notified when the next post will by up. I hope you liked this post, do give like & comment if you enjoyed it, have a great day.