Is it at all possible to get into photography with just a phone

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>>2680328
Holy shit this board is slow, I'll checkup tomorrow morning.

Things you might be able to learn

>composition from only one focal length
>

I cant think of anything else. I do see some great iphone only instagram accounts now and then but consider those the extreme minority.

Buy a fucking camera when you get your first highschool job. Ask the gear thread.

Things you wont learn with a smart phone:

>what good dynamic range should look like
>focusing
>use of bokeh
>what focal length to use for different shots
>what is "good lighting" for a photo
>pan photography
>how aperature effects sharpness, DOF, Bokeh, ect
>what a "stop" is
>how to select a good shutter speed

Thats just the beginning

>>2680328
>>2680330
Oh, and these photos are boring as shit and dont have even have subject.

>the subject is grass

Please

Check the rules, resize your images to 1000 max on one side. No one wants to see snapshits at 3000x2500 especially iphone snapshits

Lmao.

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>>2680333
Why does a picture need a subject? I may not know anything about photography, but I've seen a lot of nice photos taken of just the surrounding area/ scenery or whatever you want to call it.
>resize
I'm literally posting from my phone atm

>>2680331
>high school job
99% of the money I make goes into cars as a hobby. 1% goes into food, and I'd rather put my money into cars than a camera, so I was just wondering if I could begin with a phone camera, and if I actually like it, maybe buy a shitty camera and work my way up from there.
If the answer is that I won't learn shit from it and it's not worth it than that's the end of that discussion.

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>>2680328 If "getting into photography" means learning basic composition and importance of subject. Work on it.

(Unless it's like mine. When I try to take a photo without first resetting it, it freezes for 5 minutes, crashes, restarts and calls to emergency number from my pocket.)

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>>2680342
well if you were into it, you'd probably be interested enough to read about exposure, focus, composition, and all that stuff on your own before even owning a "real" camera; I certainly was. If you aren't, go take snapshits with your phone

I'm going to give a provisional yes here, but it's a very qualified answer. Cell phone photos can be very interesting. I've found I like some of my phone snaps better than DSLR photos. I think what a cell phone brings is a certain feel or atmosphere due to the quality of lens and sensor. Sometimes going low-fi works really well to help create mood, and of course if you like playing with filters, cell phone photos seem to be best for all the cheesy stuff. With a cell phone, the subject and composition are very important, especially since you generally can't really control anything else like depth of field, shutter speed, and all that. So I would say that as an intro it's an okay way to start learning the art of photography, if not the mechanical aspects.

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>>2680342 Think why people should waste their time to look at the picture. If a picture looks like an empty desktop background, it probably needs a subject.
(Unless one wants a desktop background.)

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>>2680348
holy shit that jellyshut

>>2680328
Possible to get into photography with a phone camera? Absolutely.

Knowing what the fuck to do with a "real" camera if/when you decide to move up? Absolutely not.

If you're going to start, buy a cheap starter DSLR or Mirrorless kit. Canon SL1, Nikon D3300, Sony A6000, etc.

You can get one of these for between $250-400. Lay off buying a new fart can for a month or so, and you have a camera that you can learn with properly, and will take helluva lot better photos of your rice rockets in the driveway.

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>>2680480 Also several seconds lag. I simply could not catch a car at the moment it was passing me. That was best I got before giving up.
(Was trying to get something like this.)

>>2681574
>Also several seconds lag. I simply could not catch a car at the moment it was passing me.

By comparison:

With a "real" camera you would be able to focus in advance and thus have almost zero lag and perfect focus every time.

You would also be able to control motion blur, to give the impression of speed in the background.

I recommend getting a second hand DSLR.
You can find them very cheap and any DSLR will give you decent controls and acceptable image quality.