It’s that time of the year again, an office party here, an informal get together there, a quick glass of something before plodding home through the night. There’s no doubt in my mind, the choice of camera has an enormous influence on the choice of subject. If I’d have had my DSLR with me on the way home from the office do, I would quite possibly not even have taken the lens cap off. If I’d have had the compact Lumix with me I’d most likely have sought perfection and spent far too much time trying to create nice sharp, well framed images. But as luck would have it I was simply carrying my mobile phone in my duffel coat pocket. The phone has quite a reasonable camera but I don’t expect wonders. So, not worrying about all those reflections in the tram window or whether an f stop more or less may be better, I simply pointed and shot. Total freedom.
I like these shots, especially them being in black and white. I have to say most of my pictures are taken on my phone – the quality is obviously not a patch on the DSLR but for convenience you can’t beat it – and as you say that freedom. Thinking of getting a Nokia Lumia 1020 in the new year … the camera is meant to be fabulous so not sure if that will put on the extra pressure!