Added an Apple iPhone 4s to the personal arsenal recently, as sort of an early birthday present to myself. This little handy device is already changing some of my ways of thinking along the lines of daily & even instantaneous communication ~ with the usual features like IM, email, iTunes, web & calendar access and a few other fun apps. One such app that is blowing me away is Instagram. Although it’s primarily a free site for users of mobile devices to post their photos (sort of like a FaceBook for photographers), quite a few pros are using the site to promote some of their best work to an even broader international audience. Being a longtime user of Apple products throughout my career, this addition was literally a no – brainer.
I’ll be writing more about it’s features and functionality as I incorporate into my everyday workflow. It has a pretty amazing 8MP camera too, which in itself is really something cool. And uh, yea, almost forgot – it’s a cellular telephone too…
Here’s a quick slideshow of what the iPhone and an app like Instagram can do. A few older portfolio images are in the beginning, included with newer images actually shot within the last week or so on the iPhone (the last three are with the iPhone.) All the images were processed in Instagram. ~cg
Chet Gordon resides in the lower Hudson Valley region of New York. A photojournalist for more than 25 years, he recently worked as Westchester Magazine's first photo editor, and previously was a staff photographer at four NYC metro area newspapers. He was also a photo editor at the NY Daily News for 5 years. His work has appeared in The New York Times, International Herald-Tribune, USA Today, MailOnline (UK), Army Times, Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek, and Popular Photography magazines, among others. He is a career member of the National Press Photographer’s Association (NPPA), and a former board member of the NY Press Photographer’s Association (NYPPA). He served honorably as a U.S. Marine in the mid-1980's, including 2+ years stationed on Okinawa, Japan, and throughout Southeast Asia. A longtime volunteer and travel enthusiast, he accompanies several humanitarian aid clients on their international disaster relief and medical missions. Since 1997, he's worked in several African countries, the Middle East, Central and South America, Eastern Europe, as well as Afghanistan, Haiti, the Russian Federation, and Thailand. He routinely mentors young photographers looking to break into the industry and vacations in Bermuda and Kenya.
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