iPhone 4 and POTD

Early Morning Sun on Campus

The future of POTD... Well, it all started not because I wanted to make a stunning or portfolio-worthy photo every day. Instead, I wanted to practice composition and photo techniques that I can learn and apply. At first, I limited the camera I was using for POTD to my simply point-and-shoot camera. Then, I lost track of my purpose, got overzealous, and started shooting with my DSLR for POTD photos. Then, I got lazy.

Earlier this week, I got my new iPhone 4. Interestingly enough, I jumped on the bandwagon only after iOS 4.1 had the HDR feature for the iPhone camera. And I love it!

POTD evolved from being a project to practice my photography into being a photo-journal to share with distant friends and family.

I'm proposing that, for the future of POTD, I will shoot primarily with my iPhone 5.0 MP camera. Post-processing will be done through several photo-editing apps on the iPhone, starting primarily with Photoshop Express. (Originally, I've been post-processing through Aperture on my Mac, which, as you all know, has become terribly slow.) I believe that this way, I can not only post in a more timely matter (and without such a long pipelined procedure), but also share more candid photos that are more accurate to the experience.

We'll see how it goes.

Photo of the Day 2010 on Flickr.