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Rocking the iPhone…almost there.

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Hypochondriac. SeaTac Airport. Seattle WA, 2008.

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One. SeaTac Airport. Seattle WA, 2008.

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Skyscraper/Escalator. SeaTac Airport. Seattle WA, 2008.

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Triple Anxiety. SeaTac Airport. Seattle WA, 2008.

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The Portal. SeaTac Airport. Seattle WA, 2008.

iPhone Progress

I’m getting close to my secret ambitions with the iPhone. I have written the actions, made a plan, and think…..think….that I can make gallery sized prints from the lowly iPhone camera.

Why am I fixated on this you ask?

The iPhone represents a fundamental shift in cell phone technology and direction. The iPhone’s large screen and easy to use camera, coupled with increasingly sophisticated camera/photo Apps makes the iPhone an ever evolving photo taking/sharing/geo-tagging platform. If there were a bit more manual control and perhaps 3 mega pixels instead of 2, the iPhone would easily outperform many point and shoots in terms of overall usability.

I predict the cell phone will, in a matter of five years or so, largely replace the ubiquitous point and shoot digital camera that most people carry now.

Consider this: there are more cell phone cameras in existence than all other kinds of cameras combined. The cell phone represents the everyman’s camera. All over the world!

I’m pushing the limits of cell phone photography because I want to be a leader and teacher in this field.

I believe in the photography democracy that the cell phone camera represents.

I can’t put it more simply than that.


Lo-Fi, Hi-Style: Coming Soon

I have a secret website that is under construction at the moment. It is the reason I have slowed my posting to this blog. Soon this blog will be replaced and you will be re-directed to my new baby, Lo-Fi, Hi-Style: the blog.

This new blog will be focused on squeezing the most magic possible out of common digital tools.

I won’t be reviewing the RED camera. I won’t tell you how to use a 35mm lens adapters on your brand new Canon XH-A1 camcorder. Instead I’m going to teach you to be the storyteller you are and teach you to make something amazing with a budget of $500 or less.

Interested?

Stay tuned.

I am using all of my spare time to get my baby launched. Hopefully it will be sooner rather than later. I’ll let you know when it happens.

-Kirk

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3 Comments to Rocking the iPhone…almost there.

  1. redmenace's Gravatarredmenace
    October 24, 2008 at 10:51 am

    These pictures are amazing. Leave it to you to capture the dark mood of the SeaTac airport. With an iPhone no less!

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  2. Jamie Cohen's GravatarJamie Cohen
    October 28, 2008 at 4:11 pm

    I am enamored by your stance on storytelling. Many people seem to be sold by the tools and technology and ignore the story because there are so many tools available. I’m looking forward to your new work and your ideas. Thank you for being a bright spot in the varied landscape of the present.

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  3. Kirk Mastin's GravatarKirk Mastin
    November 2, 2008 at 4:13 pm

    Thank you Jamie!

    I really believe that there is so much more to storytelling than equipment.

    I have a Kodak Zi6 coming soon, which is essentially an HD version of the Flip Video camera, and I will try to push the envelope even more.

    Thanks for your support!

    -Kirk

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    Kirk is an experienced visual storyteller and social media expert. Kirk's guiding philosophy: It's not the equipment that matters--it's the story.

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