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But I really don’t NEED an iPhone…
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I have an iPhone, but I was a late adopter.  As recently as last August I was resisting hubby’s suggestion that I get an iPhone.  He already had one, and loved his, but I thought it was too much phone for me.  After all, I wasn’t on my phone much and just did a bit of texting.  Why bother with a more expensive phone and data plan?  I appreciated the suggestion, but was trying to be frugal and to keep things simple.

I finally caved for you, dear readers.  Yes, I got a smart phone in order to serve you better.  I enabled comments on my blog a week or so after I launched it, and an iPhone would allow me to approve comments on my blog and to respond, no matter where I was.  I could also respond to blog-related emails on the spot.  Yippee!

Then came Twitter.  I really and truly never thought I’d tweet, but soon realized tweeting could be more than sharing what you were eating for lunch.  I embraced the networking capabilities of Twitter, and am thankful for the personal connections, information, and opportunities Twitter has brought my way.  Tweet tweet!

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Yes, I’m technologically challenged.

I recently had an iPhone photography epiphany.  I’ve been snapping pictures with my iPhone since I got it, and though hubby said it was a five megapixel camera, I didn’t quite grasp that the resulting photos would be digitally rich enough to include on my blog.  (Yes, I can be a little slow where technological details are concerned.)  After all, photography is one of my “things” and I wouldn’t want to post any inferior-looking images.

I was pleasantly surprised with images my little iPhone camera snapped, but didn’t know how they’d look when I took them into Photoshop for the basic treatment I give images used on this blog: auto levels, crop, and image size reduction.  The iPhone photos I took at Lisa Engelbrecht’s class, and then used in my blog, proved I could go from phone to blog – that my iPhone pictures weren’t just a digital photo album.

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Where do the joys come in?  Here!

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The iPhone is the Swiss Army knife of phones – multiple tools tucked in. That includes a camera, which allows me to snap a photo when I didn’t plan to – when I haven’t brought one of my “regular” cameras.  Nice!

Great quality for a phone camera! I won’t be giving up my digital SLR any time soon, but as a blogger I love that I can use phone images on my blog in pinch.  Low-light images aren’t great (they’re either too grainy, or too bright if the flash fires), but the shots I take in standard lighting conditions do suffice.

The iPhone camera gets up close and personal. Given my propensity for macro photography, I love that this built in camera gets up as close as it does.  Getting within two inches and still holding focus? On a camera phone?!  FAB!

So, now that I finally get that my iPhone photos are bloggable, here are some of the images I’ve snapped over the last eight months:

Cabbage: Artistry in the produce department of the grocery store: bejeweled cabbage.
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Palm trees & clouds: A break in the rain allowed this image of palm fronds and clouds.  How convenient – I have a camera right here!
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Bird: I think this little bird allowed me to get within inches to take its picture because of a recent run-in with the glass door it was standing by.  He was either stunned or feeling super friendly that day.  I didn’t witness the collision – just an educated guess – and was really glad to see he’d flown away after I came back outside.  No broken bones, just a few ruffled feathers!
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Turnips: More artistry in the produce department of the grocery store: beautiful bands of purple.
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Sundae: Some days are sundaes!
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Flower: I spied this bloom growing at a local shopping center, and was able to take a quick picture before going about my business.
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Chili peppers: This is another photo snapped in the produce department while I was grocery shopping.  Hot stuff!
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Sunlit leaf: Lunchtime on a weekday, and this weed was glowing in the sunlight – standing proudly, as if it was a prized orchid.

Sunset at top: I snapped this photo when I spied the sunset peeking into the windows of the office building I work in.

If you have an iPhone (or a good camera on another type of smart phone) but haven’t used the camera feature much, please give it a try.  I think you’ll be pleasantly surprised…

Warm regards,
Melody