Photo by J.Baumung for Photojojo
To create a touch of light on a subject you want to photograph, use your phone! It won’t light up the whole setup, but it does create that cozy and mysterious effect on photographs. Don’t you love it on portraits?
Use a cell phone, a game boy, or a laptop screen to softly light a face, hand, or anything that needs a bit of extra attention.
Works great in long exposures (think light painting), or when the light’s just fading away at twilight.
Click here to read the article from Photojojo.
I sure want to try it, but I still have to find my tripod! I meant John’s tripod 
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Shutter sounds to be mandated on phone cameras
Photo from SuperStock
A new bill has been introduced this year to require cellphone cameras to make a sound when taking photos. The bill will also prohibit the cellphones to have the feature to disable or silence the sound. The requirement will be considered a consumer product safety standard.
I take photos often with my phone especially when I shop. I don’t like attracting attention to myself, so sometimes I silence my phone. The shutter sound also annoys me a little bit. But if this bill gets passed, I’ll be fine with it. This bill will hopefully provide more safety and privacy to the public (e.g. from creeps who take photos for their personal satisfaction). I wonder if Apple will create a new update of the iPhone OS to disable silencing of the shutter sound.
Do you use your phone’s camera? Do you silence it or do you keep the shutter sound on? What do you think of the proposed bill?
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