But its just a phone!

I have recently been interested in looking at different styles of camera and photography. From some research, I came across a competition for the best mobile phone photograph. I was not expecting much because, personally, the camera on my phone is not the best. However, the entries for each category were well presented and well composed. My favourite would have to be the winner for the 'infrastructure' category: 

Although there were a limited number of categories, the images selected to win are really creative seeing as they were only using a mobile phone. Even though some of the images are fairly simple, I like the way that they have managed to use depth of field and shutter speed on their phones, making them look professional and interesting. 

A lot of people have recently argued that Apps such as 'Instagram' are ruining photography because there is nothing to it - you just take a photo with a click of a button, and then choose between a few filters to make the image look worthy. However, I disagree with this view, because I feel that mobile photography is a different kind of photography. People always carry their phone with them, whereas a lot of people do not carry a camera. This means that lots more people (not always photographers) have the chance to capture a moment in time, rather than think 'oh I don't have my camera with me...'