Kim A. Thomas, a photographer out of San Francisco, recently shot an entire wedding using just her iPhone. She processed everything using Instagram as well. The couple, Jonathan and Brandi, wanted her to do so by request. She never used an SLR for any of the shots. Her main camera was the iPhone 4s with an iPhone 4 as a backup. She did use an SLR mount for her lenses and a tripod. Take a look at the shots and let us know what you think of them!
Here's a shot of the full array of equipment she used during the wedding:
“I photographed the wedding with my iPhone 4s, along with a backup iPhone 4, an SLR Mount and my 50mm f1.4, the Glif Plus and an Olloclip (all from Photojojo). I brought my tripod along for stabilization in what would possibly be a poorly lit City Hall, and I also brought along my phone charger (not pictured). To my surprise, the light in City Hall was perfect.”
Kim writes about the decision,
“I've heard of iPhone weddings before, but I've only heard of 1 (maybe 2, according to Google), and so when Jonathan told me he was looking for a photographer to photograph their wedding with only an iPhone, I was esctastic. While I love my 5D, I'm a huge Instagram user and take more photos with my iPhone than any other camera I have. It's the camera, er, phone, I always have on me, and it's what has documented some of my best memories.”
Be sure to check out the full blog post to read about all the other details from the wedding!
Here are the shots from the wedding below.
[Via Photojojo via Kim A. Thomas]
The amount of snobbery in these comments is overwhelming.
The Instagram look obviously isn't for everyone, but there are great shots on here. Notice that the title of the article is "An Entire Wedding Shot on an iPhone and Processed Using Instagram", not "A Collection of Museum-Worthy Photos of the Absolute Highest Quality, Composed Exactly Like They Teach You in Photog 101, Shot By the Greatest Photographer in History."
The achievement is not supposed to be derived entirely from the pictures-- rather, the achievement comes from the fact that photography is evolving, and this is an example.
Yeah man because the one with the bad motion blur and the one where they seem to be staring at another camera look wonderful over the blurry washed out instagram filter.
That must have taken some doing! Wow!
It goes to show that composition and subject are what make an image, and the photographer has done a great job, using the great building and landscape well. I have seen lots of wedding photos shot on 5D's and the like, that are absolutely hideous - poorly lit, badly framed etc. Considering most of these images will be consumed via the internet, and most people will be looking at the subject, the resolution argument is somewhat redundant. Even if the couple were to print their images, some don't necessarily want or need poster sized prints as part of their decor. I was recently in a situation where I stumbled on a fantastic location, did not have my DSLR with me and had to shoot with my iphone 4. I used the shots later in an assignment as backgrounds and on my 17" computer screen at full size they still looked fine - great in fact!
Proved again that the mind behind the camera is more important.
I keep coming back to this post and it inspires me beyond belief. The simplicity of all the gear and just the know how to get the shot with anything is fantastic! Makes me want to shoot my first wedding with an iPhone and similar gear (maybe even less if I feel daring).
This is great, it shows that you don't need an expensive professional DSLR to get pretty good photos, 50% is the photographer, 30% the light and 20% the equipment, or something like that!
Considering the demographic about to move into marrying age, the rapid demise of anything printed, the continual improvement of camera phones, and the eventual replacement of of the traditional dslr as we know it with the next generation of mirror-less you can bet iphone weddings, as a less expensive package option will see rapid growth and and adoption in the 2 years.
The notion of having to have wedding prints, or even having to have a photographer running all over your wedding with big equipment is a 20th century concept that will and is coming under attack.
I think this article goes to prove that it's not all about the camera. The skill of the photographer is the major factor in what your wedding photographs will come out like. Great job!
I think this a well done point that you cannot judge by the equipment used.
A great artist with a different paint brush still paints great images. It's what's behind the lense that makes it work.
What happened to the guests?
Oh look, someone shot a wedding using what exactly everyone else has ... a stupid phone. Yeah, this is generally bad for the profession because it further enables the throngs at weddings who are constantly jumping into our angles. This is exactly the reason our industry has become so oversaturated with new photographers. It's not just that the technology is more accessible. But ... that crappy alternatives are good enough. It's like being a structural engineer who recommends using an erector set to build a sky scraper.
lol wow these are horrid.....
Shame she didn't use a Rollei...
Such confident photography. Well done!