The overwhelming majority of what I post on here is photos taken with one of my DSLRs, either my old D5000 or the D610 I use now (Nikons). I'm something of a Neo-Luddite and refused to get a smartphone until a couple years ago, so my skills with a phone camera leave much to be desired. Every now and then I manage to hold my mouth just right and get a good one but it isn't a regular occurrence. These three were a few of my favorites from this summer.
This first one happened entirely by accident. This was from the first time a militia was supposed to show up in downtown Louisville this summer, police had brought in city dump trucks to block the streets near the site of the protests. I'd been trying to get a few shots of the trucks with my phone when this person rode between them. My phone is old and creaky and sometimes takes several seconds to shoot a photo after you hit the button so it's pure luck that it actually managed to capture this one.
For my birthday this summer my pandemic partner and I went to Jefferson Memorial Forest to hike and take photos. We'd just got there when we saw the butterfly flittering about and landing on flowers but it was raining a bit so I didn't want to get my 610 out so I just took photos of it with my phone.
This is my new favorite reflection selfie! The Speed Art Museum is located on the University of Louisville's campus and was doing an Andy Warhol exhibit this summer. Once the lockdown eased up enough that they'd let a few people in the door at a time we went and took a look at it. I hadn't realized until I saw the exhibit that he was a devout Catholic, these are some of the relics from when he got to meet the pope.
Anybody have particular occasions where you prefer to use a smartphone camera over a DSLR? I tend to underestimate phone cameras because I'm not very good with them, maybe one of these days I will get them figured out. What's your favorite thing to shoot with (aside from firearms)?