Cell phone pictures after two months.
Yesterday marked two months that I have been taking pictures with my phone and posting them to Mytubo which is a photo sharing site for Android phones. In that time I have posted just over 500 images and learned a lot about what other people like and don’t like in an image. The first thing to note is that because the images are small they need to be simple to catch peoples eye. A cluttered image is likely to be ignored. The other thing I’ve learned is that what I like and what is liked are two different things, this is a good thing though it gives me the freedom to do my own thing without falling into the trap of taking pictures that you know others will like. I have to say this with a bit of a proviso because how can you not take pictures for others if you also want them to look at them. With such a large social application there are bound to be differing opinions about what is art. In fact there are really multiple communities of people occupying the same virtual space. There are people who are sharing with their friends trying to out cool each other with post of themselves doing things. There are people taking pictures of themselves for what must be many different reasons. There are people taking pictures with cameras other than there phones and posting them. There is also the group that I consider myself part of and that is people taking pictures with there phones and sharing the world around them. I think that from within whatever group you belong it probably seems like this is the coolest use of the technology or the right way to do it, but they are all equally valid.
Oh there goes the “Like” notification on my phone I better go check what’s happening, bye but in the mean time here are a few of my latest.
