this is my favorite Italian soccer team and it has really nothing to do with
anything beside that today I'm going to Italy
I believe that most of you are following this channel because you're interested
in landscape photography, like I am and I thank you for that I will ensure
you that we will have a lot of content about landscape photography in the
future but today I'm in Rome so I thought I will do something a little
different and in this video we will talk about street photography and I mainly
want to challenge myself in doing something a little bit out of my comfort
zone I will be in Rome for two days I hope you can hear something because
there is a lot of noise I will stay in Rome for two days and for the first day
I will use my DSLR my Nikon d810 with one lens 50 millimeter 1.8 and for the
second day instead I'm going to use my iPhone 7 plus and see if the convenience
of having a camera in your pocket with very light weight is going to be offset
by the quality of a professional camera with professional lens let's go
the main problem with the DSLR of course is the weight and even if I'm only using
one lens I still need to carry a backpack which
when it's hot and when you are in a city like Rome and there is a lot of walking it
might be a pain I've been walking just for 45 minutes and a already a little
sweaty the same time I can play with my aperture and so today actually I'm
trying to use only F 1.8 or F 2 in order to have a very nice shallow depth of
field something that I cannot do with my iPhone
it is tough to find quiet corners in Rome to talk to a camera I've been
taking picture with my DSLR in Rome for a few hours now and I have to say that I
love to be able to control my shutter speed I love to be able to control my
aperture to play with shallow depth of field it is nice to take picture with
this camera
so second day yesterday was a lot of fun taking pictures in the streets of Rome
with my DSLR second day instead I will be working just with my iPhone and to
make it a little more practical I did add a grip on my iPhone 7 plus so that
it would be easier to hold my phone and take photos just using my thumb
unfortunately my trip in Italy is over as you can see I am back in my studio in
California and before talking about image quality of Nikon d810 versus
iPhone 7 plus I want to tell you that I am not completely comfortable in showing
you my street photography work because of course this is not my favorite
subject this is not what I usually do at the same time what I think was
interesting in making this video was actually really putting myself in this
situation challenging myself with something a little different I am
embracing it and you saw my images I usually feel better when I show my
landscape photography or my long exposures nevertheless let me know what
you think now let's talk about my experience and about the quality of the
images that you just saw talking about the experience I have to say that in my
opinion there is no comparison in holding a DSLR versus holding an iPhone
even with if I had a grip on I really don't mind to carry extra weight being
able to adjust all the settings in the way I want I also think that because I
am used to have my iPhone with me at all time it's easier for me to get into the
mood of taking pictures when I'm holding a DSLR in my hands versus the iPhone
when I hold the DSLR when I have a DSLR with me for some reason my mindset
changes and I start to look for things rather than just seeing so even if it's
true that the iPhone or any smartphone is with us at all time and it's
convenient I have to say that I do prefer even for street photography
carrying a DSLR image quality is not even fair to compare the full-frame sensor of
the Nikon d810 with a very tiny sensor of the iPhone looking closely at the
images that I took in Lightroom I can see that every time there is not enough
light the iPhone pictures are clearly grainy and full of noise but at the same
time it is interesting that when you cannot
rely on the quality of the camera of the DSLR I have to say that it has it is
a very interesting exercise to use the iPhone in order to practice your
composition skills so I strongly recommend to try this because very often
and that's what I did with my DSLR I rely on the quality of the camera in
order to make my images more interesting while with the iPhone it's really a
matter of decide what goes in the composition and what stays out I hope
you found this video interesting and possibly you also got some inspiration
to challenge yourself in using your camera in a way you're not used to! I
certainly did and I will do it again possibly very shortly next month I'm
going to New York and I might come up with a new challenge for myself if you
want to see more contents like this just let me know in the comments below
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