Hey, this is Scott of Photography Banzai.
Today we're going to talk about taking opportunities when they show up.
Using what you have on hand to take photos.
Just recently today I was out.
I was driving past a park that I have taken some photos at.
It's a water runoff structure.
It looked really interesting.
There's definitely a lot of water in the large park area.
There's ice as well and it's, of course, very cold out.
But I went out there with my phone.
All I had.
Took some photos.
Took a little bit of video.
You can check that out.
Sometimes all you have is your phone.
I saw a really interesting area.
Been to this place a few times, but it is a water runnoff area and it's full of water.
So it seems like a good opportunity to look around a little bit.
Have some time.
Check it out.
It's a little dangerous...
Lot's of ice around...
And dog c***...
Can't say I've ever seen it like this.
When it's somewhat frozen.
I've seen it full of water, but not frozen almost.
This is not frozen enough to walk on, but it is interesting.
Been using this Open Camera application.
So much better than the original one that came with the (phone).
Even a few other ones that I've tried.
Really amazing work by the person, I don't remember his name off hand.
But I will definitely link the application.
It's open source.
I haven't had a chance to look at the source code,
but I'm curious to look at that at some point.
A lot of my work in the past has been in software development.
So I can imagine just how much effort they put into... this person, put into the software.
Really amazing...
We have the open camera application.
Pop it up...
See the main screen.
You have, of course, video and photo capabilities to it.
Go into the options...
Go into the photo setting real quick and here's the DNG RAW that I mentioned.
You can also do RAW + JPEG, which is what I have been doing.
Go into specific settings for photo and video.
Here's the camera2 API.
This is what gets you RAW and things like that.
Depends on your phone.
In one of my older phone it doesn't work on that one.
One thing to consider with a phone and taking photos, especially with this app that can
use raw...
Is to have a large card in there or just have a phone with a lot of storage.
Because you're going to use probably...
Really depends on how many megapixels the cameras is inside you phone.
Or the two cameras.
They're different.
Usually they're different megapixels, but...
Maybe this one I think is 13 megapixels and even so with the RAWs that are DNG it's coming
out like, ahh, 30 megabytes.
So that does add up quick if you're doing RAW.
I think it's great to go out with cellphones.
It really doesn't matter what you're using.
It's enjoyable, you're still getting some photography in.
Walking around, getting some exercise, the whole deal...
Depends on what you're really interested in...
I mean, if it's not your thing, it's not your thing.
But I really do enjoy going out with the phone.
I see something really interesting.
Take the opportunity to go take some photos.
Trying to finish this video, but I keep hearing rain, sleet, everything going on outside...
It's pretty loud.
Hopefully everyone around here is trying to stay as safe as possible.
And being careful driving if there are people actually driving in that stuff.
Hopefully they're all safe...
Starting to quiet down a little bit.
But that was a quick video talking about taking opportunities in photography.
See something interesting.
Use what you have on hand.
Hope you enjoyed this video.
I'm Scott from Photography Banzai.
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