Why I like My Phone for Photography

Over the past year or so I've found myself taking more and more "real" photos with my iPhone (iPhone 15 if you care). My iPhone photos are now incorporated into my LightRoom catalog. What and when do I use the phone's camera? I primarily use it in four situations:

1. To get a "blur" effect but I don't have a tripod handy

2. In difficult lighting situations just to make sure I have a different "view" than I get with my DSLR, and frequently with less time spent in processing

3. When I don't have my DSLR with me for some reason

4. To create an easy panoramic photo, good enough for social media

And of course I still take and send via text messages, timely photos to family during events, when I'm traveling etc. That's something I've done for years and didn't do with my DSLR.
Below are examples of each of those four situations (and you may notice there's frequently a couple of those situations in play for a particular photograph).

Dunloup Fall - New River Gorge National Park

Cleveland Metroparks Zoo - Asian Lantern Festival

A Walk in My Neighborhood

Cherry Grove, North Myrtle Beach, SC

A School Production