by contributing Scotland-based artist, Douglas Brown
As an Edinburgh Black Cab driver I travel to and around my beautiful city on a daily basis. I’m always on the look out, very aware of my surroundings, you have to be in my line of work, especially for other road users including cyclists, pot holes and general not-paying-attention-pedestrians. You could say I have an eye for the unexpected.
The joys of my day job though mean my eyes are not only focused on the happenings that could cost me money, but also on what’s happening around me that could earn me some extra money.
My main passion out-with the day job is Art, Design and Photography – iPhone photography and digital art to be exact. Guess what, I can do both using my iPhone!
I always upgrade my iPhone, mainly every two years with the exception of my recent upgrade from an 11 Pro Max to the 12 Pro Max. Why? Simple, the iPhone 12 Pro Max offers significant camera improvement and especially the new ProRaw feature which allows me to shoot and create RAW files.
The benefit of shooting in RAW is at least 10 times better than shooting in JPEG (.jpg), especially when editing to not only create great sellable photos, but also to create great sellable digital art. With RAW you can edit, save, edit, save as many times as you wish and your original shot will not lose any of its original resolution.
My Camera iPhone and I have a special relationship that I value. I didn’t buy it for the phone, any cheap cellphone can make a phone call. I buy and upgrade my cellphone to take and create beautiful art, photographs and digital art. Most of the offerings on my website, Two Ice Art & Design (https://twoiceartanddesign.pixels.com) have at some stage passed through the many editing apps that I use to create my offerings. The upload from the latest iPhones to my website is always in 4k, which then delivers to the printers of my products the best and highly acceptable image quality so Fine Art America can deliver those museum quality canvas prints that they promise to you, the buyer.
Link to: Edinburgh and Beyond in Color
Link to: Color & Abstracts
Thank you for taking the time to read. Hopefully you will see the value of what you have in your pocket – and when that special moment happens that catches your eye – you will with confidence be able to pull that cellphone out and capture the moment.
Regards,
Douglas Brown
Two Ice Art & Design