You shoot what you love

Namrata Sharma Zakaria for Indian Ahmedabad News Online has written a wonderfully positive article on camera phones, giving examples of how how they are being used how these "trend moments are defining the history of human technology".

-- Members at almost every Pakistani stadium had nattily dressed socialites pull out their cellphones and snap their favourite cricketers

-- Spanish football team Real Madrid may have lost to Monaco, but the cam-phones went frenetic every time pin-up boy David Beckham was around the fence

-- Upcoming fashion designer Rustom Mehta, 23, says his Nokia 6600 is really useful. ‘‘I can shoot a tree, if I like its texture and want to replicate it on fabric,'' he drawls. ‘‘But it's really a fun phone,'' he laughingly adds.

But what do photographers feel about their newly lost status? inquired Zakaria. ‘‘Camera phones are a fabulous invention,'' says fashion photographer Darren Centofanti, adding both he and his (model) wife carry a Nokia 8210 each.

‘‘I can't wait until they bring out a phone with a flash camera. After all, it isn't possible to carry a camera everywhere—even for a photographer like me.

And life presents you with some wonderful spontaneous opportunities that you can capture immediately,'' he adds".

The only hitch so far is that cam-phones don't present you with the finesse of a regular camera or a digi-cam, but like any new invention, the best is yet to come. ‘‘It's a great start,'' adds Centofanti.

Until then shoot what you love".

emily | 10:05 AM | How people and businesses are using cameraphones |
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