Creating in Balance: Cameras, lenses, smartphones, light boxes and blogging.

I lost my camera while packing for the wedding. Luckily I had my trusty smartphone and was able to capture a few images. Some of my pictures on my blog sucked though. Not that they always look great, but they are usually passable. I have been meaning to get a light box for awhile now. For the Sept. Birchbox review I used some elements from a light box to get usable pics with my cell phone. Basically I used a lamp and white board behind it.

The good news is I found my camera! I had it with me the whole time, it was in one of the end pockets in my purse. The batteries need recharged, why can I never find a battery charger when I need one? I have bought six of them over the years and given strict instructions not to move the last two. Well that worked out great!

I have found some interesting functions of my phone. I recently supported two smartphone camera lens projects on Kickstarter. The first is a micro phone lens it increase to 15x, I hope to get in on the next one that increases to 150x. This one is currently closed, but can be seen here: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/968523355/micro-phone-lens-cell-phone-based-microscope

The second is for a macro lens that increases to 4x, they may work on one for 10-15x in the future.This one can be seen here and currently has 14 days left to get in on it.
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/76865543/the-easy-macro-smartphone-lens

What I found out about my camera phone is it zooms up to 4x. I'm not sure if you loose picture quality with it or if you can use it in conjunction with the lenses. These are pictures taken with the zoom.The cat did not want the camera pointed at his eye.

It has other focusing, lighting, and color options. I used my fingers as an easy and consistent subject. I believe I have the lighting options labeled correctly. When used effectively my phone can take decent pictures.

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