My GPS Camera Phone

About a week ago, I entered a contest to win a copy of Reza Deghati’s new book, Reza War and Peace, via a simple blog comment on a post about the book. The blog, Epic Edits, is run by Brian Auer and it covers just about everything under the umbrella of photography. Book reviews, photographers, Photoshop, editing, contests, hardware, tools, technique – you name it.

To my surprise, I received an e-mail this morning from Brian that I had won! (Thanks, Brian!)

I can’t wait to dig into this book. There’s a lot to be said about Reza, but this little snippet from the Epic Edits review that sums up how he became a photographer:

One particular instance he wrote about was in a local marketplace. An old woman was selling fish of poor quality. He was compelled to take her photo and learn her story. She told him that she would find fish left behind or on the ground from other vendors and try to sell them to people who had less money than she. The local law enforcement always had their eye out for her and she was forced to hand over part of her meager earnings. Reza told the story in his school paper, and thus began his journey into professional photojournalism.

I can’t wait to receive the book, since I can imagine that the story is as compelling as the photography. Maybe I’ll share some stories about Reza (from the book, of course) in the future.

More on Reza Deghati
The book review on Epic Edits
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Get the book: Reza War and Peace

This camera phone photo was captured on the same evening I visited the local caffeine dealer. The coffee shop in question shares a space with a bookstore, but not in the traditional big box retailer sense. It’s a cozy little place with a few cushy sofas and really good ice cream. The bookstore sells everything you won’t find at Wal-Mart or Barnes and Noble, a rare occurrence in any town.

The photo is nothing special, but the character of it is something else. The glowing light effect was NOT made by a photo editing tool. It was made by a good ol’ lens smudge. That’s one of the disadvantages of a camera phone. The lens is continually exposed to pocket lint, grubby fingers and loose change. This is usually to a photo’s detriment, but in this case, I thought it worked out pretty good.

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