My favorite camera right now is definitely the iPhone. In addition to using for everyday “oh, that’s interesting…” kinds of things, I’m also using it for portraits, including boudoir, as much as I can. It’s my Holga for the digital age. In fact, I thought about making a Holga ‘cover’ for my iPhone so I could appear hip to all those arty, film purists.

I shoot both natural light and tungsten (Lowel DPs). The biggest challenge is to avoid hot spots on skin, which worsen as you process the image. The scene has to be lit somewhat flatly, and the overall light has to be pretty bright. Some ask if it’s strange setting up everything in a studio, having a nude model posing, and then me pulling out my cell phone instead of a Mark II. The answer is that it’s not strange at all. I explain in advance to all my subjects what I’m doing and why, and that the iPhone images will be treated  in the same manner as any other. I direct the models in the same way as usual and they react no differently than if I were shooting 4×5.

For apps, these days I’m using mostly Photogene and Cool FX. All attached images captured and processed in the iPhone 3G (the vintage 2mp model, not the new-fangled, 3mp 3GS)

EDITOR’S NOTE: Want to see more of Doug’s iPhone & Non iPhone Boudoir? Check out these threads in the DWF Pro Boudoir forum. (login required but trials are FREE)

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