{"id":109,"date":"2007-01-31T01:20:20","date_gmt":"2007-01-31T07:20:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.welcometoalville.com\/blog\/?p=109"},"modified":"2010-03-06T15:48:06","modified_gmt":"2010-03-06T21:48:06","slug":"the-cell-phone-is-the-new-polaroid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welcometoalville.com\/blog\/the-cell-phone-is-the-new-polaroid\/","title":{"rendered":"The cell phone is the new Polaroid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/126\/328816776_e8681994c1_m.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I have film cameras, I have digital cameras, but the camera I find myself using most often and spontaneously is the one in my cell phone. The quality is finally good enough for snapshots. (See the image of the RR sign).<\/p>\n<p>Just a few years ago, the only option if you wanted an immediately-available photo was the Polaroid and the trade-off on quality for instant gratification was acceptable. Now cell phones fill that role. I don&#8217;t really care that the resolution is inferior to an 8-megapixel Nikon or Canon as long as I get the image in the moment.<\/p>\n<p>And I did just hear that there is technology which will enable printing photos from cell phones&#8230;not sure if that means an actual little printer with the phone&#8230;that sounds way too cool, but I hope so.<\/p>\n<p>Now, I don&#8217;t mean to suggest that our treasured Polaroid cameras be discarded or shelved, never to be used again. I will always enjoy shooting Polaroid. I just see their value now as the unique feel of the image they produce and the somewhat nostalgic photographic experience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have film cameras, I have digital cameras, but the camera I find myself using most often and spontaneously is the one in my cell phone. The quality is finally good enough for snapshots. (See the image of the RR sign). Just a few years ago, the only option if you wanted an immediately-available photo [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,1],"tags":[17,36,35,37],"class_list":["post-109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photography","category-uncategorized","tag-camera","tag-cell-phone","tag-polaroid","tag-railroad-crossing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.welcometoalville.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.welcometoalville.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.welcometoalville.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.welcometoalville.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.welcometoalville.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.welcometoalville.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":231,"href":"https:\/\/www.welcometoalville.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109\/revisions\/231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.welcometoalville.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.welcometoalville.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.welcometoalville.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}