Phone Camera

Ever wonder why you never see a smartphone photo printed and
framed on the wall? I’ll explain exactly why.

The photos above look similar at a glance, but there are some key
differences that seem small but are actually very sensitive to our
perception of humans:

• The fish eye iPhone lens creates distortion, look at the
  feet of the pink player. There’s also distortion of the
  players on the edges who appear to be leaning toward the
  center in the iPhone photo.
• Compare the jawlines (important!) of the players. The
  iPhone photo is much less flattering. Real cameras
  capture shadow more accurately. An iPhone does lots of
  computation to try to make everything well-lit, but it
  ruins important facial features in the process.
• The blurred background of the right photo makes the
  players “pop”. This is called bokeh. The landscape is
  also much more accurate to human perception, again due
  to fish-eye distortion of the iPhone camera.

Let’s take a look at an individual player:

More things to notice:

• in the iPhone photo, the player is “leaning”. His (long)
  feet are on the left and his head is on the right of the
  image. In the right image, the image accurately portays
  his balanced and confident stance.
• The players body is much more flattering in the right
  image. His chest and shoulders look larger compared to
  the “stumpy” appearance on the left.
• The jawline is much more flattering in the right image.
  The iPhone image almost entirely deletes the jawline on
  the shaded side of his face.
• The iPhone has a “hotdog” skin complexion.

Off with their heads!

I am sure there are many more differences that I am not able to see.
All these details might seem minor, but the human eye is incredibly
sensitive when perceiving other humans.

So this is why you don’t see iPhone photos framed on walls. It’s also
why top brands like The Masters never post iPhone photos.

Most photos are of people, but I’ll add a couple more photos that
show the distortion inflicted by iPhone cameras:

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