Pablo8 Loc: Nottingham UK.

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You have not shown your photo's as a comparison. How are we to judge, and give advice?

SharpShooter Loc: NorCal

Pablo, he wasn't looking for advice!!! He was just wondering if YOU had the same problem!!! :lol:
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jcboy3

Maybe you should give her a DSLR? You can manage the sales.

dpullum Loc: Tampa Florida

I think the question is not of artistic value, rather that the photo is technically printable with good color. The iPhone, iPad, and others take excellent photos that will do 8x10 photos. AND with algorithms can be expanded to even larger size acceptable photos. A set of lenses enhances the flexibility tele, wide angle... all low cost. Consider:

iPhone and Its Ilk as Museum Exhibits
http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/02/10/preserving-the-iphone-for-future-generations/?_r=0

Face it for most "pichers" these will do fine! Pictures and Photographs, for the present certainly do not beat the DSLR; we will leave that up to bridge cameras like the Canon SX50... a 1200mm lens that you can shoot one handed.

The SX50?!?! Well get practical, it is a cameras that you can carry all day and not fatigue like the other guy who has a backpack of expensive glass. At the end of the day the photos printed at a practical size will shine the same.
http://stokesbirdingblog.blogspot.com/2013/02/canon-sx-50-hs-for-bird-photography-i.html

Why discuss the SX50???, Well reason is that the argument is more acceptable to the DSLR crowd than comparing their clunky heavy costly glass to iPhones. But, by extending the argument the next step we can see the writing on the wall. iPhones are relatively new to the world... They are and will improve and the "next generation" of phone cameras and people will raise an eyebrow at those ol folks who abused themselves by lugging old glass around. They will say... well they didn't know any better.. just couldn't accept reality.

Shoeless_Photographer Loc: Lexington

You might want to have her turn off her camera's feature for storing the GPS information in the EXIF data. This image gives specific coordinates that she may not want to give to the world.

pkricker Loc: Woodstock, NY, USA

I have a good friend whose iPhone photos are some of the best photographs I have ever seen. She can pull a lovely photograph out of nearly anything. Me, I do alright sometimes, but I'm jealous of her eye.
I think the way to improve the artistic side of our photography is to study (in this case I think that just means look at over and over) the works of some of the pioneer photographers; the classic greats. The reason I suggest the early photographers is that their work tended to be all about composition. Technique, of necessity, was secondary. The lenses were (by modern standards) flawed, the cameras limited, and post processing was restricted to the relatively little that could be done in a darkroom. It was all about composition.

Robeng Loc: California

Just my opinion, you need to learn how to use your camera's functions.

Shoeless_Photographer Loc: Lexington

Good points. Learn from the masters. Look at a sunset, for example, not as a technical "what should I focus on", but on the colors and the textures of the clouds. Just try to start looking at things in every day life like this even when you don't have your camera handy.

heyjoe Loc: cincinnati ohio

photography is tech.and art ,most of us are not great at both,
i know pro shooters that will not do their own processing,
the art is the biggest part of a great photo,a tech guy could build the best guitar in the world,and it would still sound
bad,jimmy Hendricks could grab a $49 guitar from Walmart
and make it talk,stop reading and start shooting,hope that helps

muggins88 Loc: Inverness, Florida

Are both of you talking about the same iPhone? The 6 or 5?

SteveR Loc: Michigan

Your wife has a nice iPhone, because when I magnified the photo after downloading, it did not bread down badly like some cell phone photos do. Eventually, though, no matter how many mp the cell phone has, it will suffer due to the size of its sensor. I've seen great cell phone photos, but they look great on phones and computer....but the question is.....how big would they print and really look nice?

SteveR Loc: Michigan

Your wife has a nice iPhone, because when I magnified the photo after downloading, it did not bread down badly like some cell phone photos do. Eventually, though, no matter how many mp the cell phone has, it will suffer due to the size of its sensor. I've seen great cell phone photos, but they look great on phones and computer....but the question is.....how big would they print and really look nice?

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Yes. My wife used to do many things better than I did.

Work at it.

markngolf Loc: Bridgewater, NJ

Maybe read a couple of Bryan Peterson's books - Understanding Exposure and Understanding Composition may help you develop "artistry"?
Mark

NormanHarley Loc: Colorado

I can certainly relate to your artistic troubles. I carefully try to set up shots and then shake my head when I bring them up on the computer. But I am improving! One of the things that has helped a lot for me is to study similar photographs of what I am trying to create. Like how a road enters and winds through the picture. Or where a person is located in the photo. The use of depth of field. The rule of thirds. How highlights draw the eye. On and on... and it has really helped my results. I have no ambitions to be one of the great photographers, but I am pleased with small, incremental improvements with my hobby. I love to browse the photo sections for inspiration.