One of the great things about cell phone cameras is that it is possible to take photos in places and circumstaces in which previously one would have been unlikely to have a camera.  And with the cell phone photo software now available, you can also have what is in effect a darkroom in your pocket.

This means that anyone can pursue photography as a hobby, and create "works of art" that are quite acceptable at the amateur level.  Part of the fun of doing that with a cell phone camera is that you can take photos of things that typically would not be considered proper subjects of "art photography."  With a cell phone camera, you no longer have to go on "photo shoots."  The photo shoot happens whenever you want it to happen, and ugly trash cans are just as likely to be photographic subjects as are beautiful landscapes.

For me, part of the challenge of photography is trying to turn ordinary objects and situations  into "art."  Granted, it's not the kind of art that is going to go on sale next to Ansel Adams, but it is fun to see what one can come up with.

And speaking of ordinary situations, the following photos were all taken in and around my workplace.   All of the photos were taken with an iPhone, and edited with iPhone software.

Parking garage.  My car is somewhere in there.  I took this as I was heading home.  I love the way the evening sun illuminated the building.

 Office waiting area.

 This is the cement floor of the parking garage. 

This is a run-down stairwell in the part of the building in which I work.  I tilted the camera and stripped most of the color so as to make for a more abstract image.  In the foreground you can see light circular marks on the ledge where people have placed their drinks.  

 Same stairwell as above, with normal camera orientation and the color left in.

 A small garden area on the way to work.  The original photo was all in focus.  I used software called "TiltShift" to  throw part of the photo out of focus, giving it the appearance of a close-up.

 Taken a couple of  blocks from work.  I used a different technique for this one in order to give it the appearance of a painting.  Using software in the iPhone I turn the original image into a kind of "cartoon."  Then using other software I overlay the original photo and "paint in" the original color, making it semi-transparent.  So what you see is a combination of the original and the "cartoon."

 This is a self-portrait, taken in the break room at lunch.  I used the same technique as above.  Obviously, this was taken before I got my haircut.  The wife pulled a "Sampson and Delilah" on me and made me get it all cut off, and I've never been the same since.