I'm new to the photography stack exchange and would like to participate in the Photo of the Week contest. However, I'm also new to photography and only recently got a DSLR camera so I haven't taken many photos with it. Is it okay if I submit some photos I've taken using my phone until I have more taken on my DSLR?
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1\$\begingroup\$ For many young people, a phone is the only camera they've ever had. It would be elitist in the extreme to exclude them. \$\endgroup\$– Mark RansomCommented Jan 30, 2022 at 20:07
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They always have been. I see no distinction between a phone, a DSLR, a film camera or even a Box Brownie in this respect.
It's the end result that counts.
I even once won the old 'Image of the week' which was the predecessor of the current competition with a photo taken on an iPhone
I can't direct-link it because at the time the original winner was then deleted from the list & placed in a separate Hall of Fame list.
Image of the Week “Hall of Fame” (2017 Archive) then scroll down to 14 August 2017 if you want to see it.
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Absolutely, they are allowed. A photo is a photo. While many of us might personally be snobs about how we take our own photos with respect to film, dedicated digital SLRs or mirrorless, vs. smartphones, I dare say that everybody here respects a good photo, regardless of the imaging source.
Indeed, in many ways, great smartphone photos are even more impressive, considering some of the restrictions they have.
(Counterpoint: recent smartphones with computational photographic technology makes taking great photos easier, in some ways easier than with traditional dedicated cameras. But that's an entirely separate conversation)
