Article 5W2QW ‘The twee beach huts stand in contrast to the bleak industrial landscape’: Fred MacGregor’s best phone picture

‘The twee beach huts stand in contrast to the bleak industrial landscape’: Fred MacGregor’s best phone picture

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Grace Holliday
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On holiday in North Yorkshire, the photographer spotted a perfect surfer shot off Saltburn Pier

With a newborn in a sling and a polystyrene tray of fish and chips in his hands, Fred MacGregor came across this scene at the end of North Yorkshire's Saltburn Pier. The photographer was on holiday with his wife and children, so had neither the space in the bag, nor the headspace" for his usual DSLR.

The photographer Chase Jarvis once said, The best camera is the one you have with you' and it was an iPhone 7 I had with me that day," MacGregor says. Sometimes shooting on a phone can have its limitations, but on this occasion it performed just fine. I only needed a few minor edits, like a bit of brightening, to really bring out the central line of the wave."

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