BAR HARBOR — Smart phone cameras have become so good that professional photographers use them. The best camera to have is the one that fits in your pocket and is with you at all times, stresses professional photographer and award-winning author Margie Patlak. On Tuesday, April 9, she will give a Zoom talk to the Mount Desert Island Photo Club on how to do photography using an iPhone. She’ll share why she switched from using a bulky SLR camera and a darkroom to solely using the iPhone camera and its photo editing program. Patlak will explain how to use the various settings and features of the iPhone. The talk is open to the public, and those interested in attending online should send an email to contact@mdiphotoclub.org to get the Zoom link.

Margie Patlak is author of the photobook, “Wild and Wondrous: Nature’s Artistry on the Coast of Maine,” and the nature memoir, “More Than Meets the Eye: Exploring Nature and Loss on the Coast of Maine.” Her photographs will be shown at the Schoodic Institute in Winter Harbor and the Maine Jewish Museum in Portland this summer. Patlak divides her time between Corea and Philadelphia.