By Ellen Bedrosian
When I got my first iPhone in 2010, iPhone photography was already in its pre-school stage. Apps and accessories were readily available, and Tony Sweet had recorded an instructional video, Getting Started in iPhone Photography. I attended one of his seminars at B&H back then and learned about some of his favorite apps at the time, including one that I got a lot of use out of, Pic Grunger. On a field trip to Sandy Hook with the club, I snapped an image of a clothesline. It was just a so-so image until I played around with it in Pic Grunger. The final image (below) turned out to be one of my favorite images, one that I still get compliments on from other members. It even won a Medal in the May 2011 Pictorial competition.
The cameras that come equipped with the latest iPhone models are better than some point & shoots. With built-in HDR, auto-flash, filters and pano options, you always have a versatile and compact camera with you when you’re on the go. But you can do so much more!
With a variety of new apps, you can turn your images into works of art. One of Tony’s blog posts, The iPhone Loves Iceland [1] , inspired to me to try Snapseed on an old photo of a sunflower shot with my 3Gs. I loved the angle of the sunflower but when I shot it, the sun was starting to set and the 3Gs didn’t have a fill flash. The result was a really dark center, not usable as a straight image. Snapseed opened up some possibilities for salvaging the image, making it into an image that garnered a few comments and favs on Flickr.
Other cool apps that Tony mentions in his post are PhotoForge, Mextures and Autostich for your panoramas. Haven’t tried them yet but when I do, I’ll let you know.
Other apps I use fairly frequently are Adobe PS Express, a surprisingly robust version of PhotoShop for your iPhone that is free. Not only can you crop, straighten, remove red-eye, reduce noise, sharpen, adjust contrast and brighten (just to name a few) you can also add filters, or what they call “looks.†You can also purchase “premium looks†but I haven’t done that because there’s still so much free stuff to play with in the app.
One more app I like to use occasionally is Old Photo PRO. This apps creates an image with a vintage-look from modern captures, like this one of my cat, Cheech.
For more information on iPhone photography from the guru, visit Tony Sweet’s iPhone instructional videos [2] . You’ll be amazed at all there is out there for those who love to use their iPhone camera.
Posted in Club News .
â€" August 2, 2014
Links
- ^ The iPhone Loves Iceland (tonysweet.com)
- ^ Tony Sweet’s iPhone instructional videos (tonysweet.com)
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