First Cold Day, And Now I Hate the Leaves

taken with Camera+

Every year, I declare fall to be my favourite season, and then two weeks later I am bitching about how I can feel winter creeping in.

Weeds: A Workflow

taken with Camera+


and then run through Dramatic Black & White


and then run through Perfectly Clear to adjust the contrast and exposure and reduce noise


and then run through Snapseed to adjust the white balance to warm up the tone a touch

I shot this while I tramped around in the rain at 8:00 a.m. in my pajamas after the thunder woke me up.

Dandelion Lawn: The Evolution of a Photograph Edited Through Four Apps

I always share the apps I use with each iPhone photo I post, but I have rarely shown my work, so I thought I would take a moment show an image at each stage of the editing process.

The original photo was taken with Hipstamatic using the Americana lens with Blanko Freedom 13 film:



Then, the photo was run through Camera+ using the Clarity filter in Scenes:



Then, it was run through PhotoToaster using Instamatic in the Basic filters set:



Then, as a final step to reduce graininess due to low light, the photo was run through Noise Master with a Noise Reduction Level of 25.



And that, folks, is how we got from this to this:

Last Fall

evening autumn light

taken with Hipstamatic