iPhoneography: That’s $6.17 at the first window
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Photographed with an iPhone 4. Toolbox: Crop Suey, BlurFX, PictureShow.
Sometimes the pictures you were hoping for don’t turn out. At the same time, you see a picture you never would have otherwise seen.
Originally, this was shot with Instagram and processed with the Lomo-fi filter, which saved the finished image at 600×600 pixels. I liked the end result, but wanted higher resolution, so I cropped my original, unprocessed image square in Crop Suey. I softened the edges just a little in BlurFX using a slight motion blur — just barely enough to dull the sharp edges. I wanted it to look like it was shot with a lo-fi iPhone 2G.
I used PictureShow to try and duplicate my original results.I applied the LomoGraphy filter to distort and pop the color. It’s similar, but not exact. The Vivid filter added some red to the image that I didn’t want. I added Noise for film grain, which isn’t in the Instagram filter but I like fake film grain. I applied the Convex Blur frame, which is similar to Lomo-fi’s border. To add just a little more lo-fi, I applied the Light Leak 5 filter in PictureShow. It’s subtle and doesn’t beat you over the head with light leak.
The original Instagram shot and my raw image are in the gallery below.
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Marty is a self-employed graphic designer in the Fort Worth/Dallas Metroplex. He is an avid Rangers baseball, Chicago Cubs, Packers and Highbury Arsenal fan. In addition to capturing random moments with whatever camera is close by (usually his iPhone), his other interests include coffee, film, music, and traveling in seats 5E and 5F with his fiancé.
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Wow, Marty, thumbs up for the final result and your effort! Do you always know what you want and know your way around achiving it? I'm often lost in the pool of iPhoneography apps and not sure I want to spend the time to test out all the effects. Apps such as CameraTAN, Swankolab and FX Photo are nice in that they allow you to layer the effect, but I mostly end up using "random" as it'll be so time consuming to find the perfect combo. And let's face it, even those apps let you save pre-defined sets, once you upgrade your phone and have to re-download the apps, all those are lost anyway…. All I'm trying to say is I really admire your dedication!
Hi, L.S.,
Thanks for your comments!
Sometimes I do. Sometimes I just hit random and hope I get lucky. It's probably no surprise, but I have hundreds of photo apps. I only use a few on a regular basis. I know what they're capable of and I know what to expect from the filter set. I can look at a photo and pretty much see how the finished, apped pic will look. It's one of the reasons that I like Hipstamatic — I know the lens/film combinations that I'll need to get the photo I want.
I like certain effects and I know how to create them. Many times that's good, but it can also get you into a rut, so I'll sometimes play just to try new filters and apps.
Sometimes, though, I'll capture a great photo that looks good raw or "naked", but I'll play around with it just to see if I can do something better with it. I've found some cool stuff that I add to my repertoire by playing with random.
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Cool, Marty! Does the experience come with years of practice? (I'm a new iPhone owner just since the 4th). And do you ever take down notes, or just mental ones? lol
Just mental notes. Many times, I can look at an image and deconstruct how I apped it if I need to. Not always. I've been stumped by a few of my images.
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