{"id":4392,"date":"2013-09-26T14:38:11","date_gmt":"2013-09-26T19:38:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/?p=4392"},"modified":"2013-09-26T14:53:59","modified_gmt":"2013-09-26T19:53:59","slug":"a-brief-photo-art-journey-with-iphone-apps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/?p=4392","title":{"rendered":"An Illustrated Photo Art Journey with iPhone Apps"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Chalice of Life<\/p><\/div>\n

This morning I was sitting in a waiting room with not much to do when I became interested in the play of light through a wall made with glass blocks. I decided to have a little fun with my iPhone and some apps.<\/p>\n

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Waiting Room<\/p><\/div>\n

I have had requests to give examples of what I do, so I will take you step by step through the process.<\/p>\n

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Glass Blocks<\/p><\/div>\n

My first step was to go over and photograph several glass blocks. That photo didn’t speak to me so I photographed one individual block (not shown). That photo didn’t interest me much either.<\/p>\n

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Glass Block<\/p><\/div>\n

So I photographed the block from a slightly different angle and finally found a pattern of light that I liked.<\/p>\n

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Glass block after PS Express – 1st pass<\/p><\/div>\n

I opened that photo with PS Express (Photoshop Express for iPhone), cropped the image, increased the saturation of the colors, and saved the image.<\/p>\n

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Glass block after Painteresque<\/p><\/div>\n

The next step was to open the image with Painteresque and alter it with the “Rainbow” option. Then I saved the image. I liked the “painterly” look, but I lost the the colors that I liked. Painteresque has a tendency to desaturate colors. I would deal with that later.<\/p>\n

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Glass block after Snapseed<\/p><\/div>\n

To give the image more “pop”, I opened it with Snapseed, used one of the “Drama” options, and saved the image.<\/p>\n

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Glass block after PS Express – 2nd pass<\/p><\/div>\n

Now I had the overall look I wanted, but not the color, I went back to PS Express to give it a second pass to increase the saturation, and saved the image. Now I am getting closer.<\/p>\n

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Glass block after PS Express – 3rd pass<\/p><\/div>\n

The final step was to use PS Express again and use the Tint & Temperature sliders to shift the colors. This gave me the image I wanted (photo immediately above and at the top of this article).<\/p>\n

I had a little naming contest on Facebook and asked my friends what they saw. The answers included a person, a creature, a shaman with a staff, dancers, a goblet or chalice, and one person saw “swirling life”. I named this “The Chalice of Life”.<\/p>\n

You probably noticed that I saved the image after every step. I did that so I could go back and try other options without having to start all over from the beginning. Sometimes I go back and try different options in Painteresque or Snapseed, or try different apps all together.<\/p>\n

When I got home I downloaded the photos, resized the final image in Photoshop so it could be printed in large sizes, and put it in the “Photo Art” gallery at JimDoty.Zenfiolio.com<\/a>. iPhone photos that have been turned into “photo art” can be turned into surprising large prints. I currently have several pieces in an art exhibit in sizes up to 16×24.<\/p>\n

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