Tag: Snapseed
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A New Look
I was playing around with some apps and found a new look. An IG friend @tesswyatt told me she thought it looked like Polaroid emulsion transfers and encouraged me to do more. So I did. Using Snapseed to set the base, TangledFX to create an over the top version and Blender to blend detail with…
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From Drab to Dynamic
Drab-looking days don’t have to result in drab photos. Often those drab days still have energy and aliveness that doesn’t show up in our photos. Fortunately, we don’t have to stop there. Here’s an original drab day photo that I took with my iPhone 5 on a muddy trail run in San Francisco: It doesn’t…
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Arizona Cactus Garden at Stanford
When I sang praises of the Ruth Bancroft Garden in Walnut Creek, friends suggested that I check out the cactus garden at Stanford. Two attempts to find it and 3 different maps later, I can say it is fantastic! Originally planted in the 1880’s this garden has some pre-historic looking specimens. As you can tell…
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Experiments in Mobile Photography
My husband and I went to Ridge Vineyards last weekend to celebrate his birthday and enjoy the last days of summer. We found an open picnic table under an umbrella on top of the mountain and from this vantage point we looked over all the San Francisco Bay area. It was a wonderful mini-vacation. A…
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Interpreting Images: Agapanthas and the Night
When the poet Emily Dickinson wrote, “Tell all the Truth but tell it Slant,” she was talking about writing. But she could have also been talking about photography. Sometimes looking at something, even when improved and beautiful, is not the end. Here’s an agapantha blossom, improved and beautiful. There are more ways to look at…
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Mobile Photography on a Run
Once again, the camera you have with you is the best one particularly when you are mobile. When I’m out for a jog, my Canon is just too big to carry but my iPhone is the perfect size for mobile photography. I used my trusty Camera+ app to capture this intimate porch nook among the…
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Saffron Stamens & Wrinkled Petal Sheets
Saffron stamens rise from wrinkled petal sheets blushed warm by the morning sun. I passed this same light play last week but without my mobile photography “camera” or iPhone. On this particular early morning, I set out at 6:30am with a mission to catch these mantilleja or mantilija poppies in the act of perking up to the…
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App Stacking in Italy Part 1: Set the Base
This post is part one of a five part series. One of the first things I do when I decide to edit an iPhone photo is to “set the base.” By this I mean take care of the structural basics before moving on to filters or layers etc. Here’s the original image that I’m going to…
