Consensus was to offer seminar again in the fall, 6 meetings on Thursdays.
The seminar committee is asking co-leaders to commit to offering our seminars in the fall.
By the Ides of March the committee wants to know Go or No Go. What do you think? The iPhone Photo Studio seminar has been offered 3 times. Is anyone still interested in getting together to explore what we see and how we can transform it? I'm open to anyone taking the lead here. Or taking iPhone Photography in a new direction. What say you?
Fall 2018 Schedule proposal Sept 13, 20, 27 & Oct 12, 19, 26 - note no class Oct 5th.
Here's a thought: The summer seminars meet late May to end of July, from 1 to 3 pm. Anyone want to get together before a summer seminar and do a "photo walk?"
Monday, February 26, 2018
Friday, February 23, 2018
Updates to Videos
Three short videos have been added to the 2018 Spring App Reviews YouTube Playlist:
- App Organizing Tour (iPad and iPhone)
- Introduction to Photos Share Options
- Markup in iOS 11
Hope to add a couple more over the weekend.
Thursday, February 22, 2018
Day 3 & 4 Update
Many thanks to our brave demonstrators this semester! Linda, Colleen, Mary, Karen, Niel and JoEllen. We are learning about Waterlogue, Vintage FX and PhotInfo through their eyes.
Also, JoEllen introduced us to PhotoScan, the free Google app that magically minimizes glare from documents and photos behind glass or lamination.
March 1st (Day 4) will be our day for taking pictures in the classroom. Bring a tripod for your iPhone (or borrow one), bring clip-on lenses (or borrow mine). Share ideas from your interests: bring flowers or other objects (including fabric, a trinket, texture... ). Expect chaos! Objects will be placed on tables around the room. Team-up or work on your own to capture images to combine with other photos in Image Blender, Leonardo, Enlight and more.
I will not bring the projector gear, we will just work to get started with apps in small groups.
Keep exploring and posting to our Shared Album.
Also, JoEllen introduced us to PhotoScan, the free Google app that magically minimizes glare from documents and photos behind glass or lamination.
March 1st (Day 4) will be our day for taking pictures in the classroom. Bring a tripod for your iPhone (or borrow one), bring clip-on lenses (or borrow mine). Share ideas from your interests: bring flowers or other objects (including fabric, a trinket, texture... ). Expect chaos! Objects will be placed on tables around the room. Team-up or work on your own to capture images to combine with other photos in Image Blender, Leonardo, Enlight and more.
I will not bring the projector gear, we will just work to get started with apps in small groups.
Keep exploring and posting to our Shared Album.
Constructing An Image
What is the ideal workflow? Urggh. What is a beginning workflow? Why am I taking this class? What is the lifecycle of my portfolio?
I ask these questions of myself and hope the thoughts below might be useful for you.
My interest is in learning more about iPhone technology, camera and image editing apps. I make photo-collages that please me, that will hang on my walls. I'm not interested in creating a portfolio of images for sale. My workflow is still formulating, especially how to I keep the parts (trial stages) of a project together and when can they be thrown out?
You too might want to share your creations with others - on-screen, online, through social media or in print.
Constructing An Image begins with a camera app. Take several photos of your subject, change your point of view and angle or distance. Try matching the White Balance with the current conditions (move from AutoWB to Shady or Candlelight or dive into the Kelvin Scale). Actually, by miss matching your White Balance with current conditions you might get a fun image!
This is the What's Possible Stage. Play, Explore, Discover and ... Wait. Embrace serendipity. Now your mind can see what the final project will look like. The preliminary images saved during play will be deleted after you know the workflow for the next stage.
On to the Get Serious Stage. Rev up your engines, feed your body and dive in. but first ...
Collect Apps In Folders that make sense to your workflow and creative process. For example:
Both Camera+ and ProCamera offer Widgets with quick access to feature or information on the Today View. Swipe left-to-right on your home screens. Scroll to the bottom of the page to access the Edit button. Turn on/off Widgets and set the sort order. Read more about Widgets in the iPhone User Guide in iBooks.
I ask these questions of myself and hope the thoughts below might be useful for you.
My interest is in learning more about iPhone technology, camera and image editing apps. I make photo-collages that please me, that will hang on my walls. I'm not interested in creating a portfolio of images for sale. My workflow is still formulating, especially how to I keep the parts (trial stages) of a project together and when can they be thrown out?
You too might want to share your creations with others - on-screen, online, through social media or in print.
Constructing An Image begins with a camera app. Take several photos of your subject, change your point of view and angle or distance. Try matching the White Balance with the current conditions (move from AutoWB to Shady or Candlelight or dive into the Kelvin Scale). Actually, by miss matching your White Balance with current conditions you might get a fun image!
This is the What's Possible Stage. Play, Explore, Discover and ... Wait. Embrace serendipity. Now your mind can see what the final project will look like. The preliminary images saved during play will be deleted after you know the workflow for the next stage.
On to the Get Serious Stage. Rev up your engines, feed your body and dive in. but first ...
- What is the end use of your photograph?
- Will you want a print? At what size? What resolution is needed?
- Know when to retouch the image.
- Know when to crop the image.
- Know when to add a border.
- Know what apps scale-to-fit your image.
- Will you push the project through from start to finish?
- Will you take breaks inbetween the stages of image building?
- Are you using RAW, JPEG or TIFF?
- Is the original photo stored by Camera+ in-app gallery?
The Finishing Stage or Clean Up Process
- Send image to print service.
- Review and edit if needed.
- Add mat and frame, hang on wall.
- Move the images to off-device storage and rename.
- Keep notes on "recipes" for final image.
- Selectively delete image creation stages.
Show Me the Print
Interested in printing your photos or images? Jill Emmer posted "How to Print iPhone Photos" article at the iPhone Photography School site. She includes a table "Maximum Print Sizes for iPhone Photos" referencing 8MP and 12MP cameras.
When printing to Costco or another service bureau consider keeping notes on your process and choices. Review my brief foray in "You Inspire Me & Printing Hints."
Collect Apps In Folders that make sense to your workflow and creative process. For example:
- Camera
- Editing
- Stylizing
- Catalog
Both Camera+ and ProCamera offer Widgets with quick access to feature or information on the Today View. Swipe left-to-right on your home screens. Scroll to the bottom of the page to access the Edit button. Turn on/off Widgets and set the sort order. Read more about Widgets in the iPhone User Guide in iBooks.
Thursday, February 15, 2018
Combining and Experimenting
Let your inner child out to play with camera and editing apps. Try things. Learn things. Save stages of your work as you apply new techniques or effects. Explore and realize some images and effects don't work together. Be inspired by what doesn't work! Look back through your Camera Roll/All Photos and find photos that will work as you start again.
Be sure to continue adding your new work to the 2018 Studio album (not the 2018 Trinkets album). Review the posts, add comments and compliments. Encourage peers to experiment with effects you've discovered.
You do not have to wait until an app is introduced in class to start experimenting with it. Our website and activities are sequenced from introduction to advanced apps but you are not locked into this sequence. We will not be an expert in any of the apps we use – our goal is to grow our expertise with these finger-painting gesture-driven technologies. As always, "Touch every button!"
At lunch a new shared album was proposed to capture the additional tools (trinkets) we might consider for our iPhone Photography. Hence, 2018 Trinkets album was created and some items have been added. Upload photos of other possibilities. For example, "Cargo Pants" should not be added, but stylus pens could be included. 🤪ðŸ¤ðŸ™ƒ
Be sure to continue adding your new work to the 2018 Studio album (not the 2018 Trinkets album). Review the posts, add comments and compliments. Encourage peers to experiment with effects you've discovered.
You do not have to wait until an app is introduced in class to start experimenting with it. Our website and activities are sequenced from introduction to advanced apps but you are not locked into this sequence. We will not be an expert in any of the apps we use – our goal is to grow our expertise with these finger-painting gesture-driven technologies. As always, "Touch every button!"
At lunch a new shared album was proposed to capture the additional tools (trinkets) we might consider for our iPhone Photography. Hence, 2018 Trinkets album was created and some items have been added. Upload photos of other possibilities. For example, "Cargo Pants" should not be added, but stylus pens could be included. 🤪ðŸ¤ðŸ™ƒ
Tuesday, February 13, 2018
Inspiring Links
Watch this post for updates when new links are found.
Follow this link to explore how to Spice Up Your iPhone Photography with Creative Props at iPhone Photography School.
Remember when looking at web pages using the Safari browser, you can turn on Reading View to present the information in a uncluttered way. Using the Share button you can Save as PDF or keep a copy of the web page in iBooks for "offline" ("on-hammock") reading.
Let's go to Sedona!
iPhoneography with Kelli Klymenko at Sedona Arts Center - 1-day class http://www.sedonaartscenter.org/School/Faculty/kelliklymenko.html
Let's go to Talent, Oregon!
Meri Walker, aka iphoneartgirl caught my attention recently. Check her work on Flickr or her website. She is also teaching in the Idlewild Arts Printmaking & Photography summer session.
Follow this link to explore how to Spice Up Your iPhone Photography with Creative Props at iPhone Photography School.
Remember when looking at web pages using the Safari browser, you can turn on Reading View to present the information in a uncluttered way. Using the Share button you can Save as PDF or keep a copy of the web page in iBooks for "offline" ("on-hammock") reading.
Let's go to Sedona!
iPhoneography with Kelli Klymenko at Sedona Arts Center - 1-day class http://www.sedonaartscenter.org/School/Faculty/kelliklymenko.html
Let's go to Talent, Oregon!
Meri Walker, aka iphoneartgirl caught my attention recently. Check her work on Flickr or her website. She is also teaching in the Idlewild Arts Printmaking & Photography summer session.
Monday, February 12, 2018
Coming Soon - Shared Album
Tonight seminar participants will get an email with an invitation to the 2018 Studio shared album. All photos will be posted to one album. You can post from Photos on your iPhone, iPad or Mac computer. Two examples demonstrate this activity.
First Assignment: Use the Apple Camera to capture a subject and use touch to focus and change brightness. Hint: Look up. Look down. Sit or squat to lower your eyeline. Make adjustments to the photo in post production using Apple Photos features (not extensions, yet).
Second Assignment: Use Camera+ Macro mode to capture a subject. Try using a challenging lighting situation like backlit or low light situation. Practice adjusting your exposure by sliding across the scale. Remember that this image might be in Camera+ Lightbox where you can edit and Export or Save to All Photos/Camera Roll.
In both situations take several photos and zoom in to check focus to select your best image. Delete the others.
Third and Fourth Assignments: Post each photo to the 2018 Studio shared album and add a comment to specify the camera app and iPhone used.
Fifth Assignment: Review the photos posted by our group. Shared Albums allows "Subscribers" to mark a photo with a Heart icon (aka "Like") or to write comments as question, critique or encouragement.
I've broken this into micro steps, hoping to make the activity clear. This is not intended to be time consuming. Especially since you always have your camera with you.
First Assignment: Use the Apple Camera to capture a subject and use touch to focus and change brightness. Hint: Look up. Look down. Sit or squat to lower your eyeline. Make adjustments to the photo in post production using Apple Photos features (not extensions, yet).
Second Assignment: Use Camera+ Macro mode to capture a subject. Try using a challenging lighting situation like backlit or low light situation. Practice adjusting your exposure by sliding across the scale. Remember that this image might be in Camera+ Lightbox where you can edit and Export or Save to All Photos/Camera Roll.
In both situations take several photos and zoom in to check focus to select your best image. Delete the others.
Third and Fourth Assignments: Post each photo to the 2018 Studio shared album and add a comment to specify the camera app and iPhone used.
Fifth Assignment: Review the photos posted by our group. Shared Albums allows "Subscribers" to mark a photo with a Heart icon (aka "Like") or to write comments as question, critique or encouragement.
I've broken this into micro steps, hoping to make the activity clear. This is not intended to be time consuming. Especially since you always have your camera with you.
Sunday, February 11, 2018
New Video Playlist
Ok, more videos reviewing what was covered in our first meeting will be available under the 2018 Spring App Reviews YouTube Playlist. As our semester continues, more videos will be added to this list. Later the Videos page will also include a link to this playlist, scroll to the bottom of the page.
Wednesday, February 7, 2018
iTunes Gift Card Sale
Check your local Target Store or Costco Warehouse for 20% off on Apple iTunes Gift Cards. Use these cards to purchase apps, music, videos and tv shows. See 9-to-5 Toys BOGO article for details. Offer ends 2/16/18.
Tuesday, February 6, 2018
Ready. Set. Go!
Greetings & Finally! Our seminar begins this week.
Please review the website AGAIN. For the new folks please review the Prep page and download the Day 1 and Day 2 apps. Watching the videos will help you get up-to-speed. For the repeating folks, watching the videos will be a great warm-up and remind you of some of the features you know but forget to use.
Everyone should print the nine page App Handout so you can take notes and capture app ideas from peers. Also, consider printing the READING VIEW of Cheatsheet page for reference.
Remember - bring your iPhone fully charged. Ditto on iPad if you have one.
If you are on the Waitlist for this seminar, don't be shy about visiting this website often and stay as long as it takes to view the videos and download a few new apps.
Everyone should print the nine page App Handout so you can take notes and capture app ideas from peers. Also, consider printing the READING VIEW of Cheatsheet page for reference.
Remember - bring your iPhone fully charged. Ditto on iPad if you have one.
If you are on the Waitlist for this seminar, don't be shy about visiting this website often and stay as long as it takes to view the videos and download a few new apps.
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