Spring 2024 Catalog Description

iPhone Photographic Studio  

Past studio enrollees invite 8 new members to join our adventure. We endeavor to use our iPhones to their fullest capacity, so you know digital photography and you know the ins-and-outs of your iPhone and are willing to purchase $25 in apps and services. You must be available for our field trip on Feb 22, 2024.  Online shared albums are our critique and learning platform. Our public website continues to provide informative articles, demonstration videos, and examples of our artwork at https://rsiphonephotostudio.blogspot.com 

A draft ... for now. Submitting on 10/30/23 

• Meet and Greet on Zoom 2/8

1. Intro on Zoom 2/15
2. Field trip 2/22   <<< required for all 
3. Editing on Zoom 2/28 
4. Styling and more editing on Zoom 3/7
5. Styling and more editing on Zoom 3/14
6. Styling and more editing on Zoom 3/21

Always Keep Learning

Must have been an iGeeksBlog email that tipped me off to Mrwhosetheboss on YouTube. Please, please, please checkout his How smartphone cameras ACTUALLY work! video. 

Watch this space for other discoveries.  

iPhone Photography School has posted short tips to improve your photography. 

Back to Basics for Spring 2024

We have agreed on two fundamental changes for next semester: 1) continue with photography and stylizing and 2) let no more than EIGHT NEW photographers join our class. We will still use Apple Shared Photo Album to post our work, critiques, praise, questions and responses. The content could be original photos, stylized images, collages, animated sequences and videos. 

New photographers ... 

• Must have an understanding of photography (to better appreciate why they will be buying apps for their iPhone and iPad) 
• Be familiar with iOS 16-17 and how to organize apps on your device 
• Be willing to share creativity in our safe place (Shared Photo Album) 
• Be curious and willing to search online for information and inspiration
• Be understanding of the frustrations of technology and working towards solutions 

Apps we will keep using: 

Cameras

• Apple Camera
• ProCamera with vividHDR in app purchase 
• Camera+ with presets (Macro) 
• Slow Shutter or Spectre 

Editing 

• Apple Photos 
• TouchRetouch 
• Snapseed 

Styling 

• Painnt
• Prisma
• Image Blender 
• Pixelmator 

Collage

• PicCollage
• Diptic 

Utilities 

• Screenshots
• Markup
• PhotInfo 
• Metapho 

iOS - iPadOS features & apps 

• Spotlight Search
• Control Center
• Settings app 
• Files app 
• Keynote & Pages 
• Notes, Contacts & Calendar 

Favorite apps that still work in iOS 17: Leonardo, RAW Power, Waterlogue, Inkwork, Distressed FX, iColorama, Tangled FX, Percolator, Vintage Scene. 

Morning Lessons

Not sure what your morning routine is, but usually I am reading online. The comics, the newspaper and Apple News+ with a variety of sources. 

This morning I went straight to YouTube for lessons on my Nikon Zfc. So much to learn! So much to remember. 

This was stirred up by going on photo field trips with two other Nikon photographers. They have full-frame mirrorless camera and mine is a light-weight cropped sensor, DX model that uses my old lenses. 

But I have not been using this newer Nikon for all its improvements. There are menus to be discovered, settings to change and ... when all else fails ... factory settings to restore for starting over. 

Have you found iPhone camera, Photos hints or stylizing videos that inspire your creativity? Please share!