Posts tagged with "mobilephotography"
Achieving Rich Color and Faded Tones Using PhotoEditor for Android  When Instagram launched for Android, I quickly learned that most of the iphone apps I was seeing used weren’t available in the Android market. There was one iOS app in particular that was delivering a fast and easy way to achieve rich faded tones. That app was VSCO Cam. I was immediately on a mission to replicate the faded tones and ease of use that this app offered iPhone users. Check out the FULL ARTICLE where @DroidEdit member Josh St. Germain shows us how to turn PhotoEditor’s color curves function into a quick and effective tool to get rich faded color tones in your images.  AMPt and DroidEdit will be collaborating on Darkroom Tutorials the entire month of December so check back for both Android and iPhone related articles every Monday & Tuesday @ ampteam.org/darkroom.

Achieving Rich Color and Faded Tones Using PhotoEditor for Android
 

When Instagram launched for Android, I quickly learned that most of the iphone apps I was seeing used weren’t available in the Android market. There was one iOS app in particular that was delivering a fast and easy way to achieve rich faded tones. That app was VSCO Cam. I was immediately on a mission to replicate the faded tones and ease of use that this app offered iPhone users.

Check out the FULL ARTICLE where @DroidEdit member Josh St. Germain shows us how to turn PhotoEditor’s color curves function into a quick and effective tool to get rich faded color tones in your images.
 

AMPt and DroidEdit will be collaborating on Darkroom Tutorials the entire month of December so check back for both Android and iPhone related articles every Monday & Tuesday @ ampteam.org/darkroom.

Posted 5 months ago with 9 notes in amptdarkroom, darkroom, ampt, amptcommunity, tutorial, tutorials, mobilephotography, android,
Photo submitted by AMPt Member Martin Reisch @safesolvent Taken in St. John’s, Newfoundland at Cape Spear in September this shot was unfortunately left out of my “in realtime” posting but i’m glad to have a chance to put it up here finally :) The ultra-distance was achieved with iTimelapse.app setting to an interval of every 60 secondes in order to have enough time to make it that far. This was shot on my iPhone 4S at the time so it’s still part of the Cross-Process style i was using with that device. Overall i have a strong feeling that i was mimic’ing a Boards of Canada shot i remember seeing back in the day especially the cold-tones and being on the east-coast of Canada it looks alot like Ireland

Photo submitted by AMPt Member Martin Reisch @safesolvent Taken in St. John’s, Newfoundland at Cape Spear in September this shot was unfortunately left out of my “in realtime” posting but i’m glad to have a chance to put it up here finally :) The ultra-distance was achieved with iTimelapse.app setting to an interval of every 60 secondes in order to have enough time to make it that far. This was shot on my iPhone 4S at the time so it’s still part of the Cross-Process style i was using with that device. Overall i have a strong feeling that i was mimic’ing a Boards of Canada shot i remember seeing back in the day especially the cold-tones and being on the east-coast of Canada it looks alot like Ireland

Posted 6 months ago with 3 notes in mobile photography, mobilephotography, iphoneography, amptmember, photography,
How to Use A Vignette to Highlight Your Subject The word vignette comes from the French word vigne and historically means a decorative border in a manuscript. Using a vignette, either white, black or any other color, should be determined on a case by case basis. In this tutorial we will discuss the major Dos and Don’ts when deciding when and how to apply a vignette to your photograph. Read the FULL TUTORIAL where Anna will cover some basic tips to keep in mind when using a vignette. Check back for new Darkroom mobile photography lessons every Monday @ ampteam.org

How to Use A Vignette to Highlight Your Subject

The word vignette comes from the French word vigne and historically means a decorative border in a manuscript. Using a vignette, either white, black or any other color, should be determined on a case by case basis. In this tutorial we will discuss the major Dos and Don’ts when deciding when and how to apply a vignette to your photograph.

Read the FULL TUTORIAL where Anna will cover some basic tips to keep in mind when using a vignette.


Check back for new Darkroom mobile photography lessons every Monday @ ampteam.org


Posted 6 months ago with 6 notes in ampt, amptdarkroom, ampteam, mobilephotography, mobile photography, tutorial, tutorials, iphoneography,
Basic Tips for Great Landscape Shots I live in Kentucky, which is home to millions of  barns so my subject matter was going to be easy, or so I thought. The first time I went out to shoot was a colossal failure- boring to the max. Second and third? A little better. Trying to get shots that were actually worthy of showing you was much harder than expected. Fortunately, I like a challenge so you will be seeing shots from my seventeenth time out. Thankfully, I met a fantastic old farmer yesterday morning that allowed me to wander around on his farm for two hours.  Read the FULL TUTORIAL where Anna will cover some basic tips to keep in mind when shooting landscapes. As you’ll see, light, focal point and the rule of thirds all play a major role in setting up the best shot. Check back for new Darkroom mobile photography lessons every Monday @ ampteam.org

Basic Tips for Great Landscape Shots


I live in Kentucky, which is home to millions of  barns so my subject matter was going to be easy, or so I thought. The first time I went out to shoot was a colossal failure- boring to the max. Second and third? A little better. Trying to get shots that were actually worthy of showing you was much harder than expected. Fortunately, I like a challenge so you will be seeing shots from my seventeenth time out. Thankfully, I met a fantastic old farmer yesterday morning that allowed me to wander around on his farm for two hours. 

Read the FULL TUTORIAL where Anna will cover some basic tips to keep in mind when shooting landscapes. As you’ll see, light, focal point and the rule of thirds all play a major role in setting up the best shot.


Check back for new Darkroom mobile photography lessons every Monday @ ampteam.org


Posted 7 months ago with 4 notes in ampteam, ampt, amptdarkroom, darkroom, mobilephotography, photography, tutorials, tutorial, iphoneography,
Feature 500 photo submitted by Sean O’Connor - @seanoconnor Title: Love Won Another Process: 1. Upload image into photoforge 2 2. Straighten and crop to square format 3. Slightly increase vibrance, exposure, and contrast 4. Play with levels giving the picture a blue/green tint 5. Resize image to 5MP, save to camera roll 6. Import saved image into lenslight to add artificial lighting to enhance/slightly exaggerate natural lighting, render flare, save to camera roll 7. Open saved photo in picfx, add creek filter on 50% opacity, add marshmallow filter on 50%, save to camera roll 8. Open phonto, (on white background) make ribbon using letters and shapes, save to camera roll 9. Open edited photo as ribbon shape in blender, set blending mode to darken with 50% opacity, save to camera roll 10. Open saved photo in phonto and add text with negative kerning on words “love” and “won” (typeface- matchbook) and positive kerning on word “another” (typeface- helvetica neue), save to camera roll Bio: I first got into mobile photography and editing shortly after I joined instagram. I saw work from some artists that I was following and I was amazed to find out that they were completely done on an iPhone. With the right combination of creativity and apps, professional quality work is more than possible. I am from Southern California but during the school year I am a student at Massachusetts College of Art and Design studying graphic design. Lately, I’ve been super into logos as branding (simplistic and vintage-like to be exact). In the next few years I am going to be starting a company combining my love for design and snowboarding with my growing passion of helping people find God; those poor both physically/financially and spiritually. Anything is possible with the right mindset! Thanks for taking the time to read this guys. Check out my work and keep an eye out for my company which should hopefully be dropping soon.

Feature 500 photo submitted by Sean O’Connor - @seanoconnor

Title: Love Won Another


Process:
1. Upload image into photoforge 2
2. Straighten and crop to square format
3. Slightly increase vibrance, exposure, and contrast
4. Play with levels giving the picture a blue/green tint
5. Resize image to 5MP, save to camera roll
6. Import saved image into lenslight to add artificial lighting to enhance/slightly exaggerate natural lighting, render flare, save to camera roll
7. Open saved photo in picfx, add creek filter on 50% opacity, add marshmallow filter on 50%, save to camera roll
8. Open phonto, (on white background) make ribbon using letters and shapes, save to camera roll
9. Open edited photo as ribbon shape in blender, set blending mode to darken with 50% opacity, save to camera roll
10. Open saved photo in phonto and add text with negative kerning on words “love” and “won” (typeface- matchbook) and positive kerning on word “another” (typeface- helvetica neue), save to camera roll


Bio:
I first got into mobile photography and editing shortly after I joined instagram. I saw work from some artists that I was following and I was amazed to find out that they were completely done on an iPhone. With the right combination of creativity and apps, professional quality work is more than possible. I am from Southern California but during the school year I am a student at Massachusetts College of Art and Design studying graphic design. Lately, I’ve been super into logos as branding (simplistic and vintage-like to be exact). In the next few years I am going to be starting a company combining my love for design and snowboarding with my growing passion of helping people find God; those poor both physically/financially and spiritually. Anything is possible with the right mindset! Thanks for taking the time to read this guys. Check out my work and keep an eye out for my company which should hopefully be dropping soon.

Posted 7 months ago with 2 notes in ampt, amptfeature500, amptf500, feature500, f500, mobilephotography, photography, iphoneography,
AMPt member Frank Mathews @nitti80 Title: Chasing Your Dream This Image. This opportunity. This moment is of a young man named Traveil chasing his dream to be a successful entertainer. This past saturday I was invited to see him perform on stage in Fayetteville, NC and I was in the front row snapping like crazy. During the show I could see and feel his passion. You could see throughout his performance the fact that he believes its only a matter of time before his dreams come true. What I really love about this photo is it captures him in the process of chasing his dream. In that moment I realized that a dream no matter how big or small is an important part of who we are and you should fight for your dream with passion. This night I was inspired to chase my very own dreams harder. So let me ask you all a queation…..What does it mean to chase your dream? Well I believe the first step is to write it down somewhere. So what is your dream? Thats right I would like know what your dream is. Put your dream in the comment line big or small doesn’t matter and lets chat about it.

AMPt member Frank Mathews @nitti80

Title: Chasing Your Dream

This Image. This opportunity. This moment is of a young man named Traveil chasing his dream to be a successful entertainer. This past saturday I was invited to see him perform on stage in Fayetteville, NC and I was in the front row snapping like crazy. During the show I could see and feel his passion. You could see throughout his performance the fact that he believes its only a matter of time before his dreams come true. What I really love about this photo is it captures him in the process of chasing his dream. In that moment I realized that a dream no matter how big or small is an important part of who we are and you should fight for your dream with passion. This night I was inspired to chase my very own dreams harder. So let me ask you all a queation…..What does it mean to chase your dream? Well I believe the first step is to write it down somewhere. So what is your dream? Thats right I would like know what your dream is. Put your dream in the comment line big or small doesn’t matter and lets chat about it.

Posted 7 months ago with 5 notes in mobilephotography, iphoneography, amptmember, photography,

AMPt Darkroom - Mobile Photography Tutorial - 3 Steps to Great Silhouette Shots - Pic 1

3 Steps to Great Silhouette Shots - AMPt Darkroom


Intro
We all love a good silhouette shot. A beautiful sunset with darkened tree in the foreground or a cityscape with the added mystery of a darkened figure. Silhouette shots are dynamic and most time beautiful to view. The darkened subjects allow the viewer to create their own story and thereby deepening the message of the photo.

Lesson Focus
In this tutorial, Anna will walk through three steps for setting up a classic silhouette shot.


STEP 1 - Find A Background That is Dynamic.

Whether it is a landscape or cityscape, both will work for this type of shot. Sky shots are a no brainer when it comes to silhouettes. Any type of background will work but it is important to pick a background that will make your silhouette stand out.
AMPt Darkroom - Mobile Photography Tutorial - 3 Steps to Great Silhouette Shots - Pic 2
photo by Belinda Gregg @bindyboo



STEP 2 - Pick an Interesting and Recognizable Subject.

Remember that your subject will be mostly dark so most detail will be lost. Try shooting something that has interesting angles or a person in a dynamic pose. Take care if you have more than one item silhouetted when you frame your subject. Because of the nature of the darkened subjects the outlines can become muddled if they are too close together or touching. Objects that have good negative space can make great silhouettes like a park bench or the limbs of a tree.

AMPt Darkroom - Mobile Photography Tutorial - 3 Steps to Great Silhouette Shots - Pic 3
photo by Anna Cox @annacox


STEP 3 - Position Your Subject

For this type of shot your subject will need to be lit from the back which is in reverse to how we normally shoot. Sunrise or sunset is the easiest time to take this shot, when the sun is low in the sky but any type of strong light will work. If you want a halo effect, position your subject directly in front of the light and the light will “leak” around them creating a glow. Also, don’t forget to turn your flash OFF.  The flash will even out the light and you will lose the dramatic effect of backlighting.

AMPt Darkroom - Mobile Photography Tutorial - 3 Steps to Great Silhouette Shots - Pic 4
photo by Nei Cruz @n_cruz


Quick Tips:
- If photographing a person try turning them to shoot their profile or have them pose in a wide posture.

- Find subjects that create an interesting shape once in shadow

- Use negative space to your advantage like the rungs of a fence or grass in sand dunes

- Remember to touch your screen to set the exposure you want. Experiment with the light before deciding on your final shot.

Posted 7 months ago with 6 notes in amptdarkroom, ampteam, iphoneography, mobilephotography, tutorials, darkroom, tutorial, ampt,
AMPt Projects: MONDAY IG FEATURE with @journeyofnow Today I would like to introduce you to @nickjamesadams who is from South West Wales. I’m such a fan of landscapes and Nick is a wonderful case of capturing his part of world through his phone. When I try to sum up his style, it is fitting to say high fidelity. His work is so beautiful and vivid, I’m always surprised on what the iPhone can put out. When you look at his work, it really feels that you are in the shot. There is so much beautiful detail in his stream and each one of his shots are very well composed. Trying to capture the beauty of landscape can be tricky when trying to fit the image it into a square format that will be mostly viewed on the phone.. You also don’t have a wide dynamic range, so with those challenges Nick is able past those limitations and illicit an emotion while capturing the essence of his surroundings. While Nick mostly focuses on landscapes I also particularly like how he captures cows. It’s almost like they are portraits or model shots. Nick’s feed will now be featured in a couple of places. His photos will have a showcase on AMPt feed, website, Facebook, Google+ and Twitter.One more place that you will be added is on my blog journeyofnow.jux.com Thanks, Stephen (Taken with Instagram)

AMPt Projects: MONDAY IG FEATURE with @journeyofnow

Today I would like to introduce you to @nickjamesadams who is from South West Wales. I’m such a fan of landscapes and Nick is a wonderful case of capturing his part of world through his phone.

When I try to sum up his style, it is fitting to say high fidelity. His work is so beautiful and vivid, I’m always surprised on what the iPhone can put out. When you look at his work, it really feels that you are in the shot. There is so much beautiful detail in his stream and each one of his shots are very well composed.

Trying to capture the beauty of landscape can be tricky when trying to fit the image it into a square format that will be mostly viewed on the phone.. You also don’t have a wide dynamic range, so with those challenges Nick is able past those limitations and illicit an emotion while capturing the essence of his surroundings.

While Nick mostly focuses on landscapes I also particularly like how he captures cows. It’s almost like they are portraits or model shots.
Nick’s feed will now be featured in a couple of places. His photos will have a showcase on AMPt feed, website, Facebook, Google+ and Twitter.One more place that you will be added is on my blog journeyofnow.jux.com

Thanks,
Stephen (Taken with Instagram)

Posted 7 months ago with 4 notes in mobilephotography, photography, ampteam, iphoneography,
Incorporating Text into Your Images - AMPt DarkroomEditing Walkthrough AMPt is excited to share our first Community written tutorial for the Darkroom Mobile Photography Tutorial series. This week’s Community tutorial was written by mobile photographer Brent Mosley @sleekmaus. From Brent: “Lately I have seen more and more images incorporating text into the photograph. I have been asked on several occasions what my editing process was to achieve this result. That being the case I have put together a tutorial to show how I was able to do just that.” While a picture alone can say a thousand words you can often enhance this message through the clever placement of text in your image. Read the FULL TUTORIAL where Brent walks us through a full edit and shows us one way to add and blend text into an image. Check back for new Darkroom mobile photography lessons every Monday & Tuesday @ ampteam.org

Incorporating Text into Your Images - AMPt Darkroom
Editing Walkthrough


AMPt is excited to share our first Community written tutorial for the Darkroom Mobile Photography Tutorial series. This week’s Community tutorial was written by mobile photographer Brent Mosley @sleekmaus.

From Brent: “Lately I have seen more and more images incorporating text into the photograph. I have been asked on several occasions what my editing process was to achieve this result. That being the case I have put together a tutorial to show how I was able to do just that.”

While a picture alone can say a thousand words you can often enhance this message through the clever placement of text in your image. Read the FULL TUTORIAL where Brent walks us through a full edit and shows us one way to add and blend text into an image.


Check back for new Darkroom mobile photography lessons every Monday & Tuesday @ ampteam.org

Posted 7 months ago with 4 notes in ampt, amptdarkroom, darkroom, mobile photography, tutorial, tutorials, mobilephotography, photography, ampteam, iphoneography,
Feature 500 photo submitted by @askareyDescription:This shot was taken in the afternoon at railroad in my home town Jakarta.Process:Taken with iPhone camera. STEP ONE: opened in phonto and write the “trail” type and than go to style decrease the gray one until 64. STEP TWO: opened in image blender make the first image as the base image and the next pict with the type is the top layer and than i erase the part that cover the type. STEP THREE: opened in snapseed detail: sharpening+100 structure +20. Drama: drama 1. Tuned image: white balance -20 saturation 40 contrast -20 brightness -65 ambiance +35. Vintage: style 6 texture set to 0 style strength +100 center size 0. STEP FOUR: Opened in lenslight and add the spot source, and lumos glow. STEP FIVE: opened in rays length40 brightness80 rays90. STEP SIX: Opened in snapseed tunes image: brightness -70 . STEP SEVEN: opened in phonto and write the “foreign”, and “walking in the dark type and save!!Bio:My name Askary, age 18. Home town Jakarta Indonesia. Study at Faculty of Law University of Indonesia. I start iPhoneography when I got my first iPhone. I always enjoyed taking photos with my iPhone, but its not so great and curious until I join the Instagram community. With IG, everyday I can see new photos created by talented and creative people from around the world. IG its something that can helping me to open my imagination, to create art through photos. Thanks to IG 

Feature 500 photo submitted by @askarey

Description:
This shot was taken in the afternoon at railroad in my home town Jakarta.

Process:
Taken with iPhone camera. STEP ONE: opened in phonto and write the “trail” type and than go to style decrease the gray one until 64. STEP TWO: opened in image blender make the first image as the base image and the next pict with the type is the top layer and than i erase the part that cover the type. STEP THREE: opened in snapseed detail: sharpening+100 structure +20. Drama: drama 1. Tuned image: white balance -20 saturation 40 contrast -20 brightness -65 ambiance +35. Vintage: style 6 texture set to 0 style strength +100 center size 0. STEP FOUR: Opened in lenslight and add the spot source, and lumos glow. STEP FIVE: opened in rays length40 brightness80 rays90. STEP SIX: Opened in snapseed tunes image: brightness -70 . STEP SEVEN: opened in phonto and write the “foreign”, and “walking in the dark type and save!!

Bio:
My name Askary, age 18. Home town Jakarta Indonesia. Study at Faculty of Law University of Indonesia. I start iPhoneography when I got my first iPhone. I always enjoyed taking photos with my iPhone, but its not so great and curious until I join the Instagram community. With IG, everyday I can see new photos created by talented and creative people from around the world. IG its something that can helping me to open my imagination, to create art through photos. Thanks to IG 

Posted 7 months ago with 2 notes in ampt, mobile photography, feature500, f500, amptfeature500, iphone, mobilephotography, photography, ampteam, iphoneography,