Temporarily FREE App–Font Art

For 3 days only, you’ll be able to download Font Art. 

I tried out the app on a few of my images.  It’s easy to use and includes over 127 font variations!  You can change the color, opacity, add a drop shadow or bevel and even rotate the font.

 

Below is a painting I did on my iPad using.  This is not a manipulated image, but a panting done from scratch using Sketch Club.  I referenced a photo from Instagram user @alainvincent.  When he gave me permission to sketch the portrait I asked him who was featured in the photo and he answered, “my beloved son”. 

And here is an image I captured while running errands this week. 

App Recipe – Photo Studio FX, Magic Hour Font Art

Well, what are you waiting for, you only have 3 days!

FREE iPhoneography eBooks by Cynthia Louden

I love when I find useful information online, especially when it’s FREE!  Last night I stumbled upon two eBooks by Cynthia Louden that give DETAILED information on how she creates her iPhone Art.  Visit the site here and click on the Add to Cart buttons (they’re FREE!).
You’ll get over 70 pages in each PDF guide including step by step instructions and apps used.  You can add the eBooks to your iTunes library and view them on your iPhone or iPad too! 







And if you’re a blogger or like to journal, she also has a FREE eBook, “A Year of Blogging and Journaling Ideas”. 

But wait, that’s not all…if you click on the Hula Hoop Press tab at the top of her blog, you’ll find FREE e-cards like the one below that you can send by dragging the images to an email! 

Thank you Cynthia for generously sharing your creativity with us!

iColorama an app worth mentioning

I use iColorama on most of my edits.  It’s FREE for the iPad and 99-cents for the iPhone (I’m not sure why they charge for the iPhone app!).  The iPhone version is iColorama S.

I used this app to distort the lifeguard station image and get the funky effect below.  Give it a look, it’s a must have in my camera bag!

Temporarily FREE App–PhotoTangler Collage Maker

Your iPhone must be filling up fast with all of the FREE apps you’re downloading.  If you’d like to see how I organize my photo apps, check out this post. 

FREE at the time of this posting is the PhotoTangler Collage Maker.

 

 

Only a few hours left to get Any Shape Photo Editor FREE!

I just discovered that the Any Shape Photo Editor is free for today only.  Sorry for the late notice!  It’s regularly priced at $1.99.

The iPhoneography of Karen L. Messick

While roaming the internet...okay, I was desperately seeking some inspirational iPhoneography, I stumbled upon the blog of Karen L. Messick. I was sipping my morning coffee and before I knew it, three hours had passed as I poured through post after post of Karen's stunning photos. With Karen's permission, I am posting some of her work for you to ooh and ahh over! Be sure to visit Karen L. Messick iPhone Adventures to see more of her work and check to see if one of her future workshops will be in your area.

Magic Hair Color–FREE for 3 Days

Not sure if I want to experiment with changing my hair color, but I might use this temporarily FREE app for coloring other parts of photos.  FREE for 3 days!

Magic Hair Color HD

Apple’s App of the Week and it’s FREE – IncrediBooth

The makers of Hipstamatic have created an app that gives you “A Photo Booth in your Pocket”.  IncrediBooth was named Apple’s App of the week and it’s free!  With the free download you get the Cowboy booth.  Other themed booths are available as in-app purchases.

I would test out this app and insert my own photo strip, but I just woke up and this mug isn’t fit for print this early! 

Happy Snapping!

The Olloclip is opening up a whole new tiny world!

You may have read my post about making your own DIY macro lens.  The homemade lens works pretty well considering the cost ($1.99) but I wanted something better for serious macro shooting, so I purchased an Olloclip and I’m really glad I did.
Here’s what the Olloclip looks like

It slides right onto the camera corner of the iPhone snugly and stays in place.  One end houses the fisheye lens and the other has a wide angle lens which unscrews to reveal a macro lens!  Three lenses in one.  It comes with a lens cap for each side and a little pouch to keep it in your purse or pocket.  The price is approximately $70.  It may be a bit pricey but if you’re a serious photographer, you know that’s inexpensive when compared to DSLR equipment!
Here is the photo I took of my ring with my DIY macro lens.





and here’s the one I took with the Olloclip!  I can see how rough I’ve been on this ring when viewed this closely.

Here’s a one-legged grasshopper (about an inch long) who lives on my potted tomato plant.  This isn’t quite as sharp as it could be – I’m sure a little tripod would help!  Hmmm…maybe the next on my wish list!

and a few drops of water on one of the tomatoes

I haven’t done a lot of experimenting with the fisheye and wide angle lenses, but here is one that I took with the fisheye lens while at the L.A. Mobile Arts Festival.

If you enjoy macro photography, I don’t think the Olloclip will disappoint. 
Happy Snapping!

Free for a LIMITED time–HDR FX Pro!

Here’s another FREE app for all you app-crazy folks like me – HDR FX Pro!  I have the lite version, but now I can download the PRO version free for a limited time…who knows how long, so I’m off to the app store now!!!

Create a scrollable panoramic view with 360 Panorama

The view of my bathroom isn’t very fascinating, but I had to try out this new app, 360 Panorama.
If you click and drag your mouse over the image, you can view the complete panoramic image.  Just imagine what you could do in a gorgeous natural setting!

Here’s the same image flattened out

L.A. Mobile Arts Festival 2012

Living in California definitely has its advantages.  One that I was able to enjoy this weekend was the L.A. Mobile Arts Festival held at the Santa Monica Art Studios.  I came away totally inspired and humbled by the talent of the amazing iPhoneographers whose work was selected for this event.
Below are some photos I took of the beautiful images and sculptures on display.  I have noted the names of the photographers in some instances – I apologize for not getting each name, however I was so gobsmacked by what I was viewing that I forget to take note!


Above – Left image "Yellow Room Fronthill Castle" by Rad Drew






Above – Top Left, Roger Guetta.  Top Right - Sita Mae. Bottom Left Photo “Under the Parasol” by Tracy J. Thomas.  Bottom Center Photo by Elizabeth Grilli.    Bottom Right Photo by Petyr Campos.


Above – Top Right, Helen Breznik.  Bottom Center, "Blinded by Love" by Lanie Heller.  Bottom Right, Golden Age by Alan Kastner


Above – Last Trail Home (left) Giuseppe Capazzo Top Right "Open Minded" by Lanie Heller


Above – Top Right, "Rosa" by Nico Brons.  Bottom Left, the three lower images on the right by Mansi Bhatia


Above – Bottom Left, The Soak by Robin Robertis.  Bottom Center, Adria Ellis.  Bottom Right, "Please Hand Cancel" by Lanie Heller


Above Center – The Botanica Illuminati by Kimberly Post Rowe, Adria Ellis and Daria Polichetti




Above – Light Impressions. A traveling installation consisting of 40 iPads mounted on a metal sculpture recovered from Florida’s Hurricane Opal in 1995.  Each iPad contains a rotating slideshow of 13 works of an individual artist.  (My husband had to ask if it was for sale and the answer was yes…for $180,000)


Above – Corsair by Elizabeth Grilli


Above – The Olde Curiosity Shoppe (bottom center features the work of Tracy J. Thomas)



Above – Fingerpainting in Motion: The iPad Car!  This iPad created painting by Italian-based mobile artist Matthew Watkins was printed on film and then applied to a CODA 2012 automobile with a heat gun. 
I’m hopeful that this is just the first of many Mobile Arts Festivals to come!  The event this year run through August 25th.

New Edits and Some FREE Apps!

Here are a few images from my Instagram feed.  If you’re on Instagram and would like to follow me, you can find me @gericentonze.
App Recipes are includes on some of the images.

The more I experiment with abstract art, the more I love it!
App Recipe – Decim8, PhotoArista Oil, Glaze, Vintique, ScratchCam FX

A great old Chevrolet Bel Air I saw on my walk yesterday.

I saw my reflection in our front loading washing machine and thought this would make an interesting photo.
App Recipe – ProCamera, Simply B&W, Sketch Club, Vintique, Snapseed

I snagged this shot of the man next to me at Subway yesterday.

On the boardwalk in Santa Monica.  This was created from two photos.  The image of the blurred background figures was shot in SlowShutter.  The foreground people were shot with ProCamera. I then combined the images in Sketch Club using layers and made the foreground figures slightly transparent to give the feeling of movement.
SlowShutter, ProCamera, Sketch Club, PS Express, Snapseed

And now for one of today’s FREE apps.  Here’s Kyoobik Photo by JixiPix Software.

I didn’t have a lot of time to experiment with this, but I ran the photo of the Bel Air (above) through a couple of the settings – results below.