Friday Favorites No. 1

Here are some of my favorite edits for the week.  I’ve also changed the sidebar featured instagrammer to @dezadie. Please have a look at this eclectic gallery!

“Reading gives us someplace to go when we have to stay where we are” – Mason Cooley
App Recipe (above) Shot with ProCamera Edited with Painteresque, ShockMyPic, Snapseed, PS Express

App Recipe (above) Shot with ProCamera using Olloclip  Edited with PS Express, Snapseed, A-HDR, Sketch Club

App Recipe (above) Shot with ProCamera Edited with PS Express, Glaze, Snapseed, Painteresque, TouchRetouch

App Recipe (above) Shot with Procamera, Edited with Snapseed

I didn’t take note of the app recipe for this one (above), but I did get the spiral effect with the iColorama app.

App Recipe (above) shot with ProCamera Edited with PS Express, Blur FX

App Recipe (above) Shot with ProCamera Edited with PS Express, ShockMyPic, SquareReady, PerfectPhoto, Font Art

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.

Apps for Beginners

The app store can be overwhelming – so many photography apps and the descriptions all sound wonderful!  Confused?  Where do you begin?
I am just a babe myself in the world of iphoneography, but I’ve already noticed there are several apps I go to again and again.
As mentioned before, I use the Procamera app for shooting my photos for 3 reasons

• You can set the exposure and focus points separately
• Rapid fire Mode for continuous shots
• Tap anywhere on the screen to take photo

SlowShutter is another camera app that gives great results. 

Photo below taken with SlowShutter

For my second choice it’s a tie between Snapseed and PerfectPhoto for basic editing functions like cropping, rotating, exposure, color balance, sharpen, etc.  One more app in this category (FREE as of this post date) is Easy Photo Editor Pro which has a great user interface.

For adding filters and effects, FX Photo Studio makes it easy to switch from one application to the next with a simple swipe.  There are a few corny effects like adding cupids and hearts to your photo, but you can hide them from your choice list.  PhotoCopier allows you to capture the look of the coloring/lighting of movies, paintings, photos and processes.  There’s a lot to work with in this app and I’ve only begun to tap into it’s capabilities.  If you’d like to blend one image with another, Image Blender is simple to use and does the job well.  If you already have an app that allows you to add layers and change blend modes like , you won’t need a separate image blending app. 

I have 3 favorite Painterly effects apps (at least at the moment – that could change when I discover the next amazing one!)  Glaze is a new discovery that is quickly become an app I use often.  Painteresque, a one-trick pony that does what it does very well.  Foolproof Art Studio has so much potential - I just downloaded it but my first try had me hooked!

Photo edited with Glaze

Same photo edited in Painteresque


and finally in Foolproof

For adding light to your photo, Lenslight is my favorite app.

Here’s the Foolproof image with some rays added from Lenslight

One app that has made my life easier is the Photo Transfer App which allows me to easily transfer selected photos from my iPhone to my iPad and even to my PC (also possible to transfer to a MAC).  I find it easier to work on the photos with my iPad than to strain my eyes with my phone.

This is just a glimpse into the wonderful world of creative apps.  I’m sure you have your favorites and go-to apps.  Please join in the conversation by leaving a comment with a few of your top choices not mentioned here.  I’m sure readers will enjoy seeing your picks!