Ian Garrington–Mobile Artist Extraordinaire!

My husband and I watch a singing competition called the X Factor.  The judges are looking for that certain something that sets one musical artist apart from the others. 
The photographic work of Ian Garrington (Instagram user name @iangarrington) definitely has the X Factor, X as in excellent!  I was drawn to the dramatic moods he portrays in his images all taken with his iPhone.  Ian only started posting on Instagram a few months ago and says, “It’s helped me rediscover my love of photography after letting it slip for a few years.”   The love for his work definitely shines through in his provocative images. 





















Ian’s list of favorite apps include Noir Photo, Pro Filter, ColorSplash, Dramatic Black and White and PictureShow.  He’s currently looking to simply his workflow and says “If I can’t create what I’m looking for using Snapseed then I’m probably over doing it.”
Thank you Ian for allowing me to share your beautiful images.  Please visit Ian’s site on Statigram or Ink361 or follow him on Instagram @iangarrington.

***UPDATED January 8, 2013***

Over at The App Whisperer Dilshad Corleone (@italianbrother) penned an article on his photographic journey and one particular comment on the article caught my eye.  It was posted by my Instagram “brother” Ian Garrington.  I thought that the comment along with a few of his latest images were worth sharing (I also added them to the feature I already posted on Ian). 
Ian says of his own photographic journey:
“My love of photography started back in the mid 90′s when treading the backpacker trail through Africa and Asia. The brand new camera I’d saved for and took with me, perished within the first week during a storm sailing to Zanzibar on a dhow. As with you I then resorted to cheap plastic cameras and disposables for the rest of my year long journey, but just could not stop snapping away at the amazing sights, scenes and people along the way. The results and quality were mixed and mainly still sit in an old box in the garage, but what was for sure was that I had become addicted to capturing images of street life and people.
Late 90′s I ended up in San Francisco where I purchased my first SLR and signed up for a correspondence course with New York Institute of Photography. It was enlightening but I started losing interest when it became more focused on the technicalities of studio lighting and the business of photography. I just wanted to be out on the streets snapping away which I continued to do. SF is an amazing place for capturing weird and wonderful characters who don’t mind having a big SLR pointed in their direction.
Kids then appeared and my time available for wandering the backstreets of the tenderloin and Mission became limited and my photo focus was directed towards cute pics of the little ones. I’ve got 1000′s of pics of them which I love but my photo bug slowly started fading away until 6 months ago when a friend showed me this new iPhone app called Instagram where people post their mobile phone pics. I was highly skeptical even though I’d owned an iPhone for a while, I’d never even considered using the piddly little ‘novelty’ camera that was built in for people who didn’t have or know how to use a ‘proper’ camera. How misguided I was!
What I’ve come to realize is that mobile photography is the enabler for me to capture the type of images I’ve always wanted to and typically been unable to due to the nature of a traditional SLR camera where anonymity is not straight forward if your looking for candid street shots. It allows me to focus on what’s really important which is the image and capturing the moment, rather than the quality of the camera and lens.
I’m now a born-again photography enthusiast thanks to my little phone and the inspiration of mobile artists such as yourself who validate this art form and show the possibilities.”

“...just remember, darling, it is pain that changes our lives.” ― Steve Martin, Shop girl (above)

Queen of all she surveys (above)

"I dressed and went for a walk - determined not to return until I took in what Nature had to offer." - Raymond Carver (above)

"Life is full of misery, loneliness, and suffering - and it's all over much too soon." ~ Woody Allen. (above)

Find Ian:  Instagram

All images in this feature are copyrighted property of Ian Garrington published on iART CHRONiCLES with the consent of the artist.

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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

Everything for the iPhoneography enthusiast at JUXT

I should have said everything “and more”.  JUXT is one of my favorite discoveries since I started my iPhoneography adventure. 
One of the many features includes a tutorials section.  I think I’ll be spending a lot of time there!  I used the basic instructions for the Into the Dark tutorial by Joanna D to get the result below.  Mouse over the image to see the boring BEFORE photo.

Photo taken from a moving car (don’t worry I wasn’t driving!) with ProCamera.
App Recipe: Noir Photo and Picfx
I’ll be attending the L.A. Mobile Arts Festival this weekend and hopefully will have lots to share on Monday!

Sometimes the simple shot is the best

While out and about I saw this elderly gentleman reading a flyer in a window at H & R Block.  He was so engrossed in his reading that I knew he wouldn’t notice me approaching.  Funnily enough, I snapped 4 photos of him – he never took his eyes off the flyer even though he was cleaning his glasses the whole time!

I noticed the crisp crease in his trousers!  It says a lot about him, don’t you think?

App Recipe – Shot with ProCamera.  Edited with Noir Photo and PerfectPhoto.  Signature added with A+ Signature Lite (Free version)