iPhone Photo Smorgasbord

Brian Kavanaugh-Jones shares some of his latest. He used only one app to create all this artwork: camera bag. I seriously need to revisit this app!

Jack Davis Says: Ya Gotta See This

My dear friend and reknowned Photoshop guru Jack Davis, author of the Photoshop Wow books and all kinds of DVD's and cool stuff has graciously contributed some iPhone pix for our viewing pleasure. The app featured below is called aptly enough "Ya Gotta See This". Sadly, it only works on the iPhone 4, so those of us who are anxiously awaiting the end of our contracts will suffer delayed gratification. Those who have the new phone will likely want to download it immediately.

Recently, Jack was teaching a workshop near Los Osos, California, which is close to San Simeon and Hearst Castle. I guarantee you've never seen Hearst Castle quite like this. Enjoy!

Going for my Collage Degree

The iPhone Diva is hooked on collaging. Here are some random collages using either Collage or Montage to combine a series of images, or the same image resized over and over. Other apps used to enhance the final image are listed with each photo.

Picmix was used to layer color and black and white image and repaint the color back in in this shot combining prismatic view of Mono Lake tufas with a butterfly. Don't ask why, I just felt like it.

This is one of my favorite trees. I photograph it over and over. (It's on Papohaku Beach on the island of Molokai). Each tree image was worked in a number of apps, including Vihgo, Camera Bag, and Photogene. There may be others I can't remember.


At last, a simple one. Various rose images, turned black and white with tiffen's photofx. The sepia tone and edges are from the Burnt Paper filter in Art Camera app.

A multitude of butterflies, some inverted in Art Camera. Final touch was the Picasso filter in Art Camera app. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

Paris Re View

iPhone artist Jon Leland was also in Paris this summer with his lovely bride Karen. He shares the following images from his trip: ToonPaint app figured in prominently in many of these images. Vive la France! Enjoy!

Romance de Paris

iPhone Diva here, finally over jet lag and joyfully going through images from a trip to Europe. The Dude and I were strolling along a boulevard on the Isle St. Louis in Paris when we happened upon a newly married couple and their photographer. We smiled knowing that he was working to get rid of all the distracting elements on the street to isolate their special moments.



Later, we were meandering, looking down at people picnicking along the Seine, when along came our bride! (yes, we began thinking of her as our bride by then. I snapped a shot with my iPhone.

As usual, I began to work with my apps. I used a new one called Timeless Photo to tone and edge this portrait.
This is another version using Timeless Photo. I like the feel of this.


An edgier, more avant garde rendition was the result of an app recommended by my friend and Photoshop guru, Jack Davis: addLib.

Cannes Do Photography, iPhone Style

Brian Kavanaugh Jones attended the Cannes film festival in the South of France recently. (Yes, it was work!) He did have a chance to snap and work some iPhone shots. The four waterfront views are the same view worked with various apps - see if you can guess which apps he used - all of them have been featured here on iPhone Diva at one time or another. I like all four permutations.







These final three photos are unique Cannes moments. Enjoy.

When A Flower Is More Than A Flower

Sister iPhone Diva Judy Norton created these beautiful images. Here's how she did the first one:

"In Fl we have a tree called the orchid tree; although it has no relation to what we know as orchids, the flower may look similar to some species. In this case the flower was deep pink. I coupled it in DXP with palmetto fronds and then played around with it in Ezimba. Love that app!"



About this second photo, she says:
"More messing around with Ezimba and a sunflower. I can't remember the order, 'cause once I start playing, I don't always remember where I've been."

Really? Gee, I always remember where I've been. NOT!!!

Inside A Cat's Brain

Today's collage was created by the Digital Dude: my handsome hubby Dewitt Jones. He call's it "Inside Po's Brain". Our cat, Po, is a rescue cat and there are a few synapses that don't quite fire all the time. Like if we leave the room and she can't see us, she starts crying as if her little heart might break. It's a reverse game of peek-a-boo. If she can't see us, we're gone. So we have to yell out, "We're here, Po. We haven't left." And she calms right down. This photo may be closer to photojournalism, come to think of it.

Collage # 5 from iPhone Diva

Here's the latest collage using Montage, FotoMuse, ArtCamera apps and a new cool app called TouchUp painting in an embossed look to part of the collage. You can bet I'll be doing more with this app, lots more.

Collages # 3 and 4

Lightning Rose apps were Montage, Photo Studio, and Vihgo.



Ghost Trees apps were Montage, Photo Studio, Art Camera, Photogene.

iCreated Collage # 2

My new goal is to create at least one collage per day on my iPhone and upload it here as well as to the iCreated online gallery, If you don't have this app (iCreated), download it. The art that people make with their phone is inspiring and gets those creative juices flowing. You can choose if you want to upload your own art photos or just browse the amazing images others are showcasing in the gallery. So here is last night's collage. I made it instead of watching American Idol. (Well, I taped it, of course. I'm not crazy.) I call this one Butterfly Blues. Apps used were Vihgo, Montage, FotoMuse, and Pic Grunger.

A Rose Is A Rose Is A Rose

I love collaging and multiple exposure photos. Always have, always will. Here's my latest iPhone photo art using Collage, Art Camera, Vihgo, and DXP apps. And I downloaded an app called iCreated a while back with a gallery of cool iPhone art. Very inspiring. This is the first photo I have uploaded to their online gallery - won't be the last. Check it out!

Same Apps, Different Day; Two iPhone Artist Views

Brian Kavanaugh Jones's latest urban life vignettes with Hipstamatic and Toonpaint apps:



And Robin Robertis is back using DXP and Juxtaposer to create these wonderful images. She says her new puppy dog inspires her (last photo).

Urban Landscape and Floral Fantasy

Brian Kavanaugh Jones does it again with an LA urban landscape rendered in Toonpaint. And in a departure from our usual iPhone format, here is Carol Robinson's SX70 photo of orchids, scanned and worked in Photoshop.

Surreal iPhone Art

Brian Kavanaugh Jones loves photographing buildings and the urban landscape. Using fave apps hipstamatic and ToonPaint, here are his latest. Enjoy.