Scott Kelby Photowalk 2009 Lake Tahoe

Okay, did the Scott Kelby photowalk this times of yore Saturday - mammoth fun. And I in point of fact took various pix with a camera other than my iPhone! The greatest part is getting old hat and killing old hat with other photographers. The pace was hosted by lone of my favorite trained photographers Jim Stamates. One of these days, I'm ready to exit on lone of his Costa Rica photo excursions!

The Apple of Our iPhones

The Apple of Our iPhones

Robin Robertis has complete it again - bent a spectacular image using a clean question count. She used iRetouch on this photo of an apple - I love it.

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.

Metamorphosis Through iPhone App DXP

Still exploring transformation and metamorphosis through butterflies with DXP combining multiple images. These are the latest. I feel like I'm onto something. Maybe not, but then again, maybe......

Spotlight on Toonpaint and Hipstamatic

This moody shot was taken and enhanced by Brian Kavanaugh-Jones, our son. He used an app new to me called Hipstamatic. He calls it "Crazy Light on Snow". I love it.



Digital Diva Robin Robertis has been at it again using Toonpaint iPhone app. I downloaded it as soon as I saw her images. Sort of Roy Lichtenstein meets Shockmypic with a little Marvel comics thrown in.







The Buddha image below completely wowed me. Here's Robin's recipe for the manipulation:
Pict taken into ToonPaint,

Filterforge for levels and sharpening. Classic FX to adjust temperature. Save image. Start again with saved image by choosing day filter in Classic FX. Bring both versions into Juxtaposer to bring out colors.
Back into filter forge to auto enhance, oil painting, again in watercolor. Back into Juxtaposer to bring out a texture I like.

iPhone Tribute to Klimt

One of my favorite Digital Divas, Robin Robertis, has done it again. Check out her latest images.

This first one is her tribute to Symbolist painter Gustav Klimt. Here's how she did it:

Taken with timelapse
Tweaked in filterforge With sharpen
Gave it a cool texture
Pulled in fx for color tweak
Colorsplash to take some color out
Took pict of some Klimt plates
Then used iclarity
Combined them in Juxtaposer
Framed by tape in photogene....



This bath shot was taken by timelapse
tweaked in FX and thrown into Pic Grunger....



This bath shot was created the same way minus the Pic Grunger.

Thanks iPhone Style

iPhone diva extraodinaire Robin Robertis created this terrific collage thank you card. She used my favortie double exposure app: dxp after she took a photo of some textured paper. She used Ransom app for the type.



DXP with various blend modes created this collage and Photogene provided the frame.

Digital Photo Art Fest With iPhone and More

We have an embarrassment of riches shared in this post of the Digital Diva - iPhone art and digital photo art.

One of my fave iPhone photo buddies, Robin Robertis. shot this image on a recent trip to Japan. Here's how she did it:
pic is of a canvas bag i saw in tokyo
taken 1st into Perfectly Clear
then Photoforge and sharpened, then simulated HDR
topped off in Photogene for the taped corners ;)


And she took this amazing image - I love it! Here's her best recollection of the process and apps:
a color tweak in photoforge ?
and a frame in Photogene...
and a texture might have been pic grunger.

Lucy Lamkin created this wonderful piece - she wishes she could remember just what apps and how she did it. For now, we'll just enjoy it!

Rik Cooke, a frequent contributor of great art to the Digital Diva shot this photo of the recycling area at his retreat center home. This was NOT shot on the iPhone, but on his big boy camera. HDR and Topaz helped him get this amazing look.

App Earances May Be Deceiving

One of our contributors and a digital diva in her own right, Robin Robertis has been trying some new apps as well as some old faves. Here is a mini gallery of some of her latest work.

Using Shockmypic and FrameMuse, here's her Halloween/Day of the Dead iPhone photo art pix:




She used tiltshiftgenerator to correct for the architecture in London in these two cool pix.




Lastly, we got to play with apps and Photoshop at our Hawaii class with Jack Davis and Dewitt Jones last week - this photo titled "iPhone Buddha" says it all!

Double Explosure

Using DXP, a double exposure program with blend modes, I manipulated these images. I finished them off with FotoMuse.

Creative Block With an iPhone App

Cultivating creative block? You bet! One of my favorite apps is called ReNancyKPH. It creates a woodblock print out of a photo - you can choose the color of "ink" for your print, too. A strong graphic works best, otherwise the art just blocks up, pun intended. Here are a couple of examples:

Mardi Gras Magic

Okay, Dewitt Jones (my spouse aka the Digital Dude) was bored and procrastinating today also. He found some old images from New Orleans and Photoshop play culminated in this remarkable image. Gotta love that avoidance stuff - gets the creative juices flowing.

I'm a Fan of the iPhone

I was sitting at my desk, fanning myself, and procrastinating (read avoiding at all costs) doing my work. As I held a fan up toward the light coming through the sliding glass door, I was struck by its transparency. I grabbed my iPhone and took several shots. I chose one and used the burnt paper filter in the app ArtCamera. Artcamera is one of my favorite apps and I keep going back to it. The "old" quality works well with this image.



And I used the Picasso filter in Art Camera to create this look - I like this photo a lot. Sometimes procrastination leads to fascination leads to art.

UnBearably Fun iPhone Art

Photographer Rikki Cooke is known to his students, fellow pros, and friends as the Aloha Bear. (Check out his blog of the same name). He has been having way too much fun with his iPhone as those of you who've been following this blog can attest. And his latest 'art' just knocks me out! Check these out:

This is one of the first panoramic shots he created on his iPhone using Pano app. Pretty good shot as is!


But then he brought it into Photoshop. Here's his processing in his own words: "I put it in ACR (Adobe Camera Raw) where I used the graduated neutral density on the sky and the dodging brush to open up the field. Then Topaz Adjust, then Clean2, Simplify ( but not oil paint, as it didn't work for this image.) Then Topaz sharpen to emphasize the lines, then resize to a larger size 10x34 and Nik's Sharpener Pro with extra sharpening and structure and last a pass through Noiseware. Most of the painting effect was adjusted to taste in Topaz Simplify. And remember all of this is from a phone!" Be sure to click on the panos to see them bigger so you can truly appreciate the changes!


And how did he paint Old Blue - the Toyota Land Cruiser that has carried so many photo students out into the wilds of Moloka`i Hawai`i? Here's his photo path. "Full image from iphone 3g from iphoto, then processing (at same size) in Topaz Adjust, Simplify (most painting to taste) a little emphasis in Clean2, line sharpening in Sharpener, then resize to 15x20 and extra sharpening in Nik's and a pass thru Noiseware. After saving all of this, time to experiment in Sepia B&W. Last image, converted in Nik's Color Efex, then processed in Nik's Silver Efex, with added structure and tinting . Again the richness of this moment was recorded because I had my phone in my pocket as a dutiful husband always on call, actually I could have answered the phone while I was photographing, in the rain yet. Boy are we on to something here?"

This shot he calls "Laundry Basket Buddy." Here's how it came about:

"This is the full original image straight from iphoto. The thing that is different here is that I'm working from the whole iphone image that is about 4mgs, in the past I was working from an email from the iphone, that was about 1/3 the size and I had to enlarge to 1000 pixels to process in Topaz. After cropping and minor touching up and vignetting and full painting processing in Topaz, the final image is 15x20 and sharp. Again all thanks to having a phone in my pocket for that moment when the light happened to be perfect on the Buddha. I could have even been on the phone while I was taking the photo, talk about " multi- tasking"."

And finally, "here is an experiment in sepia after conversion in Nik's color Efex , and then processing in Nik's Silver Efex , Sharpener , Noiseware and done."


Seriously, we are beginning to wonder why we ever shoot with our Big Girl and Big Boy cameras anymore!

App Arition - iPhone Style

Robin Robertis does it again using the iPhone and a skillful blend of apps to create this haunting photo.

Here's how she did it:

"Used high con ( 1 of my 1st apps.... i never use... stupid really... i think)
then brought into FotoMuse and ran a layer on it...
opened it again in FotoMuse and ran the same filter.... is there a add
layer in that app ?
then of course back into Photogene for the tape on the edges."

Making Magic Photo Art With the iPhone

Rikki Cooke sends this colloborative iPhone digital art photo co-created with artist Lucy Lamkin. Here is the original iPhone photo which Rikki refers to as "dog doo" (not his exact words but you get the drift.)





The image was then brought it into Photoshop and they made the following adjustments: Sky adjusted with targeted adjust tool in ACR, areas around house and tree opened with dodge brush, then opened in photoshop and sized to 1000 pixel. Then visit Topaz Adjust, then Topaz Simplify and oil painting,then Topaz Veracity Sharpen, then size up to 8x10 in PCS4, then sharpen with added "structure" in Nik's Sharpener pro and save and done. Lucy then did some final adjusting of her own. WOW!

Art In His Life - Rikki Cooke Does It Again

Pro photographer Rikki Cooke, also known as The Aloha Bear, has photographed a series he calls "Art In My Life" over many years. With his iPhone, he's gone to a whole new level of art in his life. He shot this image of his "Crocs" on the iPhone.



He then downloaded the image to his computer where he used Topaz Labs amazing Photoshop filters to create this extraordinary view of his ordinary shoes. Remember we can use apps to manipulate our photos, but we don't have to stop there! There are no limits when you're making art!

iPhone to Da Max

This amazing iPhone photo was a collaborative effort between photographer Rikki Cooke and Brett James. Brett emailed the original photo of "Thailer sleeping in blind" to Rik, who then proceeded to process it. He explains below:

"Shot on iphone and processed from email, then Topaz , Nik's filters, Silver effects, Sharpener, Noiseware and printed 15x20. All from a phone? Loved Sierra work!"

Who says you can't print 'em big from the iPhone?

A Bouquet of iPhone Apps

On my Menopause Goddess Blog, I've written about my midlife attention span shortening. I find myself flitting from thought to thought, project to project, like a butterfly flits from flower to flower.

I think iPhone apps actually encourage this trait - by offering so many delightful options and possibilities that I just can't help myself. Given that, here is my latest "flitting" in iPhone photography.

This shot of a butterfly on a daisy was taken across the street in my neighbor's yard. No manipulation yet.



Next I flitted to Photoforge to "paint" with my finger. I then added the Color Comic filter from an app called Cinema FX.



After saving the painted image, I went into Cinema FX again and added the a filter called Surveillance Cam. Interesting.



Finally, I added a filter called Japanese Memory, also in the Cinema FX app. I probably like the painted image best, but they all work for me.



The Digital Dude (my husband Dewitt Jones) and I are heading up to the High Sierra and White Mountains for the week - hope to have lots of fun, new images upon our return.