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.

Modern Art iPhone Style

Jon Leland shares his latest iPhone art project with us - using his current fave app Layers.

Sweet Dream Baby - An iPhone "Portait"

My friend Jon Leland created this piece of art on his iPhone of actress Marissa Ingrasci. Her father came up with the title "Sweet Dream Baby". Jon used the Layers app, which I just downloaded. Can't wait to play with it! He says it is like digital fingerpainting on a photo on his iPhone and "good fun."

Sketch As Sketch Can - A Cool iPhone App

iPhone artist extraordinaire Robin Robertis sends us two images made with iPhone app Photosketch. Check these out!