Black and White Reflections of Bellevue

Almost Springtime in Bellevue, WA

After the snow, hail and windy rain storm, the weather cleared so I headed to downtown Bellevue to capture the dramatic reflections of spring trying to bloom.

ProHDR

Autostitch

Simply BW

Snapseed

Been a Small Town Girl Tooooo Long

If I have discovered anything in the last few weeks it is that I can't live in my small town anymore. I really have enjoyed the opportunities that being in and near a big city offers. So after my trip to Denver to see family and then to Napa Valley for a workshop with The Last Pixel Show, I am either going to sell or rent my home in Cle Elum. It is a beautiful house on 7 acres where I raised my daughters and it will be difficult to part with but I am LOVIN the social and cultural options of the bigger city.

Tonight I went to the grand opening of ladies night at the Blue Martini in Bellevue and not only listened to great music but had a great conversation with a fellow artist/photographer. So wonderful to discuss passions!

Camera Applications for the iPhone - Beyond the Default

Most people who own an iPhone only use the default camera. In today's blog I wanted to highlight three of the several dozen different applications available to take a photo with. Normally I don't get technical in my blog posts but I thought some of this information might be helpful.

ProCamera Application - Bellevue WA

The application ProCamera is my go to camera. It captures a 4:3 aspect ratio.  The above image was taken with it. There are several features included with this camera that the default camera in the iPhones doesn't have.

6x6 Camera Application - Bellevue WA

This image was taken with the application 6x6. It captures a square image - 1:1. Some prefer to use it instead of an application such as Hipstamatic because it provides a 'clean' square image.

Classic Pan Camera Application - Bellevue WA

This image was captured with the application Classic Pan. It captures 9:4 aspect ratio. This application allows you to instantly see in a panoramic view.

This demonstration shows how the same scene looks much different as the aspect ratio changes. Please note that I did move when capturing each image for variety.

Keep in mind that of these three cameras only ProCamera captured a 8mp image. In each of the other two choices the frame was just cropped in camera. In other words you could use ProCamera to capture all of these images and crop the image later during process to achieve the same look.



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