Thanks Steve Jobs! The iPhone Changed my Life!

Autumn in New Hampshire October 5th 2010

There have been many events that have affected my life. The birth of my daughters is the most impacting. However a year ago, the day I captured this image with my iP4 was a Ah-Ha moment that I will never forget.

I now teach what is photographically possible with this incredible device that I can hold in my hand. I am honored and thrilled to do so.

Today as I prepare this blog I read that Steve Jobs has died. I am very sad. Tears are flowing as I type this. The man who impacted my life so significantly is no longer with us.  He was a wonderful role model in so many ways. I am very grateful that he never settled.

I look forward to another year with the iPhone 4S, that will be released October 14th... A lot can happen in a year! - so grateful for technology and visionaries!!!

ProHDR

no other processing

iPhoneography Classes Available Now! - next class starts November 21st - only six student per session. FYI - prices will increase in 2012. If you would like to learn how to capture and process iPhone images beyond a basic snapshot take an Online iPhoneography Course with Teri Lou. Two courses are available iPhoneography 101 and iCreativity. Click on the direct links in the upper left hand column of this blog for information, pricing and schedule.

Lesson One - Playing with Apps

Sunset near Klamath Falls, OR

The sunset tonight was fantastic. I captured it with ProHDR hand held because I didn't have time to set up my tripod. After dinner, while sitting in McD's where I could get internet, I started processing the image.

My traveling companion, Mark Hosko, has watched me process my images over the last few months and has offered artist advice when asked, but he has never apped an image himself. Until tonight.

I was asking his advice on some simple contrast and saturation techniques to use in Filterstorm that he might use in Photoshop and handed him my iPad so he could show me 'what he would do'. (Actually it was a sneaky way to get him to prepare my blog post while I worked on other things.) Two hours later, after 'playing' in Filterstorm, fxPhotoStudio and Blender, he took the image in a "direction that I wouldn't normally have gone."

I really enjoyed watching him make creative choices and introduce more possibilities along the way. It is always fun to show off the capabilities that the apps have.


iPhoneography Classes Available Now! - next class starts October 3rd - only six student per session. If you would like to learn how to capture and process iPhone images beyond a basic snapshot take an Online iPhoneography Course with Teri Lou. Two courses are available iPhoneography 101 and iCreativity. Click on the direct links in the upper left hand column of this blog for information, pricing and schedule.