Riding Sunbeams

Photo Walk for Exercise, Rock Springs Park, O'Fallon, Illinois

Shooting this image late in my walk, I really didn't think much about it until I spent a couple of minutes playing with it in iPhoto.

This totally iOS photo was taken on an iPhone 4 and processed on the new iPad using TouchRetouch for spot healing and iPhoto to adjust contrast and saturation, while also adding an artistic warm gradient filter.

Barely Holding On, #2

Photo Walk for Exercise, Rock Springs Park, O'Fallon, Illinois

This totally iOS photo was taken on an iPhone 4 and processed on the new iPad using Laminar's auto white balance and FX vintage archaic filter at 90%.

Not Now!

Photo Walk for Exercise, Rock Springs Park, O'Fallon, Illinois

This totally iOS photo was taken on an iPhone 4 and processed on the new iPad using Laminar's saturation adjustments and iPhoto's spot saturation brush and artistic dark gradient filter.

Barely Holding On

Photo Walk for Exercise, Rock Springs Park, O'Fallon, Illinois

This totally iOS photo was taken on an iPhone 4 and processed on the new iPad using Laminar's auto white balance and FX vintage archaic filter at 50%.

Where do the "fast" carts cross?

Photo Walk for Exercise, Stonewolf Golf Club, Fairview Heights, Illinois

While on my Photo Walks for Exercise, I collect a pictorial record of the various signs I pass along the way. Here's another in my collection, titled "Where do the fast carts cross?"

This totally iOS photo was captured on an iPhone 4 and transferred to the iPad via the Photo Transfer app. I used iPhoto to add an oil paint filter and ArtStudio to add smudge and spray textures.

Wandering

Photo Walk for Exercise, Fairview Heights, Illinois

"Hope I can find my way home!"

While on my Photo Walks for Exercise, I have begun collecting a pictorial record of the various signs I pass along the way. Here's my first entry.

This totally iOS photo was captured on an iPhone 4 and transferred to the iPad via the Photo Transfer app. I used iPhoto to soften the original background image and apply a black and white filter to the final composite.

ArtStudio was used to trim the signs from the respective photos. The signs were individually layered and merged with the background image in Superimpose.

ScratchCam HD added the final filter color effects.

UFOooo!

Photo Walk for Exercise, Moody Park on Longacre, Fairview Heights, Illinois

While walking through the park late one night, I was startled by an unexpected noise. While reaching for my trusty iPhone 4, I spun around just in time to witness, what I can only explain as a once-in-a-lifetime experience, this rotating disc pictured in the photo. And, no, the disc is not one of those soon to be unidentified objects that folks my age call a CD.

(Disclaimer: Actually, it wasn't late at night. I'm usually in bed shortly after dark. And, some "slight" post-processing might have been involved.)

This totally iOS photo was captured on an iPhone 4 and transferred to the iPad via the Photo Transfer app. I used iPhoto to crop, adjust contrast, add spot lightening and darkening, and select a black and white filter.

Snapseed was used to add additional spot lightening and darkening, along with the tilt-shift and center focus filters. ArtStudio was selected to provide brush strokes and spot blurring effects.

I returned to iPhoto to further adjust the black and white filter, and finished with TouchRetouch HD to clone grass in the foreground.

This second photo is the original, unprocessed image.

Wrath

Photo Walk for Exercise, Swansea, Illinois

With our extremely hot and dry summer, the news is filled with stories highlighting the low yield expected with this year's crop. As I saw this corn field while walking, I reflected on the ramifications.

This totally iOS photo was captured on an iPhone 4 and transferred to the iPad via Photo Stream. Using iPhoto, I added a black and white filter and adjusted the contrast.

Majestic

Photo Walk for Exercise, Day 4

O'Fallon City Park, O'Fallon, Illinois

This majestic tree stands in the O'Fallon, IL city park. The angle I tried to capture placed the sun directly in the photo, so I decided to use it to my advantage. Being extremely uncertain regarding the amount and type of post-processing I prefer, I am experimenting with the various photo apps downloaded to my iPad. 

This totally iOS photo was captured on an iPhone 4 and transferred to the iPad via Photo Stream. Using iPhoto, I added a black and white filter, followed by making high and low contrast copies. The copies were layered and slighted adjusted in Blender, prior to adding a ScratchCam filter for the final color and texture.

Seesaw

Photo Walk for Exercise, Day 4

O'Fallon City Park, O'Fallon, Illinois

I'm assuming I can call this a seesaw, although this contraption, which I expected to snort and blow smoke, looks nothing like the wooden planks used during my youth.

This totally iOS photo was captured on an iPhone 4 and transferred to the iPad via Photo Stream. First, I added a filter with the Glaze app and then processed with iPhoto for contrast and color saturation.

Aged

Photo Walk for Exercise, Day 3

Pleasant Ridge Park, Fairview Heights, IL.

After all the "hot" weather we've had this summer, a few brown leaves remain clinging to this otherwise barren tree. This totally iOS photo was captured on an iPhone 4 with the native camera app and processed in iPhoto on the iPad.

Far

Photo Walk for Exercise, Day 2

Rock Springs Park, O'Fallon, Illinois

This totally iOS photo was captured on an iPhone 4, transferred to the iPad with the Photo Transfer app and processed with iPhoto.

. . . Steady!

Photo Walk for Exercise, Day 2

Rock Springs Park, O'Fallon, Illinois

This totally iOS photo was taken with an iPhone 4, transferred to iPad with the Photo Transfer app and processed with iPhoto.

Using Mobile Camera as Excuse to Exercise

"Shade!"

If you enjoy taking photos on a daily basis, such as with Instagram, why not try to turn your quest for the perfect picture into a secret exercise program. Today, I decided to commit to such a program, and, hopefully, putting my plan in writing will help me stick to the routine.

Today's photo walk for exercise (Day 1) was at Longacre Park, Fairview Heights, Il.


For this photo I used the iPhone 4 and native camera app. The Photo Transfer app was used to copy the picture to my iPad for contrast processing with iPhoto.

Hopefully, Day 2 tomorrow!