Australian Gate

I captured this photo of the Australian Gate, which stands near Victoria Memorial Circle and Buckingham Palace, during a 2012 visit to London, England.

This totally iPad photo was processed in iPhoto with adjustments in contrast and saturation. Unwanted elements were removed with TouchRetouch HD.

Grocery Bouquet

With the fall color gone and no flowers outside, I'm capturing flowers during my visits to the grocery.

This totally iOS photo was taken with an iPhone 4 and processed on the iPad 3.

Snapseed was used for selective adjustments and the center focus old lens. Spot color was added in ArtStudio, and iPhoto was used for spot lightening, saturation and sharpening.

Hangin' on the Porch

After visiting this front porch display, I decided to add some extra qualities to help extend this pumpkin's season.

This totally iOS photo was captured with an iPhone 4 and processed on an iPad 3.

Masking was used in Superimpose to add a black texture in the eyes and mouth, along with a color texture in the nose. The PicShop stickers feature was used to add the eyes and teeth clip art, and spot healing was accomplished with TouchRetouch.

Adjusting the color curves was completed in Laminar, and saturation was increased with iPhoto. Several areas of spot color and brush techniques were developed with ArtStudio.

Finally, a 50% drama effect was applied in Snapseed.

Festive Fall Flower

Here's a festive fall flower that's been spending time on the back porch.

This is a totally iOS photo was taken on the iPhone 4 photo with processing on the iPad 3.

iPhoto was used to adjust contrast and brightness, along with adding spot saturation and an artistic vignette effect. A drama effect was added in Snapseed.

Breakfast Silhouette

I've never been happy with my results processing the original photo taken with the iPad 3 during breakfast onboard Royal Caribbean's Jewel of the Seas cruise ship. So, here's one attempt I recently created while trying to better understand several iPad apps.

While totally processing the image on the new iPad, MonoPhix HD was selected to create two black and white photos with varying degrees of tonal effects. Blender was used to layer, adjust and flatten the images.

A photo of a rock wall inside the Temppeliaukio Kirkko (Rock Church) in Helsinki, Finland was imported to Laminar. Following histogram adjusts and the addition of an FX blur effect, the image was highly saturated. This is a method I frequently use to create images for my texture library.

Again, Blender was used to layer and adjust the flattened black and white and texture images.

Finally, I selected iPhoto to complete contrast, brightness and saturation adjustments.

Welcome, My Friends!

I captured this seasonal image from the front porch of a relative's house.

This totally iPad photo was created after repairing with TouchRetouch, adjusting the histogram and adding an FX miniature effect with Laminar, adding a Grunge drama 2 filter in Snapseed, and selecting white balance and saturation levels in iPhoto.

Muted Tree

Here's another Laminar and iPhoto creation from my picture processing playground. I'm not sure why, but my goal was to create a image designed for a formal environment featuring muted greens, rusts and blues.

This totally iOS photo was taken on an iPhone 4 and processed on the new iPad. After opening Laminar, I tweaked the general histogram adjustments and selected the Photo FX 2-strip technicolor and vintage rust filters. Finally, iPhoto was used to adjust the final saturation and add an artistic warm gradient filter.

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.

Whirlwind

These leaves were stuck to a porch screen during a recent storm.

I'm still trying to learn the Laminar app. For this photo taken on the iPhone 4 and processed on the new iPad, I selected Laminar's radial blur effect at 100%, followed by the splatter texture at 50%.

Then I slightly bumped the saturation in iPhoto.

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%.

Fallen Leaves and a Stump

This is the first really windy day of the fall, and the weather has resulted in consistently falling leaves.

This totally iPad photo was processed in iPhoto with adjustments in contrast and saturation, along with spot saturation and sharpening.

Snapseed was used for center focus and ambience adjustment.

Second Nature

With the incorporation of any human advancement, including technology, comes a learning curve. I remember watching adults using two hands while attempting to control the mouse on early Macintosh computers.

Today, however, I'm observing that touch screen technology is apparently second nature, even for kids at a very early age.

When stopping to reflect, we have always used our finger to point out what we believe to be important as we exclaimed, "Look there!" or "They went that way!" And, how many times do we observe fast food customers pointing at items on the menu boards before deciding on the final selection?


This totally iOS photo was taken on an iPhone and processed on the new iPad.

Superimpose was used to layer two photos, mask out some of the unwanted images, and blend the layers. I used ArtStudio to erase additional elements and add black to the background. In Glaze I added a paint filter. Next, back to ArtStudio to smudge and texture spray parts of the image. Finally, I used iPhoto to lighten parts of the photo.

Carol's Bicycle

A friend uses this bicycle as a focal point in her flower garden.

This totally iOS photo was taken on an iPhone 4 and processed on the new iPad.

First, I applied the iPhoto splatter ink effect at full saturation. Then I saved the image to the camera roll. Finally, an iPhoto chalk ink effect was added to the saved photo.