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.

Mum's the Word

Here's a whimsical pumpkin flower pot playing host to fall color.

This totally iPad photo was processed in iPhoto with adjustments in contrast and saturation, along with spot saturation, darkening and softening. An artistic watercolor effect was also added in iPhoto.

Artstudio was used to add spot color and a blur effect.

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.

Dragor Postcard

"Dragor Postcard"

Here's a postcard image I created after visiting Dragor, Denmark. It was a beautiful day, and my new iPad really loved the light!

Both photos in this totally iPad image were processed with iPhoto for cropping and color  saturation. Then, the images were combined in Photo Wall. Finally, the text was added in Photo Wall and Impression.