This is close to what I regard as my iPhoneography style. I often state that my aim is not to capture a scene, instead I like to create an atmosphere.
Whilst many strive to achieve a straight out of camera purity, that is rarely my style. I enjoy seeing those images, wonderful works that have significantly more impact in print than on screen. A great natural image printed to a large scale is a beautiful thing.
iPhoneography is very capable of capturing journalistic standard images and we’ve seen many stories in recent weeks about respected journalists using mobile phone cameras to capture some stunning images. Not for the first time, The New York Times recently featured an Instagram image on it’s front page. (Citation at foot).
As for me, I’ll keep treating my images as a raw material and playing with my apps as I see fit. The trend of mobile photography forming part of a wider journalistic and public relations strategy is something that is, in my opinion, going to grow and grow. We are only at the start of something here.
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Process and apps used
Hipstamatic ~ Initial capture (Tinto 1848 Lens and AO BW Film). Note this lens has been renamed Tinto 1884 and it is possible your version could have either name – see http://hipstography.com/en/news-en/tintype-snappak-2.html (new window):
Snapseed ~ crop border. Retain 1:1 aspect ratio:
Snapseed ~ Details / Structure – boost by 100pct { image one }:
PS Express ~ Boost exposure x2 { image two }:
Pro HDR ~ import and combine image one and image two:
Snapseed ~ Retrolux filter:
Snapseed ~ Center focus – old lens preset with the central point shifted towards the top of the image:
Rainy Daze ~ Vintage number 5 preset applied:
The New York Times published an iPhone photo edited by Instagram on its Sunday front page… more (new window)
Huffington Post
Update: ‘Commuting’ featured by The App Whisperer
I was honoured that my iPhoneography image ‘Commuting’ was selected to be featured by The App Whisperer in their weekly Flickr Group showcase.
We have put together another very special Flickr group showcase , our fourteenth of 2013 with some of our favorite images and some great new talent that have been uploaded to our Flickr group – Mobile Photography & Imagery, this week. The quality of submissions continues to rise, so we have decided to make our showcases that much bigger to incorporate as much of this stunning mobile art and photography as we can and to get it out to a wider audience.
Joanne Carter ~ The App Whisperer
See the weekly showcase video to music at The App Whisperer.
Shortlink: http://wp.me/p31VpY-Aw
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Paul, Love the treatment to the image, Our work methods are not unlike and I like that look and style.
Thank you Gerry, really generous. I am extremely grateful.
Love that you showed your process (as usual – very generous with sharing techniques!) One question did you mean Tinto 1884 rather than 1848? I’m guessing it’s just a typo but I want to try shooting with the combination you used. Thanks!!!
Hi Geri, I just checked both my EXIF and Hipstamatic App and both call the lens Tinto 1848. I did a quick Google and it looks like it has been renamed 1884 (see http://hipstography.com/en/news-en/tintype-snappak-2.html) but mine still says 1848. Maybe like a wrongly printed stamp my iPhone is now worth a small fortune 😉
You have one of those rare editions! Maybe you can auction is off at a big price one day LOL!
love this!! I’m so glad you publish your workflows!! By the way jixpi makes another app called “Romantic Photo” which does what their “Rainy Daze” app does without the rain… for this photo the rain was perfect, but you may find it useful for other photos…
thanks, rc
Thank you Robin, really kind and that is a fantastic tip. I used Rainy Daze on this image http://skipology.com/iphoneography-workflow-memories/ but didn’t want rain so managed to reduced its intensity but viewed full size there may still be traces. I will take a look.
Thanks very much for this Paul. I am really enjoying this image. The sharp detail in the door and window at the right is just marvellous, and keeps me coming back to the image for another look for some reason. I appreciate your commitment to your personal vision also.