23 Mobile Things -- Thing 9 : Taking & Editing Photos

Thing 9 “…there are a lot of apps to help you do a lot more with your photos without you having to be a Photoshop master. With some of these apps you can: add captions, change photo colors, add filters, add frames, and so much more.”

Oh this is fun! I am an overachiever when it comes to taking iPhone photos! I had to download a ton from my phone before I could upgrade to iOS 7 because there were so many taking up memory! And I'm horrible 'cuz I leave on the HDR so I get not one but two copies of each photo sucking up space. I like the double option because sometimes the lighting and details are better in one vs. the other -- and it's not always the HDR version. 

So 1st up was CamMe -- billed as a great selfie app that makes it look like you aren't doing a selfie. jd+Points right there. I have long arms so you'd think I'd be good at taking selfies -- um, wrong. I never look natural. I'm almost always looking in the wrong spot. So I gave the hands-free CamMe a try -- here's a snap that I did using the photo booth/old-type filmstrip option. 

As the app worked there was a countdown I could see. I opted to move slightly for each vs. it looking like it was the same photo x 3. Not too bad I'd say. 

Next up was Color Splurge. This is fun but you still need to putz a bit with the options and coloring. A lot depends upon the detail of the photo you use and how much detail you want in the end result. Here are a few that I did quickly:

This was my 1st attempt. I wanted to give a bit of contrast around our faces for a pop of color. I did 2 shades of purples on the fur trim for a bit of effect. (By the way, this photo was taken on our trip to the Ice Caves at the Apostle Islands. My friend, Julie, and I went in January, 2014 -- awesome!!) I found it a bit difficult to zoom in & out to get up close to do more detailing on my phone. And you can only do so much with your fingers as your tools. 

In this photo I wanted to just highlight our skin tones and focus only on the three of us, none of the background people or details. 

This is the window in my office. The detail isn't all that different although all I colored was the wood frame.

Here I took the photo above from CamMe and I simply colorized each section. I just quickly did this so I could have taken more time to play with the color combinations but this gave me an idea of what I could do. And even though the colors maybe aren't the best I almost like this version better than the original. 

Overall these photo apps are great little tools that add some fun to photos. They still can take a bit of time to be creative (depending upon what level you want to go to) but you can do them on the go with good results too.