Findingviews
Picture sales and an open notebook of thoughts from Orginal Robart
Most weeks I take part in @satscenes on Twitter. It’s a game that asks participants to post a photo taken on a Saturday. I almost always use my phones camera for this - simply because its the camera I’m most likely to have on me.
This week I was a litltle unsure of what to take, then I noticed a tree covered in lights. In the low light with a camera that is not perfect in poor lighting a got a shot that worked with my imagination. When I look at the image I now see a snarling, lumbering, and heavyset monster making its way forwards.
I probably would not have got that pic with a really good camera.
Just shows never to be intimidated by not using the best kit. Sometimes something lesser works wonders
Image via Wikipedia
One day in late Summer I was taking a break in a meadow I know. I noticed some tall stemmed plants that sadly I cannot name but I did know that there was something interesting about the shape. I didn’t have my main camera with me so I took the shot with my mobile phone (a HTC Touch Diamond).
A while later I decided to see if there was anything I could do with these pictures so I started to leave though them. My thoughts turned to – these are not that sharp as images go, but do have a dreamy & relaxed feel to them that should be worked on.
The first problem with working on 3m phone images is that they are just too small. So I turned to the open source SmilaEnglarger. This is a terrific enlarger. Flexible, easy to use and giving good quality results.
Next came a little work with photoshop. Mainly to do a little work on exposure, focus and texture. Just to make sure that I had the feel of the photograph just right. After all this was not a technical or documentary shot. It was an emotive one.
If you’d like to see the finished result click here.
What I’ve taken from this is that is possible to get a work flow from a mobile device, which I think goes to prove the old point that the best camera you have – is the one you are carrrying.
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