Ryan Landis - Crit 4- Memory/Vintage

Photographs were taken with an Apple iPhone 5 ios 8.1. I'm a little behind because unfortunately I dropped my phone in water and had to order a new one. This photo was shot on Poplar close to the Eastern State Penitentiary. I thought this was a cool shot by incorporating the vintage feel with the rusted cast iron fence, while also including extended sight. The picture was edited with snapseed which has become my favorite app for editing. I liked the way the picture came out so very minimal editing was done. I shot with my phone on top of the wall parallel to the fence so that it would create the effect of extended sight. I came about this location while walking my dog in Philadelphia, as many of my pictures are. This photo captures detail in the fence and stone wall while also extending far into the distance to create an added effect. I've found a lot of success shooting from angles like this one.

Emily Gilmore|Topic 4: Memory/Vintage

All photographs were taken with an Apple iPhone 5s and iOS 7.2 (I am a little behind on software updates).

 This photograph is a multiple exposure-made image and was taken in the Slow Shutter Cam app. There are about six exposure layers that I captured as the figure was in movement. The image was first edited in Google Snapseed editing app. In Snapeed, I applied the "Drama" filter. I typically do not like filters, but this one has effect I have not seen achievable in any other application or manual editing styles on a smartphone. Then I imported the photo into Afterlight, where I sharpened the detail, applied the #10 light leak filter, increased the warmth, and added a moderately thin black border.

This photograph was taken up close with the iPhone slightly tilted s to pick up more detail in the image. In Snapseed, I applied the "Drama" filter, and in Afterlight I desaturated the image, flipped it on its side, applied a "dust/scratches" filter (hence the crack in the wall), and added my oh-so-favorite black border, because it's not really a photograph without a official border, right Berk? This photograph is one of many in the set which were extremely sharpened so to achieve a more believable graininess- k?

This shot was an interesting and fun image to capture. I caught an interesting reflection in a window of two men working on a dilapidated house. The shooting strategy I used here was setting up the shot and waiting for the perfect moment. I was focused on not cutting of any part of the figure's reflections while still capturing an interesting interaction. After getting "the shot", I took the image directly into Afterlight. I increased the clarity, brightness, contrast, detail and then I converted the image to black and white and added a cold tone. From there, I added a warm tone and a black border.

Alexandra Schulsinger Topic 4: Memory/Vintage

All of my pictures were taken on the iPhone 4s with an iOS 7.1.2. I used Snapseed in order to add effects and filters to my photos. My POW is of a friend who is thinking while leaning against a wall. She did not know that I was taking a picture of her and after I showed it to her, she was fascinated with how the camera and effects were able to make her look the way she did. 

The picture below is one that I wanted to comment on. I was in my piano class and I was looking at the keys. It just struck me how long pianos have been around and that they continue to be a popular instrument in a things music. With that thought, I thought it would be ideal for this assignment to take a picture of it. 

David Shiraki Topic 4: Memory/Vintage

This photo is of Lake Scranton. I did not grow up here but I do have family and friends all over Northeastern Pennsylvania. I recently took a trip here over Halloween weekend and I figured it would make for some good content for this photo assignment. Knowing the people around here, I know what this lake means to locals and I felt the nostalgic memory while I was here. Luckily the sky was clear and the sun was out. For this assignment I tried not to go overboard with the effects to evoke that memory/vintage feel to my photoset. I relied on the color and the natural reflection on the lake to make such powerful colors and tones. This photo was shot on an iPhone 5S and edited with VSCOcam. I took most of the effect levels down, I really just wanted to bring out the color instead of overpower the tone with filters and effects. 

Debora Charmelus- Crit 4- Memory/Vintage

This was one of the first photos I took with my brand new Galaxy S 5. I was playing around with the basic camera app and I took this snap shot while walking. I instantly loved it. Then I put it on Snapseed to edit it. I used the Vintage filter and the 4th style filter. I turned the texture strength down and made sure the center was weight on the very peak of the church. This ensured that the more modern building in the back faded and was practically unnoticeable. This is one of my favorite photos of all time.

Rachel Burkey Crit 4 | Memory/Vintage

Rachel Burkey

Smartphone Photo 2831-701, Crit 4 – Vintage/Memory, F14Recipe for POW

            This week one of my self-portrait was chosen for the POW.  I am proud that this photo got as much attention as it did because I worked a lot on perfecting it. I’ve been looking at the mirror in my hallway for months now waiting for the right time to photograph it and this was the moment.

            I stood in my hallway in front of the mirror and played around with angles and positioning of myself and my camera (iPhone 5c). When I found the right position for my phone not to be seen I positioned myself how I wanted to be seen. I actually had to stand on my tippy toes to get in the mirror more. After playing around and lots of test shots I captured the image I wanted.

            Next I went into my camera roll, selected the pictured and began editing it in my phones photo album settings. I boosted up the contrast and started by making the photo b&w. I then took it into an app called ‘Fotor’ to add some toning to the b&w. my process for this image was quite simple, just took some trial and error to get the shot I wanted!

Brooke Edwards - Memory/ Vintage Recipe

 

The most interesting behind the scenes photo of mine is my self-portrait above which was also voted as my POW. I received a lot of great feedback from everyone, so thank you! I found that I was successful in relaying the emotion in this photo to its audience. Some of you said that this photo spoke to you. I briefly described the technicalities behind this photo in my self-evaluation but what I focused on more was the emotional aspects. I want to describe the technical aspects here for those who are interested in how this photo was done.

              After I came up with the idea to take a portrait like this (I sat on this concept for a while), I started to think about how I would go about it. How do I attach my camera to my ceiling? I guess I could tape it up there… but no… I have to be able to access it easily for trial and error. Taping and unstrapping would be a pain and how would I push the camera button? I ended up taking a popcorn box and finagling it to work.  I cut open the box so that I could fit it on the ceiling, I also cut out a square that my camera could look out of. I opened one end of the box to be able to reach in and out of with my phone and then I put it on the ceiling directly above my bed using tape to keep it.

              I set my phone in the box with the camera aimed out of the small square. I reached in and pushed the camera button. I had used the self-timer app to give me enough time to get into position. After getting up and back down a couple of times I finally got what I was looking for. Lastly, I used the Afterlight App Version 2.6 on my iPhone iOS 7.1.2 to make fine tune adjustments. I turned down the saturation almost all the way and then added vignette around the outside of the frame and subject. These techniques helped give this photo a darker, emotional flashback feel. I revealed a more guarded side of myself and I am glad I was able to do this and that many of you were intrigued by the photo.

 

I drew a little diagram for how I used the popcorn box in case anyone wanted to see how it was done. I know I am more of a visual learner so I hope this helps give a clearer picture.

 

Allison Goldman Vintage/Memory Recipe

This was voted my Picture of the Week.  I used an Iphone 5 IOS 7.0.2.  This was taken using a slow shutter speed app called Long Exposure (shutter speed was set to 4).  I took the swing and swung it back, then took the picture.  I then used an app called BeFunky to do the editing.  I used a filter called Vintage 2 and actually turned it down a little bit (the filters were a little too extreme).  I then increased the brightness.  The end result is not that much different from the original photo.

Jordan Otto Crit 4; Memory/Vintage Recipe

For my POW this week, I used my iPhone 5 with iOS 8.1.  I took the image with the iPhone camera and then opened it with the app Snapseed, recommended to us by the professor.  I actually found it really easy to navigate compared the the applications that I have used like photo fx and camera+. Snapseed is very straightforward, and FREE!  I chose to use the vintage filter.  I fiddled with the style choices and ended up selecting Style 2.  From there, I adjusted the brightness of the photograph to give it a more antique color.  

I wanted to add this photograph as well because I was really happy with the results.  For this photograph, I used the same iPhone 5 with iOS 8.1.  I also used the same app, snapseed.  Only for this I chose the black and white option, then selected the contrast choice. I love this app because it gives you so many choices within the filter.  From there, I wanted to sharpen the photograph so that the flowers were elaborate.  I messed around with the brightness to see which one would benefit the photograph the most, and then altered the grain slightly.

Chelsea Dyjak Crit 4: Memory/Vintage Recipe

This car is around the corner from my house and is very old so I figured it would make a great vintage picture. I took many shots at different angles but this is the one that stood out to me the most. For this Picture I was using XnView Fx first I used the vintage effect number 8 then I put a slight blur over top. Next under the light effect I used "Frosted Glass Bokeh." The app does not let you lessen the effect it only gives you different options for the same type of effect. I like the way this picture turned out but I would have lessened the frosted glass look it the app had given me the option to. This was taken with my iPhone 5 and the app is just for iPhones. 

Maria Ablonczy Crit 4: Memory/Vintage

 For this critique, I took pictures with my IPhone 6 using a few different apps to achieve the look that I wanted. To start, I used the Adobe Photoshop Express App which has a lot of good tools for perfecting my pictures. While the natural light did most of the work for my POW, I did decide to desaturate the color slightly and sharpen some of the lines on the bridge as well. I used a similar technique with this second picture, along with adding some brightness as to make it appear more like a memory.

Sarah Criswell: Crit 4 Memory/Vintage

I actually feel like I have something interesting to write for this crit recipe. I made two really awesome discoveries this time around and I wish I would have found them at the start of this class.

First I used a new app to edit my pictures. I downloaded an app to my Samsung Galaxy S5 called “Fotor” I got it in the google play store and it was free! I used version 2.2.0.65 and found it to be so user friendly and it gave me so many more options than even snapseed. I really liked the “tilt-shift” option that let me focus in on one thing in the picture. It lets you move and change your pictures in so many ways that I was not able to in the past. I will continue to use this in my personal pictures from now on. Besides that it not only had different “effects” you could use, it then allows you to go into your pictures and tweak the basic effects it offers. It had easily 8 different black and whites and being a lover of B/W I liked being able to see the different levels of B/W that I could use. 

For my POW, I took the picture with my standard S5 camera then edited it with the Fotor app, I used the advanced settings to wash out the colors a bit and then I used the tilt shift to make the focus on my face. I also made sure to take this picture in the morning, I wanted to use the natural light I get from this window to soften the shot a bit. I love natural light.

My ultimate find was my tripod. I have no clue why I didn’t not use this before. I have this awesome bendable arm tri pod for my regular camera that we use when we are outdoors. It is nice you can attach it to almost anything to get the best shots. Well it normally screws into my camera and of course it couldn’t do that to my phone. However, I took the legs and wrapped them AROUND my camera and made a tripod/base for my phone to stand upright slightly tilted back to get the angle I was looking for. It worked SO WELL!  Then I used my timer on my camera phone and was able to get the shot I wanted. I am really happy with it.

This is a link for the tripod I have it is really awesome!!        

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/joby-gorillapod-tripod-for-digital-cameras-and-camcorders/7933864.p?id=1156203613308&skuId=7933864&ref=06&loc=01&ci_src=14110944&ci_sku=7933864&extensionType=pla:g&s_kwcid=PTC!pla!!!66222113783!g!!47857525119&kpid=7933864&k_clickid=391fd2f1-d990-5689-2b81-00006c479186&kpid=7933864

Ross Shaffer Crit 4: Memory/Vintage Recipe

For this photo i used an Iphone 4s with IOS 7. I did not use a lens or an app for this photo. I went to my old elementary school and took this picture of the side blacktop playground. The school is old and no longer used by the school district so i knew it would have a nice vintage look. But to add to the vintage look i processed the photo in an app called Snapseed. Once inside the app i de-saturated the photo. After that i went into the app's 'vintage' filter options and found this one that i really liked. I decided to go with a real basic and simple shot and angle to again, add to the vintage feel. 

Lauralea Sharra - Recipe Crit 4 | Memory/Vintage

For this assignment, as I stated before, I had to buy a new phone. So there is that new information. I used the Samsung Galaxy s5 running on Android 4.4.2. I used the stock camera to take all my pictures, rather than the other camera apps I have acquired. Editing wise, I used Vsco Cam and Snapseed.

This was my Photo of The Week. I live in a woodland suburb, so for this photograph, I went for a walk in the park down the street from my house, someone that as a kid I would spend all day there with my brother and our friends. We would go sledding here during the winter months and build bike ramps and play football and baseball in the summer. Walking through these trails, i was in search for the perfect spot to capture feeling of longing for the past this place has on me. When I made it to the bottom of the trail, I looked up and this is what I saw, the trees lining the moss covered trail, barely view-able under the  dead leaves. Editing wise, I used Vsco Cam to liven up the color temperature a bit, adding a warm filter (filter LV3) and dropping the exposure one notch to remove some of the white that overlay the image because of the bright sky light. Then, in Snapseed, I applied the Vintage filter (style #4), which added a greenish tint and not much else, which in my opinion gave it more of an aged look.

This is another photograph that I took in the same location as my Photo of The Week, yet in a different area. So, it has the same emotional impact as the last photo, just in a different form. The memory of playing Horse and Make-It-Take-It with the neighborhood. It might be cliche, but the dead trees bordering the court combined with the fallen leaves scattered across the cement heightens the emotional connection people seem to have with this photo. The passage of time, what used to be. Editing wise, once again, I used Vsco Cam, but this time to apply a B&W + Fade filter (filter X1) and like my POW, I lowered the exposure to reduce some of the white overlay from the sky . The fade aspect of the filter adds an aged look. Then, I opened the image in Snapseed and applied the Vintage filter (style #4) and lowered the filters strength to about 20% and used one of texture overlays, reducing that to about 60%, adding to an aged "film" approach.

Brooke Edwards- Research Collaborative: Memory/Vintage

  Last topic I made a post here discussing some apps that I found helpful. I received some feedback that some of you really benefited from my suggestions, I'm glad I could help! I want to do that again for this memory and vintage topic. I have found just a few apps that have been working for me. I would like to know what apps some of you are using too.
 
The first app that I have really enjoyed using aside from the ones I mentioned before is called STEP (Simple Touch Editor for Photos). Version 1.1 and requires iOS 7 or later. It has been described as the best photo app for iPhoneography. (I don't know about that but it's a great help). It offers film presets, adjustment and fine tune strength. Among the presets there are vintage looking affects that can work as a starting point. So far with this app, I have started with a preset but found it need adjustments to not be too potent or distract from the actual photo.
 
  The second app I downloaded is called, Camera 360 version 5.4.3 and requires iOS 5.1.1. Honestly, I wish I had downloaded this app sooner. It's really great and has so many options. There are so many modes, some include filter, scenes, burst camera, low light and double exposure. The options allow for easy transformation of your photos into something that appears more vintage or give it a memory feel.
 
  So far, these are the only apps that I have found helpful. If I find any more that are helpful I will post here!
 
  Hope this helps,
  Brooke

Emily Gilmore- Topic 3: Extended Seeing Recipes

 All photographs were taken with an iPhone 5S with Apple iOS 7.1.2.

For nearly every photograph, I used  the Google editting app, Snapseed, and all photographs were finalized (given borders and detail sharpened) in Afterlight. The slow exposure and the multiple exposure photographs were taken in the Slow Shutter Cam app by Cogitap Software. The first two photographs shown here were captured in this application, but it is a pretty tricky process. In settings in the app, I changed the "Capture Duration" to "minimum", which is basically speeding up the shutter speed. I took the first exposure of a mirror (the odd sun shape form), and then I took another exposure of just my face. This process creates exposure layers in which the highlights and shadows overlay to create one image with results like the photo to the left. You can take as many exposures as you want to create more layers as well.

This photograph was made within Slow Shutter Cam like the
first photograph shown. I placed my iPhone in the sink directly beneath the faucet (ballsy, huh?), and then I positioned myself and my hand and took the first exposure with my other hand. Then moved my body and removed my hand from the frame entirely and took a second exposure. Both of these photographs were taken into Snapseed where I added the "Drama" filter and the black and white filter, and then I took them into Afterlight where I increase their warmth (warm-toned).








This photograph was a favorite among my set for this topic. I took this shot in the panoramic function in the iPhone; however, it was not captured in typical panoramic motion. This panorama was shortened by jerking the phone (inflicting sudden movement) while it was exposing. So rather than moving the iPhone along a linear path, I maintained its initial frame- which creates that square-like frame. This "jerking" causes distortion in the exposures. I opened this photo in Snapseed, where I added the HDR filter (sorry) and the Drama filter as well as B&W. I took this edited version into Afterlight and added a red tone to the midtones. I then increased the clarity and sharpness and added a border. The interesting thing about this kind of processes is that even with the recipes, it is impossible to achieve the same results every time; however, I think this adds a sense of authenticity and spontaneity to this kind of photography work.

Alexandra Schulsinger - Topic 3: Extended Seeing Recipes

All of my pictures were taken on the iPhone 4s with an iOS 7.1.2. I used multiple apps for this weeks critique. I used Snapseed, LongExpo, Light Camera, Slow Shutter, and Top Camera. My POW is of red solo cups and hands that is almost see through, grabbing one of the cups. I was at a party and I saw all of the cups on the table, with no one paying attention to them and I thought that I could make that look like something more meaningful. 

The picture below is one that I wanted to comment on. This happened multiple times when I tried to take panorama photos. I am not sure why, but the picture kept getting chopped up into pieces instead of just being one long picture. I though this was cool because it somehow captured my friend's eye and nothing else about her.

Allison Goldman: Extended Seeing Recipe

This was voted my picture of the week.  I used an Iphone 5 IOS 7.0.2.  This photograph was taken using a panorama feature on my camera that comes with my phone, so I did not need to download an app for my panorama shots.  This shot was taken at Tyler State Park, 10 minutes from where I grew up (a lot of my nature shots are taken at different points of this location- the park is HUGE).  The colors and sun glare are natural- I had great lighting during this shoot that took place in late afternoon, roughly 3 or 4 o'clock.  I did use a photo editing app called BeFunky.  It's a free app that features all of the necessary basics for photo editing (brightness, contrast, hue/saturation) as well as a few nice filters.  I did use a filter called "Cross Process" that brought out the colors and the sun glare a little bit.  I then turned down the brightness, contrast, and saturation a tiny bit to make it look more natural.  BeFunky also allows users to adjust filters.

 


I also got a lot of comments on the distorted photographs.  These were taken with the same phone, also using panorama.  Number 1 was taken by moving my left hand with the camera using a panorama feature.  This was not easy, since this technique is rather unpredictable and there are several bloopers on my phone from getting it wrong.  I then made the photograph black and white using a filter that comes with my camera called "Mono."  The second photograph was taken using panorama, then moving the camera quickly back and forth once.  This cut out half the picture, and created an illusion that the lighter had burned off half the photograph.  This was a total accident.  I softened the photograph and decreased the saturation using BeFunky.  The last photograph involved me waving my hand back and forth with the camera that was set on panorama.  I then used a filter called "Instant 1" and decreased the brightness and contrast to make the filter less extreme.