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