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Welcome back to the last week of the Snappy H’appy Photo Challenge, hosted by weliveinaflat and firebonnet. This week’s theme is Mix It Up because in this last week, you will have the liberty to do whatever you like with your photos. The only thing we ask of you is to try to and see if you can use at least two out of the 11 different image edit options that we covered in the last 11 weeks.
This means you still (1) share at least one good photo that you took or edited last week, (2) run it through a photo app on your smartphone or mobile device, apply 2 or more effects on the photo and share with us the result. So if there’s any topics covered in the last few weeks that you would like to explore further, this last week is the week to do it!
And since this is the last week, I thought I go back to looking at photography and building a photo story.
Now in the last few weeks, we have gradually moved from photography to image editing, dabbling with double exposures, adding text effects and also colour splash. We were looking at singular photos. But most times, we like to delve into detail. We like to take multiple pictures and share them.
To present them in a stylistically consistent package to tell a story can be an art. I am of course not a master of that, but the following are some ways, I try to do this.
1. Use photos of similar colour family to make a collection. Notice that these are all photos taken at different times and in different countries and of different subjects. But the colour unites them to tell a story of the colour pink and its appearence in nature.
2. Besides images of similar colour, you can also use the same image editing style for the photos in the same collection. I ended up with a bunch of photos taken in a temple that I wasn’t too pleased with. But layering them using double exposure techniques gave these photos additional complexity and brightened the colour. The layered photos create a visual story of the motifs within the temple that I am pleased with.
4. Or simple use photos taken within the same period of time with the same context. In this set of photos, the light and colours remain consistent since they were taken in the same environment in the short span of time where Donna was fooling on the floor and I was fooling around with stickers in my hand. This means that I have a set of photos that have consistent colour and light levels and that gel together as a group.
4. But that doesn’t automatically mean there can’t be variation in the filters you use on the photos. Below, the set of 4 selfies depict the same dog taken in the same setting, but two photos with a warmer colour temperature and two with a cooler colour temperature and placing them alternately in a square format, I was able to achieve some variation in the colours to create interest but still have enough consistency remaining for the set of four to gel together as a whole rather than look jarring because the colours are different. Repeat elements in the visual, in colour or style to create consistency.
5. Create an action sequence. And help guide the eyes to travel through the photo from top to bottom or left to right, depending on the action. 
I chose to use the collage feature in Moldiv to stitch the photos together quickly to create my collection. Other popular collage apps include Diptic (paid). Collage options can also be used in some of the other apps covered before like PicsArt.
Now it’s your turn to share!
You can choose to collage a collection of your photos like what I did above, or you can choose to explore using multiple effects on 1 or more photos out of what we have covered in the last 11 weeks. It’s all up to your creativity and also the photo that you chose to work with.
Create your challenge post from now until Sunday, 11 May end of your day. Post your Photo of the Week and your App-ed version of that photo on your blog.
Pic 1 – Your Photo of the Week can be taken with any equipment – a regular camera, a DSLR, a smartphone, hack even a pin-hole camera if you so choose!
Pic 2 – Pic 2 is optional. The theme this week is to use 2 or more effects on the photo. In all cases, it would be helpful if you can name the app effect used so we can understand what you are doing ; )
Add the challenge badge and link your post to the host and co-host sites. Be nice and visit with some of the other challengers for this week! :) And do remember to leave me your blog post link in the comments below, in case I do not receive the pingback/trackback from your link.
For more information, you can read in detail more about the challenge and the instructions at the About page here. You can also grab the badges here.
Questions? Feel free to pose any questions in the comments below or email me at weliveinaflat@gmail.com. Next up, what happens after you have linked up? Why you start getting your challenger photo grid filled up!
Got Get It!
This week, it’s your turn to share with us an app that you love or use fairly often! Tell us why you like it!
Get Inspired!
And since we’re getting back to the basics, here are some of the type of photography that I like.
- Bright, airy pet photos and action shots
- Distinctive colours that are not as bright
- Cats from different angles
- Expressive dogs
- Clean, high key photos
- Anything goes on this account!
Host Challenge Post
Donna and I discovered trees with seeds wrapped in cotton last week. I made a study of the tree and it’s parts from various angles, and also our interaction with it. I decided that the photos should have a blue-green tint in the highlights and an orange tint to deepen the shadows, so as to give the set of 5 photos a consistent colour treatment. However, the first photo does stand out from the rest because of the strong backlight and contrast as well as being the only picture with the vignette applied.
All the bits of cotton on the grass.
Apps used:
1. Snapseed to adjust light values,
2. VSCOcam mellow filter to colour correct,
3. Moldiv to stitch the photos together
Original photos:
Just Moldiv to quickly stitch up the five pictures to show you their original colour. The photos don’t gel as well because of the dark shadow for the parts of the tree taken against the backlight of the sky, versus the other photos that are more evenly exposed. Using the same colour filter across the photos helped to create a more consistent mood across the photos in the 1st set above.
Challenger Photo Grids
Every week, challenger grids get updated with the new photos! At the end, you get to grab your grid off this blog for your own pleasure. :D Meanwhile, you can view one another’s photos on the blogs by clicking on the linked numbered weeks above each challenger’s photo grid. I will try to keep it up to date as quick as I can ;)
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High angle shots are typically employed to portray the subject as vulnerable, weak or insignificant in cinema. Literally it achieves the effect of having the viewer of the photo look down on the subject(s).
High angle shots naturally lend themselves to pet photography since our pets are generally way shorter than us. From this angle, pets generally look small and cute because of the bobble head effect.
The dynamic changes and becomes more complex however, with the confident stare if the animal that expects you to do its bidding, her sly peek at you to gauge your reaction when she refuses to do what you asked it to, and her blatant joy looking up at something else besides you. Human, you are just not as interesting as the toy you dangle in front of me.
Here’s a nice sample of high angle shots used in Hitchcock movies and how it diminishes the men in the story.
References
- wikipedia – high angle shot
- mediacollege.com – camera angles
- media know all – camera angles
Ten Uses for Text on Photos
1) Make a notice
Left – Made with Studio; Right – Made with Moldiv
2) Add your brand/credit/attribution to your copyrighted images.
Left – Made with MOldiv; Right – Made with Studio
3) Supplementary text help to enhance or explain the photo
Left – Made with Moldiv; Right – Made with Studio
4) Label or title your photo
Left – Made with Moldiv; Right – Made with Studio
5) Add a mantra or make a quotograph/quotogram
Left – Made with Studio; Right – Made with Moldiv
6) Add balance to a photo
Both made with Moldiv
7) Text as part of the design
Both made with Studio
8) Tell a story
Both made with Moldiv
9) Embellish your photo collage
Left – Made with both Moldiv and Studio; Right – Made with Moldive
10) Make a festive e-card
Left – Made with Studio; Right – Made with Photoshop
Welcome back to Week 11 of the Snappy H’appy Photo Challenge hosted by weliveinaflat and firebonnet ;)
This challenge asks you to (1) share a good photo that you took or edited last week, (2) run it through a photo app on your smartphone or mobile device and share with us the result. This week it’s time to add text to your photos!
Some all-in-one photo apps like Picsart easily help you add text to your photos. There are also dedicated text apps for this function like Phonto and Over. My two favourite are Moldiv, a collage app and Studio, a design app. Let’s take a look at them.
Moldiv
Moldiv is a collage app that I’ve featured in the Snappy H’appy cutouts post before so more details on that link. I also like the app for it’s selection of fonts and customisation options :) The following screens give you a quick overview of the text features.
Click on Edit Text and the following options will appear: 
This screen shows the Stroke/Shadow presets in the Edit Text section. 
This screen shows the available tag patterns to choose from, should you need a background for your text.
But if you prefer your text on photos to look less home-made or crafty and more designy, then the Studio app may be more up your alley.
Studio Design
Studio bills itself as the Instagram for design. That’s why the splash page for the app is the image feed from other users that you may follow.
There is a free library of overlays to choose from, and there are also more free and in-app purchases that you can download from the Overlay Market. For this post, we look specifically at the available text options that come with the app installed.
If you want to input your own text, you have the option of using “Text” or “Text Crops”. Voice/Thought Bubbles are useful background for your text if you desire ;)
And if you’re feeling uninspired for that day, riffle through the “Mantras” and “Social Jive” sections for pre-made phrases.
This screen above shows a text crop being used. It’s kind of obscured by the text bubbles though. Sorry about that!
This screen above shows a Text layer overlayed on top of the Text Crop layer.
This screen shows the edit options for Text.
You can choose to save to your Gallery/Camera album or to share on your social media accounts.
The result:
Get Inspired!
- Made with Studio
- Made with Moldiv
- Quotographs people are pinning
- Memes people are pinning
Go get it!
Photo apps for your mobile devices
iOS devices
- Design apps
- Collage apps
- Text apps
Android devices
- featured in this post – Studio Design, Moldiv
- other apps with text feature – PicsArt
Host Challenge Photo
Photo of the week
Edited with Photoshop. Last week’s photo to illustrate the training post. Photo was taken indoors at night so the quality wasn’t too good.
Apped Photo
Edited with Snapseed and Studio. In Studio, added the round badge to focus on Donna’s volleyball smacking paw (‘cept there’s no volleyball, lol), and the text which I sized bigger than the original.
Now it’s your turn to share!
Create your challenge post from now until Sunday, 4 May end of your day. Post your Photo of the Week and your App-ed version of that photo on your blog. (You can follow my format above if you like).
Pic 1 – Your Photo of the Week can be taken with any equipment – a regular camera, a DSLR, a smartphone, hack even a pin-hole camera if you so choose!
Pic 2 – Pic 2 is optional. The theme this week is a Pop or Splash of colour, but if that is not your cup of tea, you are free to choose other app effects for your app-ed photo. In all cases, it would be helpful if you can name the app effect used so we can understand what you are doing ; )
Add the challenge badge and link your post to the host and co-host sites. Be nice and visit with some of the other challengers for this week! :) And do remember to leave me your blog post link in the comments below, in case I do not receive the pingback/trackback from your link.
For more information, you can read in detail more about the challenge and the instructions at the About page here. You can also grab the badges here.
Questions? Feel free to pose any questions in the comments below or email me at weliveinaflat@gmail.com. Next up, what happens after you have linked up? Why you start getting your challenger photo grid filled up!
Challenger Photo Grids
Every week, challenger grids get updated with the new photos! At the end, you get to grab your grid off this blog for your own pleasure. :D Meanwhile, you can view one another’s photos on the blogs by clicking on the linked numbered weeks above each challenger’s photo grid. I will try to keep it up to date as quick as I can ;)
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Hello! Today, we’ll take you around the block to look at the white flowers growing in our area.
Take a joyful step with Donna now! LOL
At Donna’s height, mostly she’ll come in contact with the weeds. Here’s my particular favourite, the delicate five-petal Lavender Sorrel. Each flower is smaller than the tip of a finger.
The leaves are apparently edible in small quantities. They have a sharp, sour flavour because they contain oxalic acid, I suppose hence the scientific name Oxalis Barrelieli. So less concerns if Donna happens to bite off a leaf. Do note that oxalic acid in large quantities can be bad for dogs.
Also named after a French Botanist Jacque Barrelier, Barrelier’s Woodsorrel is not really pure white. Though it appears so, the white petals show pink veins at closer inspection. Its distinctive yellow heart with the white petals also makes this roadside weed easy to identify. You can see more photos of this plant in colour here.
That little untidy cluster next to the flower (picture above) is a different weed called the Little Ironweed. It is apparently known to have some traditional uses for fever, etc ailments.
Up next the Cupid’s Shaving Brush.
A check across different webpages writing about the same plant concurred that the Cupid’s Shaving Brush can be eaten and has in fact some medicinal uses as well as…
The flower heads are chewed and kept in the mouth for about 10 minutes to protect teeth from decay – source: plants for a future
And guess which part of the plant Donna has eaten before?
Evidence
I suppose she grew impatient with me stopping the walk to take a picture of it, so she decided to stop me by eating it. Not the flower but the seeds.
What’s left after she ate it.
Pictures from this post.
The plant didn’t do her any damage. I wiped whatever I could of those fluffy seed off her tongue, whatever that she hadn’t swallowed anyway.
Alright, wrapping up with white flowers that she can’t really reach. Some Crape Jasmine flowers (pictured below) blooming above her head on walks. These are white with yellow centres too.
Another Jasmine on a bush, on the cusp of unfolding.
Donna has inspected all the scents coating the grass and weeds in the grass and has gotten bored, so she sits and waits.
Can we go now, human?
Happy Easter everyone ;)
References
– plant colour photos: lavender sorrel, little iron weed, cupid’s shaving brush
– plants for a future – cupid’s shaving brush, lavender sorrel
– urban forest – lavender sorrel, cupid’s shaving brush, little ironweed
Picsart Colour Splash effect, black and white, followed by light sepia for the monochrome portions.
It is easy to assume that selective colouring, as a technique, should be used to accentuate a photo by giving it a pop of colour. This means most of the photo remains as black and white or some other monochrome of a consistent tint, so that the one coloured area/subject of that photo becomes the focus of the photo.
Selective color is a post-processing technique where most of a photo is converted to black and white, but some parts are left in color… The selective color technique emphasizes parts of the photo and draws more attention to the subject.
The subject impresses if it’s something eye-catching standing out of the sea of monochrome, like a glowing jewel in the ocean.
PicsArt Coloursplash effect, photo further tinted in VSCOcam to give the monochrome portions a blue tone
PicsArt Colour Splash, with further colour adjustment in Snapseed
But then again, sometimes we like to take a closer look at some of our subjects and they could take up much of the frame. And so we could end up with a sweep of colour, not just a pop. And I think that’s fine too ;) Helps you focus on the colourful subject and helping the background to recede… further into the background ;)
It’s actually a pretty useful tool when you don’t have specialised lens to render a busy background into gentle bokeh that your subject can stand out from.
PicsArt Colour Splash, further adjustment in VSCOcam to warm up the monochrome. 
PicsArt Colour Splash effect, monochrome colour adjusted in VSCOcam.
Picsart Colour Splash effect, green colour
And perhaps in some cases, the colour or lack of it helps differentiate the still from the moving -how the leaves move in the wind, how the duckweed ripples on the water.
Black and white helps create a kind of stillness in the picture, and coloursplash lets you show the viewer the subject in it’s original colour and it’s spatial relationship with the background. The challenge is to find the visual harmony between the two.
PicsArt Colour Splash Effect, temple detail
Welcome back to Week 10 of the Snappy H’appy Photo Challenge hosted by weliveinaflat and firebonnet ;)
This challenge asks you to (1) share a good photo that you took or edited last week, (2) run it through a photo app on your smartphone or mobile device and share with us the result. This week we are back to the theme of Colour and we encourage you to explore creating photos with a pop of colour or more than a splash of colour. It’s all up to you!
Let’s look at the Colour Splash function in some apps, shall we?
Camera360
Before when I was using the iPhone, I was pretty happy with Camera360‘s options for black and white with a pop of colour. Mainly because it offers an easy one tap and you’re done solution :P
There were two sections you can go to do this, unfortunately, I am unable to provide the screenshots since I no longer have an iPhone. So fiddle with your iPhone abit and you should be able to find these two sections that let you determine the primary colour you want to colour your subject appear in your black and white.
In my case, I chose black and white with some shade of blue and tada! Pop of colour dog toy ;)
*Note, while camera360 is available for Android, the Android version appears to be lacking one of the two sets of colour splash sections in camera360 for iPhone. So I would not recommend this for Android.
PicsArt
Now for android, PicsArt is the app I like for the Colour Splash effect.
Unlike Camera360 mentioned for iPhone above, PicsArt lets you select up to three colours to show up in your black and white. And that’s cool because most things do appear to be more than one colour. Consider this rosy flower with its sunny yellow heart ;)
Just a screenshot to show you the different colour swatches selected for each photo.
Get Inspired!
- What is selective colouring? wikipedia
- 50 outstanding examples of selective colour photography
- More selective colour photos
- Flickr colour popping group
- What are people pinning on Pinterest?
Go Get it!
Photo apps for your mobile phone
iPhone/iPad
- Colour splash paid [ iPhone | iPad ]
- Camera360 Ultimate (iPhone) free
- PicsArt Photo Studio free [ iPhone | iPad ]
Android
- PicsArt Photo Studio free
- Pixlr Express free
Host Challenge Post
Photo of the week
Tiny purple flowers using Panasonic FZ35.
App Challenge Photo
PicsArt Colour Splash, followed by PicsArt Orton FX filter.
Here’s the colour swatch selected:
Now it’s your turn to share!
Create your challenge post from now until Sunday, 27 Apr end of your day. Post your Photo of the Week and your App-ed version of that photo on your blog. (You can follow my format above if you like).
Pic 1 – Your Photo of the Week can be taken with any equipment – a regular camera, a DSLR, a smartphone, hack even a pin-hole camera if you so choose!
Pic 2 – Pic 2 is optional. The theme this week is a Pop or Splash of colour, but if that is not your cup of tea, you are free to choose other app effects for your app-ed photo. In all cases, it would be helpful if you can name the app effect used so we can understand what you are doing ; )
Add the challenge badge and link your post to the host and co-host sites. Be nice and visit with some of the other challengers for this week! :) And do remember to leave me your blog post link in the comments below, in case I do not receive the pingback/trackback from your link.
For more information, you can read in detail more about the challenge and the instructions at the About page here. You can also grab the badges here.
Questions? Feel free to pose any questions in the comments below or email me at weliveinaflat@gmail.com. Next up, what happens after you have linked up? Why you start getting your challenger photo grid filled up!
Challenger Photo Grids
Every week, challenger grids get updated with the new photos! At the end, you get to grab your grid off this blog for your own pleasure. :D Meanwhile, you can view one another’s photos on the blogs by clicking on the linked numbered weeks above each challenger’s photo grid. I will try to keep it up to date as quick as I can ;)
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So we’ve often only just shown you the rooftop garden which is convenient for us and looks pretty nice for pictures. But in the last week, a surprise has taken over some parts of the island.
What’s the surprise?
Well, this:
According to the news, it is not only these trumpet trees that are blooming. A variety of trees and plants across the island are too, and I’ve been enjoying the view from the car a fair bit. ; )
On Channelnewsasia.com, the director of streetscape at the National Parks Board (NParks), was quoted to suggest that the dry spell in the previous months, followed by days of rain, could have triggered the mass flowering.
And pretty soon, the streets are just covered with these fallen pastel blooms.
They turn brown too soon.
The photos are perfect for creating floral pet portraits using double exposures! Find out how here.
If you have a film camera that allows you to expose the same frame twice to different subjects, you will end up with a photo that comprises the two scenes overlapping each other. Photos taken using this method are called double exposures. And in the case where there is more than two times the frame is exposed, the result becomes a multiple exposure.
Welcome back to Week 9 of the Snappy H’appy Photo Challenge hosted by weliveinaflat and firebonnet ;)
This challenge asks you to (1) share a good photo that you took or edited last week, (2) run it through a photo app on your smartphone or mobile device and share with us the result. We’re back to the theme of Light. This week, let’s explore Double Exposure.
Double Exposure
Because double exposure means that the frame has been exposed to light twice, you can generally expect the final image to be pretty bright/light.
A pretty comprehensive video tutorial on double exposures ; )
So let’s take a look at how to create such photos using photos apps, shall we?
Since double exposures means precisely that, exposure to two different images. You need start with two photos.
How do I pick the two photos?
In my case, I generally think about what sort of visual story I would like to tell, and also whether the photos complement each other in terms of the composition.
Set One | By subject matter
This set of two photos are both taken at Nara Park in Japan. Nara Park is known for a few of its iconic Japanese temples and the deer that roam freely in the park. The two photos couldn’t have been more different, except that together they are two halves of the story that is Nara Park. Both photos are pretty balanced. Photo 1 has two deer, one on each side of the photo. Photo 2 shows a temple squarely in the middle as the focal point.
This is how the photo turned out using the app – Double Photo. The two deer end up framed within the silhouette of the temple, whose facade has been covered up by the forest detail in the deer picture. The sky remains dominant, with bits of foliage peeking through the swirling clouds.
Set 2 | Photos with complementary or contrasting colours/brightness values
This set of photos I picked because they both have a focuse area in the image that is a bright, warm orange or yellow colour. The bright colour in one and the dark silhouettes of the other are very different from each other and should create something of interest visually. It is also typically good practise to pair a photo taken at a shorter distance with a longer short so that the resulting image does not get too busy due to both photos having the same level of detail in them, which cumulates when overlapped.
I flipped the close up of the flower in PicsArt, before blending the two images. This ensures the warm yellow core in both images are aligned. I ended up with bright pink trees under a darkening sky, the focus still being on the setting sun behind the trees, the glow of which is now amplified by erratic yellow stamens emanating from where the sun is setting. I like how the two colours – yellow pink and blue work together in this case.
These are just two examples of how to pick photos. There are many possibilities and you may even choose to go abstract with your choice of photos.
Composite of 4 different double exposure photographs to show the dog in it’s environment.
Double Photo
DoublePhoto is a very basic app that lets you load the two photos you have chosen speedily. You can choose either the “screen” or the “lighten” blend modes to blend the two pictures. The blend mode – Lighten – picks out the lighter colour in the two photos and displays that, the screen mode multiplies the brightness in the photos. Play around with the blend modes and you should see the differences between the two modes visually.
PicsArt
Unless your photos line up perfectly with each other, you may find that you want tweak one or two of your chosen photos. The PicsArt app comes in handy because of it’s all in one functions.
The following set of screenshots shows you how I flipped the flower image to align the focal points of my two photos to the lower left corner of the photo, before I set the blend mode. Again, since the frame should have been exposed twice, you should be choosing either the “lighten” or “screen” blends modes for a lighter/brighter image.
PS Touch
PS Touch is another powerful app, which takes a little getting used to. So there is a learning curve there. But if you are used to having layers and blend modes, plus the other basic functions available to you in Photoshop, then you will appreciate PS Touch.
This screen shows you where the photos layers and blending options can be found. Since the frame should have been exposed twice, you should be choosing either the “lighten” or “screen” blends modes for a lighter/brighter image.
Assuming I wanted Donna’s eyes to peek out of the flowers, I have to move the top layer to position the eye exactly there there is a break in the flowers. I then need to trim the layer below so that the two layers will overlap neatly without the bottom layer peeking out from under the top layer to the left and top of the image.
This screen shows you where the Crop tool can be found to crop the image. 
When you are done, click the arrow on the top left to go back to the Project page. You will be prompted to save the project you were working on.
This screen shows the project page, where you can save the project as a picture file to your Gallery.
Get Inspired!
- Multiple exposures by various people on thisiscolossal.com
- Sara K Byrne Tutorial
- the dreamy dissonance of @Echosight
- @echosight Instagram
- Multiple exposures 2 Pinterest Board
Go get it!
photo apps for your mobile devices
iPhone
Android
- DoublePhoto (free), PicsArt (free), PS Touch (paid)
Host Challenge Post
Photo of the week
App challenge photo
filtered with VSCOcam T1 preset and tinted pink
Snapseed Black and White, EyeEM and Snapseed Retrolux effects used respectively for the last three photos.
Now it’s your turn to share!
Create your challenge post from now until Sunday, 13 Apr end of your day. Post your Photo of the Week and your App-ed version of that photo on your blog. (You can follow my format above if you like).
Pic 1 – Your Photo of the Week can be taken with any equipment – a regular camera, a DSLR, a smartphone, hack even a pin-hole camera if you so choose!
Pic 2 – Pic 2 is optional. The theme this week is Double Exposures, but if that is not your cup of tea, you are free to choose other app effects for your app-ed photo. In all cases, it would be helpful if you can name the app effect used so we can understand what you are doing ; )
Add the challenge badge and link your post to the host and co-host sites. Be nice and visit with some of the other challengers for this week! :) And do remember to leave me your blog post link in the comments below, in case I do not receive the pingback/trackback from your link.
For more information, you can read in detail more about the challenge and the instructions at the About page here. You can also grab the badges here.
Questions? Feel free to pose any questions in the comments below or email me at weliveinaflat@gmail.com. Next up, what happens after you have linked up? Why you start getting your challenger photo grid filled up!
Challenger Photo Grids
Every week, challenger grids get updated with the new photos! At the end, you get to grab your grid off this blog for your own pleasure. :D Meanwhile, you can view one another’s photos on the blogs by clicking on the linked numbered weeks above each challenger’s photo grid. I will try to keep it up to date as quick as I can ;)
Host| weliveinaflat.com
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Challenger| sassmuffins.com
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Challenger| Claim your photo grid, join the challenge today!
Next week, we’ll get Snappy H’appy with Colour! Thanks for checking out this Photo Challenge and making it all the way to the end of the post! ;)
App: Camera360
Mirrored photos can be gimmicky. But that is not to say there is no place for them in mobile phoneography. The mirror, after all, is a well-used metaphor in so many occasions and samples of literature.
Welcome back to Week 8 of the Snappy H’appy Photo Challenge hosted by weliveinaflat and firebonnet ;)
This challenge asks you to (1) share a good photo that you took or edited last week, (2) run it through a photo app on your smartphone or mobile device and share with us the result. We’re back to the theme of Collage. I’m stretching that to include the feature – Mirroring.
Mirroring
The mirroring feature in photo apps reflects your photo vertically or horizontally so that you have the original photo and its reflection in the final image.
App: Camera360
App: PhotoMirror
While it is a novelty to play around with Donna’s body parts ;) haha, I find the theme of Nature particularly interesting using this feature.
App: Camera360
What is originally organic now becomes artificially symmetrical. Intricate patterns are formed that are not found in real life. And suddenly you realise that, everywhere you look, there are all sorts of interesting patterns to be found both in nature…
App: Camera360
… as well as in the man-made world.
App: Paper Camera
App: PhotoMirror. One hand versus two in solidarity, the same subject but two images with two different stories.
You can find patterns in something as nebulous as the shadow, telling the story of the interplay of light and dark.
App: Camera360
And there is no need to be constrained by the idea that it needs to be symmetrical. A mirrored image can still be cropped to give a more interesting frame.
App: Camera360
An all-in-one app like Camera360 for iPhone (the version I Have on Android does not have this feature) will give you mirroring functions at a tap (in the Funny section of the app). However, it may not give you that many options in terms of tweaking the mirrored image.
MirrorPhoto
The MirrorPhoto app is interesting because it gives you some leeway in controlling your mirrored image.
The app MirrorPhoto allows you to select from 6 types of mirror effects, the format of the photo (with regards to dimensions), the distance between the subject of your original photo and it’s reflection and it has a cropping function.
PicsArt
The app PicsArt does not give you as many mirroring styles as MirrorPhoto, but it has some pretty powerful features that I like. I like the slider that controls the displacement of the image (#5 on screenshot below). I also like the Masking brush (#6 on screenshot below) which allows you to paint over and reveal the original image. I don’t imagine I would use it very often, but just having the option means you have more possibilities with the app ;)
PicsArt screenshot. Distortion > Mirror effects
As an example, I have the mirrored photo of a low angled shot of a flowering tree here:
Mirrored with PicsArt app.
And a version of it with the lower right cornered erased to show a branch of the plant to break the symmetry of the mirrored image.
A portion of the original image revealed in the lower right corner. Can you see?
This feature is very useful for creating reflections in water, as demonstrated by this video:
Get Inspired
9 mirrored photos/edits on Instagram using the iPhone app MirrorGram
– 01 Dog
– 02 Skateboard
– 03 At the pool
– 04 Yokohama Chinatown
– 05 Head
– 06 Playing with Buildings
– 07 Decimated landscape
– 08 Ride
– 09 Bring on the SF Adventures
Go get it!
Photo apps for your mobile devices
iPhone
- Apps mentioned in this post – PicsArt [ Phone | iPad ], Camera360
- Mirrorgram, PhotoReflection [ iPhone | iPad ], MirrorCamfx [ iPhone | iPad ]
- Go reflection crazy with Kaleidacam
Android
Host Challenge Post
Photo of the week
Donna leaping up to touch nose. Photo cropped with Snapseed and filtered with EyeEm.
Photo mirrored with PicsArt
Bokeh and Light streaks added using Cameran app because I wanted to draw attention to her motion.
Now it’s your turn to share!
Create your challenge post from now until Sunday, 6 Apr end of your day. Post your Photo of the Week and your App-ed version of that photo on your blog. (You can follow my format above if you like).
Pic 1 – Your Photo of the Week can be taken with any equipment – a regular camera, a DSLR, a smartphone, hack even a pin-hole camera if you so choose!
Pic 2 – Pic 2 is optional. The theme this week is Mirroring, but if that is not your cup of tea, you are free to choose other app effects for your app-ed photo. In all cases, it would be helpful if you can name the app effect used so we can understand what you are doing ; )
Add the challenge badge and link your post to the host and co-host sites. Be nice and visit with some of the other challengers for this week! :) And do remember to leave me your blog post link in the comments below, in case I do not receive the pingback/trackback from your link.
For more information, you can read in detail more about the challenge and the instructions at the About page here. You can also grab the badges here.
Questions? Feel free to pose any questions in the comments below or email me at weliveinaflat@gmail.com. Next up, what happens after you have linked up? Why you start getting your challenger photo grid filled up!
Challenger Photo Grids
Every week, challenger grids get updated with the new photos! At the end, you get to grab your grid off this blog for your own pleasure. :D Meanwhile, you can view one another’s photos on the blogs by clicking on the linked numbered weeks above each challenger’s photo grid. I will try to keep it up to date as quick as I can ;)
Host| weliveinaflat.com
[ photos tagged “snappy happy” ]
Host| firebonnet.com
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Challenger| ForestWoodFolkArt.wordpress.com
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Challenger| Little Dogs Laughed
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Challenger| Roxy The Traveling Dog
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Challenger| 1stworlddog.com
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Challenger| completelydisappear.com
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Challenger| Zeke’s Adventures
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Challenger| Blogagaini
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Challenger| LivingWithMyAncestors.wordpress.com
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Challenger| sassmuffins.com
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Challenger| Claim your photo grid, join the challenge today!
Next week, we’ll get Snappy H’appy with Multiple Exposures! Thanks for checking out this Photo Challenge and making it all the way to the end of the post! ;)
