As soon as I saw Don Smith's iPhone Photo Workshop, I signed up. The iPhone 4s has an 8 MP camera and I wanted to know how to use it to its fullest. Plus choosing from the thousands of camera and processing apps was overwhelming. I needed professional help. Plus it meant spending 3 days in Carmel and Big Sur with other photographers. Couldn't find a downside to the venture.
Three days on the coast with just an iPhone? People were incredulous, but I wasn't alone. Barbi & Noël, friends from the photography club signed up also. This was really gonna be fun!
Took this picture with ProCamera
& blurred the leaves in Big Lens
The view south from Hurricane Point. Can you see Bixby Bridge?
Taken with Pro HDR and processed in Snapseed.
At first it felt a little strange to venture out with out a camera bag heavy on my shoulder, but I quickly adapted. I did lug my tripod. I had no way to attach the iPhone to it, so I held it as firmly as possible on top. (As soon as I got home, I ordered the attachment.)
An Olloclip Fisheye lens rendered this view of Bixby Bridge.
Photographers spend hundreds of dollars on HDR software. Pro HDR takes 2 photos and immediately merges them in camera to create one picture. Without it, the sunset sky would have been completely blown out. This is the best camera app for lanscapes.
Garrapata Beach Sunset
Using apps to process the photos is as much fun as taking them. My go-to app for almost every photo is Snapseed, which is what I used for this tide pool image taken at Weston Beach in Point Lobos SP
Photographing with the iPhone is pure fun. Even when I am shooting with my Nikon, the iPhone will be readily available in my pocket. I never leave home without it.
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