I am amazed how much I use my phonecam, when I am not officially on a job. It's so freeing. If you follow me on Instagram (and if you don't , why not? oh comeon. I'm galezucker) you'd maybe have seen these two images this week. With a couple of phone apps, I can make photoediting/processing changes that, not
so long ago, took hours of photoshop. I am not exaggerating here.
Also not so long ago, a knitter jokingly said "You know, you should teach a phonecam Photo for Knitters class because I am too lazy to use my real camera" and we all laughed. At the time, the cameras weren't so good, the controls weren't there. But now? Absolutely. Is it the same as shooting with a DSLR ? Nope. But can you make images you'll love, that capture your life and your craft and your world? And can enliven your FB and fill your Ravelry projects page ? Oh yes.
Which is why I am thrilled to be teach SmartPhone Masterpieces at The YarnSpot in Wheaton/ Silver Spring Maryland next weekend. Saturday morning, November 22, 10:30-1:30. I am also thrilled that Sivia Harding is teaching there too next weekend, so I get to meet her. Join us! It's going to be fun. I guarantee you'll learn some new tricks.
Isn't the world a grand and colorful place? You probably won't be surprised to learn my standard reply to the question "what's the best camera? " is : the one you have on you.
Only 2 seats left for Saturday, but room in each of the Photo editing and iphone Masterpiece classes on Sunday. Samantha offers a discount if you take any 2 or 3 offerings.
I have a special treat, too: discounts from PhotoJojo and BlogStomp for all participants! Thanks to both companies for their support.
A few words about the iPhone Masterpiece class: There are 2 remarkable things about this image, above. One is...OMG I posted a full body bathing suit view of myself online. If you follow me on Instagram ( I am galezucker there) you may have already seen this. Have I lost my mind??!!! Maybe. But I adore this photo, from Saturday. I was in one of my favorite places in the world, the beach in Delaware, with my most favorite people. I literally tossed my phone to Dave and said- get a photo of us, please.
He got the moment. (Isn't Dave amazing? He takes maybe 10 photos a year and he nailed it). But as you can see, the shadows are in front of us, which means he was shooting into the sun, and the photo came out of my iPhone (a 4S-not even up to date) looking like this:
Which is typical, right? A few clicks with apps on my phone to convert it to better colors, with shadow details revealed, a color shift, and then cropped just the way I wanted it. Knowing that Instagram is better squared, I edged it in off white to retain all the image info. Less than 5 minutes, you have to love that!
That's what we'll do in the iPhone masterpiece class. Keeping it all in our trusty little phones. The phonecam quality blows me away, and it's wonderful to have it always on hand, stuck into a pocket and no worries about thousands of dollars of optics getting wet or sandy (in my case). Works just as well if you're shooting knits or yarn or handcrafts, or whatever subjects float your boat. Join me for some phonecam fun.
We can float our boats together. (iPhone image enroute to Nash Island earlier this month)
ps if you've been visiting my blog for a while, how do you like my new look? . This quick random update looks better than my old Blogger template, I am sure you agree. More to come.
