iPhone Photography Using Apps & Photoshop

Here's an interesting BLOG about using apps and photoshop to make a great picture.  The moral of the story is that capturing an image is the quick and easy part: Only shoot at the right time of day,  jump out of the car, find the best angle, snap the shot and get the hell out.  All the real work is in post.

Above is the final image and below is the original iphone photo.  What a difference!

Note the dead grass, the lack of flowers, lack of definition in the stone work, no punch to the red door or "purple trees" and you can see the house next door.  The photographer used a series of apps including Photo Studio FX and Snapseed, layering the apps using elements of watercolor, drawing and serigraph.

Then the image above is taken into Photoshop to fix keystoning, rez up in size in Bicubic Shaper, add Bokeh with Gaussian Blur and soften the edges.  Put in flowers, trees and fix the grass and you have the final shot.

http://prophotocoalition.com/index.php/sfrances/story/real_estate_photography_with_the_iphone/

http://www.fxphotostudioapp.com/
http://www.snapseed.com/