Turn Your iPhone Images Into Art

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Edge treatments add one more enhancement feature. Some apps have effective, if repetitive, borders built in. I love onOne’s Photo Frame software, which is a Photoshop plug-in. I don’t keep a record of what borders and settings I use. I let the image tell me what it wants, sometimes two or three borders in combination. I tweak all the settings to suit each individual image in the user-friendly onOne interface.
Here’s the original unremarkable capture.

Here’s that same image after an over-the-top manipulation that began in Best Camera, moved to FX Photo Studio, then to Photoshop, and finally to onOne Photo Frame. The effect is straight out of Santa Fe in the 1920s, echoing the woodcuts of Gustave Baumann.

Printing
Once satisfied with enhancements, I save unmanipulated original images only if making a demo. Otherwise I keep the enhanced file, a file for a greeting card print, and another for enlargement for gallery exhibits. I print to my Epson 4800 with matte black ink on the company’s Enhanced Matte paper, which after all these years remains an unsurpassed favorite for color and feel.
Get out there and print, show, and share. The amazing “everyman” art is here.
iPhone art display in my gallery, Photo Mirage. The prints are clothes-pinned to paper ropes, and purchasers simply pluck desired prints off the line.

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pushingvision says:

March 7, 2011 at 7:27 pm

Another reason for the resurgence and, dare I say it, renaissance of the “instant” photo is the online communities out there bringing photo livers together. Instagram’s my personal favorite, but others like PicPlz and DailyBooth are out there too. These are bringing together professionals and amateurs, and are filled with comments, suggestions, challenges and competitions. Lively discussions and inspiration from seeing others work make these places an amazing place to be involved in.

Anonymous says:

March 9, 2011 at 5:07 pm

I have an ipod Touch and would love to use some of these cool apps. Any idea if it is possible to import images from my digital camera into the touch and use these apps? (and if so, how?)

everstart says:

March 24, 2011 at 10:51 pm

Thanks for the heads up on these great apps. There are so many uses for my iphone!

March 28, 2011 at 11:23 pm

I’ve been enjoying “100 Cameras in 1” from Stuck in Customs. Lots of great effects and filter to layer and very easy to get the hang of. Great fun!