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Print Art from your iPhone with the Brushstroke App

brushstroke app prints

Illustration and creative art is #trending. Digital technology makes it possible to create art without a physical brush! You become the artist with a few clicks in the Brushstroke app. You won’t need an oil or canvas painting class to make beautiful art, it’s so easy to create and print from your phone. 7 years […]

7 Travel Photography Tips: Havana, Cuba

Havana, Cuba Camila Cabello got it right …”Half of my heart is in Havana, ooh-na-na“ I felt like I had landed on the set of a 1950’s movie. The vibrant colors, the old cars, and if the buildings could talk, oh what stories they would tell. I wanted to tell my experience of Cuba to […]

8 Tips to Better Photo Composition

8 Tips to Better Photo Composition

8 Tips to Better Your Photo Composition 1. Perspective Shoot above, below, or get level. Change up your perspective while keeping horizons and verticals in check. Your camera is smaller now — take it places! 2. The Rule of Thirds Don’t always center your subject (boring!). Shoot with this rule in mind or crop during […]

10 Tips for Shooting Products with your Mobile Phone

Brands are created and reinforced by imagery. The way you present yourself and your product has a huge impact on your brand. Etsy? Ecommerce? Blog? Online sales will increase with improved product images. Are your photos Pin worthy? We’re here to help.We’ve set up a “mock” product shoot using just 3 items: 1 plain white […]

3 Mobile Apps to Remove Background Clutter

I shared 5 Ways to Avoid Background Clutter when taking pictures with your mobile device. With the advancement of mobile apps, we can now remove unwanted objects from our photos! My favorite go-to apps that can do just that…. TouchRetouch Snapseed AfterFocus Touch Retouch Simply choose a photo and double-tap or pinch to zoom in […]

Snapseed 2.0 Stacks

We’ve been a fan of Snapseed and the selective adjust tool before Google bought it up in 2012. Finally, after 2 years, Google offers a Snapseed update with a completely redesigned UI and a new logo! I’ve been taught to stick with branded logos and never change it. Apparently, that’s not the case anymore, at […]

Photo Editing with iOS 8

With the new iOS 8 software update for Apple, we can now take a photo and enhance it right inside of the camera roll. Ready to Play? Pull out your iPhone or iPad. Open up a photo in your camera roll Click Edit in the top right hand corner to get started Auto Enhance Once […]

Negative Space in Photography

Truth: A fancy camera will NOT make you a better photographer. Whether shooting with a dSLR or your mobile device, the basic fundamentals are still the same. Today we are going to discuss negative space, also referred to as empty or white space.  Photographers spend a lot of time thinking about their subjects, however the […]

iPhoneography Roundup

Another year, another opportunity to make and keep memories. These days it’s easy to take photos on the fly with your phone, but getting desirable results from your native camera app can be difficult if you’re not familiar with how to adjust the settings, or if you are in a less-than-stellar situation for taking photos. […]

iPhoneography Series: 5 Tips to Avoid Background Clutter

When taking photos, sometimes we’re so focused on the subject that we forget about what’s happening behind it. With mobile photography we don’t have the luxury of controlling aperture to blur out background clutter, or a zoom lens to remove the background distraction all together. So what can we do to enhance our mobile photos […]