Once a month I will show one or more of my photos captured and/or processed on my iPhone or iPad over the last month. It’s a way for me to show photography that usually is quite different from my regular work. The pictures are displayed without any comments, hoping they will stand on their own. But I still very much appreciate any comments you may have.
Tag: iPhone
Foodie is an app for foodies to take photos of food
Foodie is a camera app designed to help users take better photos of food. The app is quite simple to use. After launching the app, the user chooses a filter -- there are 24 from which to choose -- and snaps an image. Each filter is designed for a particular food type; e.g. YOU for breakfast items like egg and RO for alcoholic beverages. That's how I have interpreted the hard to see icons.
The Foodie camera has an auto-blurring function that blurs the background to focus the food item's image. The app automatically recognizes food as the subject and defocuses the surrounding area to simulate a large aperture lens's narrow depth of field. Most high-end restaurants tend to be high on ambience, which in many cases means low on light. The Foodie app can control the iPhone's flash using it to provide continuous lighting.
The user can also import existing images from the iPhone photo library.
A lot of people like to shoot food images from directly above. Foodie has a feature that changes the shutter button from black to yellow when the iPhone is horizontal to aid the shooter in getting the perfect shot. The app automatically saves captured images to the iPhone Photos app and shares to Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
- App name: Foodie
- Supported devices: Android, iPhone
- Cost: Free
- Developer and operator: LINE Corporation
USGS Water Station 01460440
It was snowing this morning when I left for work. Flurries. I left home earlier than usual with the intention of stopping along the way to snap some images. I considered bringing my Nikon but I decided I wanted to keep things simple and just shoot with my iPhone. I chose a route through Princeton and Mercer Street, toward Battle Field Park.
I saw a few scenes on Mercer Street that I wanted to capture. The Princeton Theological Seminary Library was lit with street lamps that gave it a warm wonderland feeling. There are a few colorful mansions with snow-covered trees that I wanted to capture.
But there was no easy way to just pull over on Mercer Street to snap a photo. It’s a busy road. Parking is on one side only. Near the residential part of the road. Residents had already occupied these spaces.
I continued my commute via Quaker Road.
This is the USGS Water Station 01460440 on the Delaware and Raritan Canal at Port Mercer in Lawrenceville, New Jersey. There is a parking area nearby, on the other side of the canal.
Shot with Camera+. Edited in Photogene. Filter is Frost from Priime photography app.
