Welcome to my iPhoneography workflow for iPhone Life magazine. I'm going to walk you through the steps I took to create this photo titled, "Brotherly Love."
I should tell you off the bat, I'm a huge fan of Camera+ ($1.99). I take all of my photos withthis app and usually run them through an editing process before I move to other editing apps. I would also like to add that I've only been an iPhoneographer for about a year now. I've been very serious ever since. Silhouettes are one of my favorite types of photos, and I often use them while catching a sunset with my kids.
When using Camera+ to take your photos, it is important that you use the focus/exposure options. All you have to do is tap the screen and the focus pops up. Tap the "x" in the corner of the "focus" button, and the exposure circle pops up as well. Place the focus on your subject, in this case, on my kids. Next, adjust the exposure. If you increase it, you'll see it darken the photo; if you decrease, the image brightens. I always take quite a few shots to test different exposures. You just can't be too careful when capturing your shot.
After I took this shot to my liking, I used the "darkened" setting in the "scenes" option. I then went to "effects" and put it through the "vibrant" filter and adjusted it to 25 percent to make the color pop. Too much of a filter may distort your photo, so be careful. When you're done using Camera+, save the image to the camera roll.
I ALWAYS take my new photo into the Adobe Photoshop Express app (Free). It is essential for giving your photo that professional look. First off, I use the app's "reduce noise" feature. Do this to your liking. It erases any little fuzzy distortion you sometimes get in your photos. It cleans them right up.
While in PS Express, go to the "sharpen" option, and adjust to your liking. Too much sharpening can ruin your photo, so be careful and use your adjustments. Next, I saved it back to my camera roll and brought my newly edited photo into another of my favorite apps, LensFlare ($1.99). Its developer, BrainFeverMedia, also has two other must-have apps, Lenslight ($1.99) and Alien Sky ($1.99), which have great flares to enhance your sun shots or help you add a little sun and so on.
In LensFlare, I found just the right flare to put in the middle of the two boys. There are great adjustments on this app, and it is very user friendly. I added the flare and saved it to my camera roll. My last step in creating this photo was watermarking it with my name. I used Iwatermark ($1.99), which is very easy to use and does a great job.
I hope this helps you on your next shot, and thank you for checking out my workflow.