{"id":298,"date":"2017-10-27T16:28:12","date_gmt":"2017-10-27T20:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mfna.org\/rfo\/?p=298"},"modified":"2017-10-27T16:28:12","modified_gmt":"2017-10-27T20:28:12","slug":"a-new-appreciation-for-the-iphone-camera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mfna.org\/rfo\/2017\/10\/27\/a-new-appreciation-for-the-iphone-camera\/","title":{"rendered":"A New Appreciation For The iPhone Camera"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While I sit in the airport lounge on a four hour layover, I thought I&#8217;d take a little time to put down some recent impressions on the iPhone.\u00a0 You see, for the past two weeks I have been traveling without a camera.\u00a0 As such.<\/p>\n<p>Yet I still have my phone.\u00a0 And I found numerous photo opportunities, and the only recourse I had was to pull out my phone.<\/p>\n<p>As has been my experience with cameras (both film and digital) in the past, I have found that activating the shutter is only the second step in photography.\u00a0 The first is composing the picture.\u00a0 The third is developing the photo.<\/p>\n<p>Right now, software developers are releasing next-generation photo editing programs, and it&#8217;s almost hard to keep up.\u00a0 Just recently, new and beta versions of ON1 Photo RAW, Aurora HDR and Adobe Lightroom have seen updated versions with new features (and new licensing schemes, in some cases).\u00a0 Both have released beta versions, and ON1&#8217;s beta is public, meaning anyone can download it for free!<\/p>\n<p>My recent travels have taken me to major cities:\u00a0 New York and Boston.\u00a0 Armed with only my iPhone 6s and a laptop with photo editing software, I managed to capture some very nice photos.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_299\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mfna.org\/rfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/FortPointSunset.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-299\" class=\"size-large wp-image-299\" src=\"http:\/\/mfna.org\/rfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/FortPointSunset-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mfna.org\/rfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/FortPointSunset-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mfna.org\/rfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/FortPointSunset-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mfna.org\/rfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/FortPointSunset-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mfna.org\/rfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/FortPointSunset-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/mfna.org\/rfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/FortPointSunset.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-299\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fort Point, Boston, MA at dusk<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Taken from the Evelyn Moakely Bridge.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_300\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mfna.org\/rfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Waiter-Iceberg-in-my-Soup.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-300\" class=\"size-large wp-image-300\" src=\"http:\/\/mfna.org\/rfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Waiter-Iceberg-in-my-Soup-1024x792.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mfna.org\/rfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Waiter-Iceberg-in-my-Soup-1024x792.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mfna.org\/rfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Waiter-Iceberg-in-my-Soup-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mfna.org\/rfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Waiter-Iceberg-in-my-Soup-768x594.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mfna.org\/rfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Waiter-Iceberg-in-my-Soup-388x300.jpg 388w, https:\/\/mfna.org\/rfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Waiter-Iceberg-in-my-Soup.jpg 1501w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-300\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Artist Gianna Stewart created this foam &#8220;iceberg&#8221; that &#8220;floats&#8221; in the water.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In the photo above, I used Adobe&#8217;s new Lightroom CC (the old version is now named Lightroom CC Classic). When shooting a wide shot, Apple&#8217;s iPhone exhibits pronounced barrel distortion. I used the Geometry tool in Lightroom to straighten everything &#8212; with a single slide and a click!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_301\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mfna.org\/rfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Manhattan-Skyline-BW-copy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-301\" class=\"size-large wp-image-301\" src=\"http:\/\/mfna.org\/rfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Manhattan-Skyline-BW-copy-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mfna.org\/rfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Manhattan-Skyline-BW-copy-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mfna.org\/rfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Manhattan-Skyline-BW-copy-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mfna.org\/rfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Manhattan-Skyline-BW-copy-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mfna.org\/rfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Manhattan-Skyline-BW-copy-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/mfna.org\/rfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Manhattan-Skyline-BW-copy.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-301\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Manhattan Skyline in Black and White from the original color photograph.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Another example of straightening (I may need to adjust this one a bit more).<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_302\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mfna.org\/rfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Boston-Financial-District.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-302\" class=\"size-large wp-image-302\" src=\"http:\/\/mfna.org\/rfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Boston-Financial-District-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mfna.org\/rfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Boston-Financial-District-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mfna.org\/rfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Boston-Financial-District-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mfna.org\/rfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Boston-Financial-District-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mfna.org\/rfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Boston-Financial-District-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/mfna.org\/rfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Boston-Financial-District.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-302\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Boston Financial District<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Finally, an &#8220;arty&#8221; photo I snapped on the spur of the moment. What two streets typify New York City? (well, maybe Madison Ave. But you take what you can get).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mfna.org\/rfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Heart-of-the-City.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-303\" src=\"http:\/\/mfna.org\/rfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Heart-of-the-City-1024x727.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"415\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mfna.org\/rfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Heart-of-the-City-1024x727.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mfna.org\/rfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Heart-of-the-City-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mfna.org\/rfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Heart-of-the-City-768x545.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mfna.org\/rfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Heart-of-the-City-423x300.jpg 423w, https:\/\/mfna.org\/rfo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Heart-of-the-City.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While I sit in the airport lounge on a four hour layover, I thought I&#8217;d take a little time to put down some recent impressions on the iPhone.\u00a0 You see, for the past two weeks I have been traveling without &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mfna.org\/rfo\/2017\/10\/27\/a-new-appreciation-for-the-iphone-camera\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,7,5,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photography","category-technology","category-apple","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mfna.org\/rfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mfna.org\/rfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mfna.org\/rfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mfna.org\/rfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mfna.org\/rfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=298"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mfna.org\/rfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":304,"href":"https:\/\/mfna.org\/rfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298\/revisions\/304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mfna.org\/rfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mfna.org\/rfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mfna.org\/rfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}