Hynda Blum- Topic 3: Extended Seeing: Recipe

Phone: iPhone 4S Version: 7.0.6
Apps: LongExpo (2.0) / InstantBlend (2.2) / Tiny Planets (5.0.1)

With this assignment, using different techniques was definitely a highlight in our photography development. I downloaded a number of apps to see which worked best for this assignment. I found that the best ones were the panorama (built into most iphones), the InstantBlend Tiny Planets and LongExpo. In this assigment, I also had to make sure that backgrounds and lighting were appropriate. When layering multiple photos to convey extended seeing, the lighting and background must be adjusted accordingly or else the photo would become too busy or confusing.

I think my main strategy was to overlap photos using InstantBlend. I tried to make it so that it wasn't obvious that there were two pictures over lapping each other (much like a double exposure). I also wanted the viewer to be able to decipher the different photos and then to be able to appreciate the two pictures as a whole one. My second strategy was to choose subjects that I could make abstract, yet recognizable in some instances. I also used the app called Tiny Planets which essentially warped a photo around itself to convey a small globe out of the photo. This one was used because I wanted to extend the perspective of certain photos to make them more evocative.

With my POW, I used InstantBlend. I took one photo of a coffee mug with some texture on it. I then took a second photo of a close up self portrait. Then overlapping them, one could see that some of my human features were mocked by the handle and curves of the mug. As first glance, my POW looks more subtle, but it in fact has two layers of pictures that are both fairly simple, but together they add value. I also added the "New York" filter to the photo. That filter can be found in the various options of InstantBlend.