Device: iPhone4s
Version: 7.1
App: snapseed
I wanted to take a different approach when I started this project. I feel like i typically associate the idea of memory or vintage with more muted tones. Because of this I tried to incorporate a lot of vibrant colors into my collection. This is one of my only photos in my collection that I didn't use that technique. I think this actually made the photo stand out. I took this photo back at home when I was walking along a beach off the bay on Long Island. It was a sort of bright day but still a little cold outside and the sun was starting to go down. I thought that it was a really pretty scene so I took a quick shot using the preinstalled camera app on my iPhone4s.
After taking the shot I later uploaded it into the snap seed app and started to mess around with some of the brighter filters I was using in other photos. It wasn't giving off the right fell to me though. Then I decided to crop the picture to a square to make it reminiscent of a Polaroid shot. From there I blurred the edges to give the photo a more mysterious feel. Finally I put on a filter that added the scratches and discolorations. I lowered the brightness a little bit to emphasize the feeling of mystery again and increased the sharpness to make the unblurred portions of the picture (primarily the waves) clear.
Overall I wanted the shot to have a feeling of longing to it. I wanted the scene to look like a snapshot of a distant time or memory that may be fading away.
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