iPhone 5: OS 7.0.6
App: Afterlight
This picture was taken early one morning before I even climbed out of bed. I woke up, lifted my head, and loved the way the light was shining in through the doors to the deck. I didn't want to take a generic picture of just the room, I decided to focus on capture the light on the ceiling as if the viewer was looking up. In doing that, I created mystery in this picture. I'd bet that before saying those were two doors in the back, most people would even think it's just windows. The beam on the ceiling on and the bricks above the wall create lines to guide eyes across the picture. I leave the viewer wondering what's on the ground in this room.
In editing the picture, I added a bit of highlights to enhance the brightness of the sun shining through. I used the "clarify" option in Afterlight to add the harsh lines around each of the initial lines in the picture (i.e. the beam, the wall/brick line, doors, corners, etc.). After doing that the picture already had an older look to it but I wanted more. I wanted to play with the lighting so I found a layer which added the specks of light on the left and the tinge of red/white light on the bottom right. After completing that, I immediately thought the picture looked as if it was scanned from a box of pictures from 20 years ago--it was perfect.
I love the abstract look in this picture. There isn't really one subject to focus on, there are different parts around the room that collectively pull this photo together.
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