Your Phone as a Creative Tool

Teacher, photographer, and tour leader, Rad Drew creates with the iPhone, mirrorless, and infrared cameras
Rad will motivate us to get more familiar with our phones  As he shows us how to take advantage of the cameras on our phones (iPhones and android***)

Today’s iPhones are not only with us all the time, but the camera technology has become so advanced that we are able to make images with them today that previously could only be done with a “big” camera. Join photographer, Rad A. Drew, as he shares the ways he uses iPhone cameras and apps to create beautiful landscapes, portraits, abstracts, and more! 

Rad will cover:

-Composition guidelines for framing your images

-How to set the appropriate camera settings including HSR, Smart HDR, and ProRaw

-Basic Dos and Don’ts when using the Native Camera

-How to use LIVE mode, Portrait mode, and Panorama in the iPhone Native Camera

-How to create “soft water” images of fountains, streams,and waterfalls without tripod or neutral density filters

-A simple workflow for processing RAW files using Apple’s IOS editor (the editor in camera roll)

-A SnapSeed workflow for processing images iPhone and Android

-How to create abstracts using Average Cam Pro for iPhone

Rad suggests downloading these Apps prior to the meeting:

• * SnapSeed (iPhone and Android)
• * Average Camera Pro (iPhone only)
• * TouchRetouch (iPhone and Android)
• * Distressed FX Plus (iPhone only)

We’ll also see this month’s Challenge video ( Something NEW, or Something OLD), and be introduced to the slate of officers being considered for next years club.

See Rad’s website for some pre-meeting inspiration:

Rad A. Drew Photography: How I Did It!™ Mobile Phone Tutorials (raddrewphotography.com)