Guest Post: My workflow by Dixon Hamby

For the past several years I have been taking photos of the pole art and people in my hood - Capitol Hill area of Seattle. My processing has changed as the apps have been updated, but it is basically a very simple process.

First I take photo, either with iPhone camera app or one of my new favorite apps QuickPix.

Next I open it in Camera+ and Edit/Clarity. This filter is amazing not just for sharpening and color enhancement, but also for pulling out shadows.

The next step depends on the image and I sometimes skip it. In this case I want more brilliance so I opened it in Filterstorm and added the filter Enhance. I use to apply Curves with Mask in Filter Storm, but Camera+ pulls out the shadows so well I rarely add that step anymore.

Also I don't always apply this app. Depends on the image. I use ColorSplash which turns the image to B&W and you simply paint to add color. I use a stylus for this step.

And if I want a more contrast grainy look I use Adobe Photoshop Express. Using Contrast and Sharpen filters.

So there you have it. Not all of the #streetart images go through all these steps. Some I only shoot, Camera+/Clarity and Crop.

More of my streetart images can be found here. Keep on shooting and apping.
Dixon Hamby

Update on Thursday, May 26, 2011 at 6:29PM by Glyn Evans

I'd just like to say a big THANK YOU to Dixon Hamby for this guest post.

Comments

[bycostello]

just down loading some apps.... thx