Seeing Red

Seeing Red

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Seeing Red by Matt Coch

It is a well known fact that color can affect us subconsciously.  Colors can affect our emotions, perceptions, and behavior.  Whether we realize it or not, we all have associations with color.  Some of these associations are:

Green: Nature, Environment, Luck, Jealousy

Blue: Peace, Tranquility, Loyalty

Yellow: Joy, Happiness, Cowardice

Black: Power, Mystery, Sophistication, Death, Grief

Of all the colors, I think the color red is the most arresting and eye catching of them all.  Red is often associated with danger, heat, romance, bravery and even aggression, to name a few.  The following are some interesting facts about the color red.

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The color red can stimulate the appetite and increase the craving for food.  This is why many restaurants are often adorned with the color.

Red is an emotionally intense color.  It increases respiration rates and raises blood pressure.

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It is attention grabbing, demanding you to take notice.  This is the reason it’s used for danger signs, stop signs, fire equipment and street lights.  Red is also the most popular color used in flags around the world.  77% of all nation’s flags contain red.

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Red is said to stimulate sexual appetite and passion, think of Valentine’s Day.

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Red is not only used to attract buyer’s attention, but to also influence their buying behavior.

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Some believe the expression “seeing red” comes from the flushed color one gets when angry.  Others believe it comes from bullfighting, where the matador waves a red cape in order to enrage a bull to charge.

Side note: Bulls don’t really hate the color red.  They are colorblind and are simply reacting to the movement of a cape.

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Red is the second most popular favorite color of all people. The most popular favorite color? Blue.

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Men and women see the color red differently.  Genetically speaking, women can see more of the red spectrum than men can.

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Instagram showcase: Typography

Instagram showcase: Typography

Gretchen Grace | SO?Gretchen Grace 

I am a designer and a typographer, as well as a photographer. Letterforms have always spoken to me. This picture was taken in Manhattan. I saw this word painted on a construction fence and I waited for this shot. I couldn’t remember what the actual word was, SOT?, SOY? but as I look back I see that it was SOW?. I really like how the two people in the shot are both on their cell phones; are they speaking to each other? Are they saying “SO?”.

Gretchen Grace | Hands UpDina Alfasi

The picture was taken in the train, with iPhone 5. This Photography is part of a series of train photos #mydtrainphoto The story behind it – It was taken during the last days of the war took place here recently. The Photograph shows a soldier returning from the front and in the newspaper was written in the title: “Salute You”

And over the title images of the soldiers who were killed during the war.

photo-2Paula

I’m based in Australia. This shot was taken and edited on my iPhone 5S using Procamera 7 during Vivid Sydney at an instameet (arranged by @vividsydney @igerssydney and @visitnsw amongst others).

Although there was a light projection randomly appearing and disappearing on the wall to the right, it was the arrow that drew me to this shot, as well as the silhouettes of the people walking past. I took a shot, just a second earlier, of the same man when he was right in front of the arrow. Normally I’m a big fan of pure silhouette shots, but I felt that the image lost it’s power as his outline totally broke up the shape of the arrow, blunting the tip! Thankfully, I took this slightly later shot. It doesn’t matter that he’s now broken up the typography of the Museum of Contemporary Ar (!), because the arrow is seen, glowing, and exuding its odd, contradictory message. Here, the silhouetted people serve to substantiate its full height and size as they emerge from the darkness and into the light beyond.

photo-2Julienne

Story: My husband and I wanted to check out the raved-about Food Truck craze going on in downtown Knoxville during the popular Saturday morning Farmer’s Market that opens in early May and runs until November. There’s about 4 of them all in a row on Union Avenue and it’s jam-packed with lines of people plus their well-behaved, well-groomed pets. Mister Canteen serves fresh southern fare with ingredients sourced straight from the farm a non-GMO food truck. The amazing story behind the three women who run it can be found in The Southern Food Issue of Garden & Gun Magazine August/September 2014 Issue. Just people watching around the food trucks was a photographers dream itself! Patience was key for cropping the shot and finding the right moment in between crowd surges. This was shot with Hipstamatic app using Yuri 61 lens and T. Roosevelt 26 film from The District HipstaPak on iPhone 5.

Instagram Word Challenge: Lost

Instagram Word Challenge: Lost

LOST

adjective

1. no longer possessed or retained: lost friends.

2. no longer to be found: lost articles.

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We asked what LOST means to you.

The following images have been selected from more than 250 photos tagged:

Photo by: @_humanflower

Photo by: @mydsmber

 Photo by: @kurotokoko

 Photo by: @muzbanger

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SPECIAL MENTIONS 

 Photo by:  @fromMyWindows

 Photo by:  @butterflyblue

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Our next Word Challenge can be found here.

Venice Skateboarding With Jason Cordova

Venice Skateboarding With Jason Cordova

 

Venice Skateboarding With Jason Cordova by Andres Tardio

Venice is known for many incredible things, but skateboarding is usually one of the first things that comes to mind when you hear about the city. History behind skateboarding is deep in Venice, of course, so when looking to photograph the city’s beauty, it’s hard to avoid skateboarding and its culture.

Jason Cordova, known as @jsun217 on Instagram, lived a block from the boardwalk for years. He’d been photographing Venice for a long time, sometimes taking on the skaters. One day, Cordova posted an image of Sean Johnson, a skateboarder that impressed him, on Instagram. Johnson tracked him down and off the strength of this post, a friendship grew. The two would continue working together on a series of images that highlight the awesome and inspiring skate culture by the beach, something Cordova has become passionate about capturing.

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“I love the process of shooting skateboarding,” he says. “It’s definitely a huge challenge. The style, action, speed, movement; trying to be at the right spot at the right time, understanding each skater’s style, composing and capturing that single moment while also trying to tell the whole story.”

While some of these challenges may present themselves, they don’t outweigh the positives here.

“The Venice park is great,” Cordova explains. “The beach back drop, the sunsets, the crowds, the energy of that place can get really crazy and play a big role in the shoot.”

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What do you LOVE about #SocialPhotography?

What do you LOVE about #SocialPhotography?

 

On August 9th, photographers from Seattle traveled south to Portland to meet up.  The idea behind the cross-city trip was to connect with people who we’ve been interacting with on Instagram and other social platforms.

Instagramers Seattle and Instagramers Portland represent two major cities of the Pacific Northwest and are within a three hour drive so naturally, we thought this was a cool thing to do!

Paul and Morgan were awesome hosts and greeted us with huge smiles. They organized a scavenger hunt gifting away prizes from sponsors, Portland Art MuseumBoys Fort and Archie’s Press (check out pics here).

We talked with the PDX photographers, went to the pub, drove to the St. John’s Bridge (what a sight!), did a little shopping and went home – our day was complete!

Now we wait for our PDX friends to come to SEA : )

What do you LOVE about #SocialPhotography?

Bridgette, Michaela, Paul, and Morgan tell us why they love it.  Tell us why you love social photography with the #grryo_love tag on Instagram or Twitter.

We look forward to hearing about your story!

Susan Tuttle: The Art of Everyday Photography book release

Susan Tuttle: The Art of Everyday Photography book release

u8564I am excited to announce that my brand new book, Art of Everyday Photography: Move Toward Manual & Make Creative Photos is now available on Amazon! If you’d like to learn more about the book, check out this feature from Cloth Paper Scissors. This publication can also be found in bookstores and craft stores throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe, and through other popular online book sellers and arts and crafts vendors.

Your Amazing Everyday Life written by Susan on Cloth Paper Scissors

I believe that there is extraordinary to be found in the ordinary, and that we can elevate our everyday lives by embracing and honoring that which is simple. I invite you to capture the everyday in your photography. Look for the finer details. The following ideas explain how.

An Aspect of a Morning Ritual
Maybe you greet the day with a cup of tea or coffee, the newspaper, journal writing, blog surfing, or stirring a pot of your favorite Irish oatmeal. Use the soft, diffused natural morning light that comes through a window in your home to illuminate your subject. How do you want the light to hit your subject: as backlighting, at an angle, or as front lighting? If the light is coming from the front, make sure the subject is far enough away from the window so it doesn’t get washed out by harsh direct light.

Something You Want to Remember
My daughter has a favorite pair of socks that just barely fit her at this point. She often wore them with her favorite striped dress—an outfit that captures her free spirit. I took a photograph of her wearing these garments because I always want to be reminded of her free spirit when I look back on her childhood.

Your Road or Block
As time goes on, the landscape changes, often dramatically. If you live in the country, trees grow, old barns fall, people build. In the city, your favorite shops and eateries are often transient. I lived in Boston in my twenties and the amount of transformation my old neighborhood has seen since then is pretty remarkable. Make photos of the significant places you want to remember: your favorite bookstore, cafe, coffee shop, gallery, or tree-lined street.

Elevate Your Errands to Art
Some ideas: a photo of a shopping cart in the rain, the artfully displayed artisan bread at the bakery, fresh catches of the day on ice at the local fish market, jams and jellies on a shelf at the farmer’s market.

What other’s are saying about Susan’s book: 

In this easy-to-understand book, Susan Tuttle encourages the reader to get her camera out of “auto mode” and finally learn how to use its features to create beautiful photos capturing the everyday moments of life, including portraiture, landscape, still-life scenes, food, pet photography, street photography and more. In addition to camera basics, Susan includes many tips and techniques for getting the most out of smartphone cameras and photo apps.”- Amazon

 

Connect with Susan and find out more about her new publication and older publications on her website  Also, stay tuned for a more in-depth look at Susan, her work, and her publishing prowess in the coming weeks here at Grryo. We are so excited to be able to support a fellow artist!

Creative Video Showcase

Creative Video Showcase

A little over a year ago, Instagram announced it was adding video to its widely used app. Immediately, a collective groan was heard across the mobile photography community. But while the addition of video certainly added plenty of dull content, (to this day, I still believe most folks scroll right past a video), a good number of artists were able to produce creative works of art.

The account @creativevideo was started in the hopes of finding and highlighting these videos, as well as to encourage others to make their own. And while I’ve always tried to highlight ‘videos worth watching’, there have been a handful that stood out among the rest- with two qualifications: 1) they contained an exceptionally creative idea, and 2) they were created solely using a mobile phone.

While the number of photo editing apps is nearly infinitesimal, quality video editing apps are few and far between. For this reason, finding a video that truly stands out can be somewhat difficult- it usually takes a unique idea to begin with, and may require the use of multiple apps to achieve the end result. The following four videos, to me, stand out, and the artists were kind enough to let me share them and the describe their process.

The first is by Frederic Genest, who came up with the idea of combining Hipstamatic photos with a timelapse app:

Here is how I proceed and you will see that it’s pretty simple at the end. I use Hipstamatic to shoot each picture. Middle or low resolution, because it takes too long to record each picture in high res and it’s definitely not necessary. You need to have in mind that the more pictures you take, the longer the length is. The longer distance you travel in between each shot, the faster the journey is. Then I use the Timelapse Pro app to edit the pictures. Why? because you need to be able to choose a very low number of frames for each picture. The right ratio is 2 frames for each pic and 15 pics per second. This, you can’t do with any other iMovie or slide show app. So you don’t use TimeLapse for what it’s initially made. You click on the edit menu, then “import images”, then “save as movie” in which section you can choose the number of frame per second (15 by default), and you can choose the quality of the compression, as well as add a piece of music from your library. Them you save that film in your library before uploading it to Instagram. Here it is, this is the way I do it.


“Hipstamotionpicture” by Frederic Genest

 

Mira has made many amazing videos that seem to have a double-exposure effect. This was just one of the ones I was enchanted with. Here, she describes how she does them:


My creative process doing this vid:

Positioning the camera and finding the lighting that dramatizes the scene, then I take a few movies so I have something to work with.
I used Slopro to speed or slow some parts in the movie, Reverse Camera to reverse the movie and Cute Cut to edit it all and get the layered effect and to add music.

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Péw made this amazing time lapse film that stood out from the rest. Here’s how it was done:

About the video, actually the idea just came out.. I always love taking puddle photos, and that day, right after the rain, I went outside to take some puddle shots, it was around 4 or 5 pm. When I looked at the cloud’s reflection in the puddle, the idea came out! So I started to put my iPhone on a tripod, standing around the puddle with the cloud as a background, and started to capture myself using a self timer camera app (camera+ app) …but then I thought it would be awesome if the clouds were moving! So I decided to create a timelapse video, I stood around the puddle and let my iPhone start recording for about 15 minutes! And yes, I was standing still for 15 minutes to get the moving clouds.. I was recording using iLapse for the timelapse and added the music using CuteCutPro. 30 frames per second.

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Last but not least, Roberto blew me away with this video; it’s essentially an animated version of his photo editing style. Here’s his process:

For this video, I shot a 39 frame motion burst, then had to individually outline each frame. Then, using Image Blender, I created 38 backgrounds of solid color blocks, to add my “Gridient” effect to the overall piece. Then I created another set of backgrounds to overlay with the original set of backgrounds, which was done in Image Blender as well. I used stark colors in the background so that the overall juxtaposition between the color blocks & outlined frames would provide a nice silhouette look to the running subject. Then after additional touch-ups in ArtStudio, the motion burst slides were ready to be placed on their backgrounds. This meant each image, one by one, had to be matched with the exact backgrounds in the right order. That way, each frame moves in a solid consistent motion, giving a sense of continuity and fluidity. Once the final assembly of the outlined slides & backgrounds was done, everything was spliced together in iMovie. After a few pitch adjustments, and the addition of my music track, the project was finished. Then wahoo, the two day development process came to a close.

“Motion Gridient” by Roberto Cuevas

The Reinvention of Chloe: Chapter 10

The Reinvention of Chloe: Chapter 10

La brisa del aire acaricia su rostro, la luz de la mañana llena sus ojos de una cálida esperanza, los cierra lentamente para sentir en toda su alma esa energía de un nuevo comenzar.
Los vuelve a abrir y comienza a caminar por el andén de la estación, no le importa el tiempo ni la hora de conexión del siguiente tren, la gente a su alrededor corre contra el tiempo desesperada por llegar a sus trabajos.
Caminando sin rumbo determinado, solo disfruta la sensación de la mañana sintiendo cada paso como la marca de una tipo de una vieja máquina de escribir que va dejando un rastro en aquella hoja en blanco llamada día, Y en la cual piensa caminar una nueva historia
Antes de salir de la estación del tren, camina por el extremo del andén como si tuviera el don de detener y congelar el tiempo para disfrutar la vista del horizonte con un paisaje bello y sencillo entre el campo y el cielo.

The breeze caresses her face, the morning light fills her eyes with a warm hope, she closes them slowly to feel the energy of a new beginning throughout her soul.
She reopens them and begins to walk down the platform of the station, it does not matter the time nor the hour of the next train connection, the people around her are in a desperate race against time to get to their jobs.
Walking aimlessly, just enjoying the morning sensation and feeling every step as if it were a mark of a kind of an old typewriter that leaves a trace in that blank sheet called day, and in which she plans to create a new story.
Before leaving the station, she walks by the end of the platform as if she had the power to stop and freeze time, to enjoy the view of the horizon with a simple and beautiful landscape between the field and sky.

Editor’s Note: To understand where Chloe is now you need to understand where Chloe began her journey and where it is headed. The Reinvention of Chloe is a collaborative effort by much of the Grryo team to realize a dream our dear friend Ale began before his death. We do hope you enjoy the journey.

1000 Words Windows Phone 8th Edition

1000 Words Windows Phone 8th Edition

Welcome to 1000 Words Showcase for Windows Phone via the Windows Phone Experience Flickr group.

This group has many great artists and photographers and along with many mobile photography communities is rich in story.

Grryo has asked these great photographers to help curate this showcase and are very happy that they agreed. Please put your hands together for Aman, Sony, and Jean Brice. Their bios and contacts are below.

We hope to showcase the great diversity and beauty of the work shown to continue to inspire other mobile (connected) photographers/ artists within our community. 1000 Words is titled under the premise that “a photograph says a 1000 words.” Grryo believes that mobile photographers/ artists tell stories through the photographs/ images and art that represents their families, their environment, themselves. This is important because of the level of communication that is portrayed in imaging today. We look forward to you and your art. We thank you for your contribution to the mobile photography/ arts community.

If you are a Windows Phone photographer please feel free to contribute to the Flickr group.
Hot-Air Balloon

Hot Air Balloon by Antti Tassberg
Nokia Lumia 1020

I was on my way to a near by lake to capture some sunsets when I spotted a balloon grossing the lake very close to me. To get a better view I quickly run to another location but I was late. The balloon was already too far for a wide angle lens of my mobile. Luckily an another ball flew the same route soon after the first one. I had time to plan the composition and capture a few shots before it too was too far.
Only very moderate editing has been done. Clarity and vibrance has been slightly added.

Mobile phone used for this shot

Post processing tools.
Lightroom

Flickr // 500px // Twitter // Ipernity

davidhkm

Good Morning Saigon by David HKM
Nokia Lumia 1020

Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City – HCMC) is a city full of photographic opportunities. There’s so much going on all over HCMC that it’s hard to know where to focus your attention at times. But I’m so passionate about street photography a lot.
Because HCMC is such a densely populated city and very mixed use in regards to residential/work/dining/entertainment all being lumped together in the same areas, it’s sometimes difficult to know what is what. An example is in this photo. A lot of newspapers and magazines is put down on the alleyways right at the city downtown.

Processced with VSCO Cam

Twitter // Flickr

robwp

Whitestone Bridge , NY by Rob
Nokia Lumia 925

first time crossing this bridge in the passenger seat . it’s like i was crossing it for the first time . i didnt have to pay attention to the road.

Post processing tools: Nokia creative studio

Flickr // Instagram 

pedrowp

Moments of Cat Lion by Pedro Bilac
NOKIA Lumia 1520

Post processing tools: Creative Studio 6.0 + PS Express WP

Flickr // Instagram

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Thinking Far by Andrei Mihal
Nokia Lumia 1520.

I was coming back home from a hard day, with a lot of things on my mind. The subway arrived and I remember I said to myself: “Just my luck, traveling on the old wagons”. As I was watching the near wagon I saw this man thinking far away. I was an impressive scene because you could see a of mix emotions on his face, the result of many things hanging from his soul. I just took my phone, shoot and promised to myself never complain about traveling with an old subway train.

Used Fhotoroom to add the BW filter.

Instagram // Facebook // Twitter

tonyconey

It’s a dogs life! Surfers Paradise by Tony Coney
Nokia Lumia 1020

The east coast of Australia, one of the most precious beaches in the world. Located on the glitter strip of the Gold Coast.

Every Morning around 6am I did my morning walk down the beach as the sun rises up. On this particular morning as the sun warmed the air it caused a natural affect of beach spray. It looks like fog but its natural water vapour in the air warming as it crosses the land.

As I walked closer to Surfers Paradise I came across a wondering dog in search for some company. I followed him for some time until he spotted a seagull and darted into the coastal bushland.

I took this photo on my Nokia Lumia 1020. I used the auto settings on the Nokia Camera Beta App. Most of my photos are shot just using the auto settings. I rarely need to change setting unless I am taking close-up which I then use the manual macro settings.

Instagram // Twitter // Flickr

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Foggy Sunset over Norris Dam by Tad Reeves
Nokia Lumia 920

This was taken at Norris Dam, just north of Knoxville, Tennessee. I had just finished a group mountain bike ride with my co-workers in the sweltering heat, when suddenly a cold-ish wind blew through and ended up whipping this bizarre, thick mist on the lake. The sunset trying to peer through it all made for an absolutely surreal scene.

I applied just a touch of sharpening in the phone to bring out the sun rays a bit, but otherwise it’s right out of my Lumia 920.

Flickr // Website // Twitter

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Untitled by Trọng Khanh Nguyễn
Nokia Lumia 520

I like to see everything from above it to the little. I’ve taken two steps and pairing them with photoshop.

Facebook // Flickr

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Shooting the Rapids by Massis Sirapian 
Nokia Lumia 1020

The story of the picture is that I spend most of my summer holidays in Finland, to see my family-in-law (and also because Finland is a great country!).

We go to North Karelia and there is a very famous spot for rodeo kayaking and shooting the rapids: Ruunaa.

We had shot the rapids a couple of years ago, but this year, I wanted to test my special gear, attaching ND filters to the 1020. But when I saw this boat arriving towards the bridge from where I was capturing the rapids, I quickly dropped the ND filters to shoot them, handheld.

I used Nokia Camera (I only shoot RAW), underexposed a bit, and used tap to focus.

I processed the DNG in Darktable (I use Linux on my desktop PC, and darktable is a GPL equivalent of Lightroom).
And that’s it 🙂

Flickr // Twitter 

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Family Stroll by Christophe Brutel 
Nokia Lumia 1020

I went that day to one of the two local lakes to execute one more shot in my#365withLumia1020 project. The sky and reflections were beautiful as usual, and I was actually focusing on the sky, the boats ashore and tree silhouettes when I noticed the ducks slowing coming in my field of view in what seemed to be the perfect setting. I just had to press the shutter button, post process and here is the result.

Post processing: RAW file processed in Lightroom 5.5

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Aman G., Germany
Twitter // Flickr // Tumblr // 500px // Mobile Photography Blog
Born in Ethiopia, escaped from a civil war as a child in the end ‘70. Grew up in Germany… loved the Nokia N95 8GB with its fantastic Image quality back then, but my real mobile photography obsession began late december 2012, when i bought the Lumia 920. I shoot to freeze the moment, …addicted in details. There’s no real concept behind my photos… i see the moment and love the fact to have my weapon in my pocket to catch that moment…. Any where… any time.

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Flickr // Tumblr site of my Lumia 920 photos // Instagram // Twitter // Facebook
By profession I am a Software Architect working in Banglore, India. I am very passionate about photography. I started clicking from 2007 when I bought my Nikon DSLR camera. I never explored mobile photography until I bought the Nokia Lumia 920, it got an awesome camera. I realize the power of mobile photography and I kept my DSLR aside and started shooting in my Lumia 920. I love street photography and majority of my photos are from the streets of Bangalore.

Creating Time-lapse Videos with Instagrams New App Hyperlapse

Creating Time-lapse Videos with Instagrams New App Hyperlapse

Creating Time-lapse Videos with Instagrams New App Hyperlapse by Matt Coch

Hyperlapse is a brand new time-lapse app from the makers of Instagram. There are plenty of other apps already available to shoot time-lapses, some much better than others. I currently rotate and use three different apps myself for various features and situations.

Typically when I shoot a time-lapse, I find my subject matter, set my frame rate within the app, lock my phone onto a mini tripod, press record, and wait. My time-lapses on average usually run about 30 seconds of video which can take up to an hour of actual recording time to achieve, depending on my camera settings. What makes Hyperlapse different from other time-lapse apps is its simplicity and ease of use.

Open the app and it opens straight to the record screen. No options, no settings to change, just a record button.

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While in record mode, their are two small timers running at the bottom of he screen. On the left, the timer tells you how long you have been recording in real time. The timer on the right tells you the run time of your time lapse footage. That’s a really nice feature that I’m surprised other time lapse apps don’t have. Most only tell you how much footage has been shot.

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But here there’s no second guessing. After your done recording and press stop, you are prompted with the only option you’re given to control and edit your time-lapse. Pick the speed you want it played back at. You can select 1x, 2x, 4x, 6x, 8x, 10x, and 12x speeds. You are allowed to preview your footage at the different speeds. But choose your selected speed wisely, because once you do, there is no going back.

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The footage is then processed, saved to your camera roll and you are asked if you’d like to share your footage or start a new time lapse.

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For whatever reason, if you choose not to decide what speed you’d like to save your footage at you do have the option of clicking the red ‘x’ in the top left corner after shooting your video. You’ll be asked if you’d like to edit later or delete the footage completely.

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That’s all there is to it.

But how does handle? I took Hyperlapse for a spin on a recent trip to Coney Island in Brooklyn and put it to the test. Where the app truly excels is with its built in automatic digital image stabilization. What does that mean? It enables you to handhold your phone while taking your time lapse. No more tripods! With this stabilization technology the app almost begs you to move while recording your video to some pretty amazing and exciting results. In my test videos all scenes were taken while hand-holding, something I would never even think about attempting with other time lapse apps.  I’ve edited my sample videos together below using iMovie.

All in all, Hyperlapse is an amazing simple and easy tool to use to capture time lapse video. Although it has limited, almost no options or settings to fine tune your video it makes up for lack of features with its digital stabilization, opening the doors for new types of time lapses. Although I prefer to have as much control as possible on my final images and videos, the freedom to just shoot and focus on the subject matter and not worry about settings here is welcome. Hyperlapse may not be good for all time lapses because of its lack of features, but it’s a welcome new app to add to my tool bag when I’m out and about shooting. Have you played with Hyperlapse yet? Let me know your thoughts in the comments below. I’d love to know what you think.

The Reinvention of Chloe: Chapter 9

The Reinvention of Chloe: Chapter 9

 

Only this time, tears of hope. Tears of freedom, of wonder and possibility.  No more squandering of life.  “I don’t live in sadness anymore.”

She leaves the tears to dry on her face and rises, gathering her things slowly and methodically.  In her minds eye, the boy now grown smiles and reaches out for an embrace.  In pictures such as these, his face is small and wide-eyed; Innocent…  and in an instant he becomes the man who leaves his mother as it should be.  Kiss him on the cheek. “You’re the best thing I’ve ever done, my love.  Now, go and live!  Make mistakes and learn, love and mourn, run and fly.  Be happy, my baby boy.  And remember to call your mother.”

He never forgets.  Every Sunday since the day he flew out of her arms and into his own life.

And now, another life emerges.  Chloe leaves the heavy cloak of anxiety and regret in her seat on the train.  Another burden left behind.  She need not know the future or curse the past.  Only today, and now.  Today is everything.  She steps off the train, onto unfamiliar ground and possibility…

Editor’s Note: To understand where Chloe is now you need to understand where Chloe began her journey and where it is headed. The Reinvention of Chloe is a collaborative effort by much of the Grryo team to realize a dream our dear friend Ale began before his death. We do hope you enjoy the journey.

 

EyeEm Mission – Huffington Post Stories

Yesterday, EyeEm published a blog post that announced the new missions in partnership with The Huffington Post. They announced three new ways  to participate which can be viewed on their FULL BLOG POST.  What immediately grabbed my attention was the third mission. They are calling for photos about meaningful stories from EyeEm members. Who better to get involved than the Grryo community!!  I’d love nothing more than to see our community members be selected and published in the world renowned Huffington Post.

So, this is your call to action!! Let’s show them the power of storytelling through our images.  Below is all the info on how to get involved…

“The third way to become a part of the story is sharing your photos in a new EyeEm album called Huffington Post Stories. Simply tag your photos about stories that you would like to tell with The Huffington Post and we will be looking through this album, connect you with The Huffington Post and you may get the opportunity to blog about your story to a large audience.

We truly feel like this is just the beginning of something special. Your photos will always have attribution along with a link, so the exposure that you’ll be getting is immense. It’s a win for you, the photographer, and for journalists. That’s what makes us proud of this announcement.” – EyeEm Team