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Little phone apps

snazzyFez — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 21:27:19 +0000

So I got “talked” into getting back into Instagram again… Mostly it was being shown Tiny Planets and Mirrorgram as two little supplements to play with before uploading anything to Instagram.

Both Tiny Planets and Mirrorgram are basically a couple of steps in Photoshop except all done on the phone, and with an odd little instant gratification – no sitting in a room by myself tweaking pics, I can show ‘em off to whoever’s around!

At any rate, I discovered that sometimes, even the simplest little tools – that most designers pro’lly scoff at – can produce some really cool effects – I’m particularly proud of the “skull,” above, that started out as quick snap of the snow covering the courtyard bench outside my building. A little twirling, and mirroring, and suddenly it was smiling right at me!

Always bring the flash gun

snazzyFez — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 23:13:40 +0000

This is what I need to remember. I should always bring that blasted thing. Wasted opportunities even in bright daylight. Ugh.

What else can I time-lapse?

snazzyFez — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 02:53:24 +0000

Working in an office means I have a steady view outside to the river, the Sun-Times building and of course, the Chicago river. I can time-lapse the shit out of this since I sit at this desk for 8+ hours a day. Now what? I can post Wolf Point till I become the guy with the very odd fixation. I want this to be a time-lapse obsession, so I need to make sure whatever I do next be interesting. It doesn’t help that right now, outside, it’s “13 feels like -3″ according to the Weather Channel.

Daydreaming out the window

snazzyFez — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 19:35:25 +0000

I’m trying something new at the office. I’ve set up my camera to take a picture every 1.5, 2.5 or 3.5 minutes all day (time varies based on day). Initially when I set this up, I wanted to get pictures showing the snow accumulate, melt and disappear. Well, now we’re going to hit the 50s this weekend and we haven’t had a decent snow fall at all this winter.

Click here to see the time lapse of Wolf Point in Chicago.