Free photo fun with Photoscape

My mother is having a milestone birthday on the 23rd (Happy Birthday! <3) so I am, hmmm, randomly playing with photos for no reason whatsoever.  Being a big fan of the Hipstamatic application for the iPhone, I wanted to recreate these effects with regular old non-iPhone pics.  Lo’ and behold: Photoscape – free and easy photo editing software, with tons of options for frames, filters and processing.  Check out what I did with a standard photo of Majorville Medicine Wheel.  Did I mention that it’s free?  (Please donate if you can.)

Before Photoscape

After Photoscape, with adjustments to levels, contrast and colour, plus #3 Vignetting, Cali 12 Frame and Cross Process High Film Effect. Fun!

Photo Fun

When people think of archaeology photos, they likely think of some of the Ancient Wonders of the World – beautiful structures, romantic ruins, lush landscapes… But in Alberta, most of my photos are fields of pasture.  If I’m lucky, there’ll be some rocks in the photo.  These rocks are often quite significant, and can sometimes be quite beautiful (perhaps a stretch?)…

Luckily, in this day and age, we can make our photos much more dramatic and beautiful than real life itself.  Enter The Photojojo Store (thanks again to MG for the tip).  This shop has all the coolest gear and accessories not only for your SLR and instant cameras, but also for your iPhone.  In fact, my iPhone has sometimes replaced my waterproof, shockproof, dustproof, crushproof Olympus for taking photos because, frankly, it’s handy and it can take great pics (though it cannot replace it in the water; I learned that the hard way).  And now I can add filters, use wide-angle, macro and/or fish-eye lenses to my iPhone to make all my boring photos come to life!

Buy the Fisheye, Macro, and Wide Angle Camera Phone Lenses at the Photojojo Store!