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Fun with Apps

Hello world…

Yes I’m so glad I started this blog for my photos and then failed miserably at uploading anything to it.  That’s me… Put it off another day… lol

So I have an addiction, of the worst kind. Seems I just love photography apps for my iPhone.  It really started a while back, but I was on Instagram and one of my friends had posted a really cool picture. So I just had to know what the app was… Yikes.. That lead to about 3 apps later.  The app was called distressed fx.   Which led to the tangled fx which lead to vintage fx.  And now you see, it’s bad.  I have a lot of plug-ins for photoshop and lightroom and I am enjoying learning texture overlays and all that fun stuff but I fell in love with the vintage fx.  So I came home today and wanted to see if the Apple App store had it available for the computer.  Ya, okay.. so 25.00 later,  I have want I want.  And now I’m having fun bringing new/old life to existing pictures.IMG_4632

I posted this picture on Facebook, the birds were part of the app on my phone.  So this is the one that people were commenting on, that drove me to find it for my computer.  I really just wanted to capture the tree, but then my creative side took over.  Oops!

So, with that said, here are a few of the photos I’ve had fun editing and playing with today. As my husband slaves away doing tile work in the bathroom.  Oh I did wash my car today!!! I am no longer a bad car mom!  It’s not just for still life and flower pictures,  I did a couple landscapes as well. I really need to photograph some people, so I can see how it works with real life as well.

5x7 rose vintage 02 copy

Daisy 01 vintage fx

tulips vintage fx 01

Finding Bigfoot 01

Distressed River 02

Oregon bridge and river

Worn Tetons 01

I hope you’ve enjoyed my little photographic adventure.  www.jixipix.com is the site that I got the programs from for my computer!!!

Have a wonderful week

Tracy Lynn

The First of Many

I have been doing a lot of reading about marketing “myself” as a photographer, and everything falls back on getting a blog.  I have my personal blog, so I decided what the heck. I will start one for my photography.  Once I get it up and running I will have previews of my work, old and new.  This is something that means the world to me and I would love to be able to do it on a more regular basis, (photography).  My go-to  for photography is mainly landscape photography.  Being that I live in the desert, it can get quite frustrating when it comes to taking landscape photos.  I have started learning and experimenting with still life photography and I find that I really enjoy this as well.  Once we get out of Southern California and move back to Montana, I will be on a mission to do even more landscape photography. I have shot a few weddings, mainly for family and close friends.  I am a candid photographer. While you must have your posed wedding pictures, I find it much more satisfying to capture people in their real element. You know, kind of like sneaking around and getting them being who they really are.  Cute, Dorky, Funny, and Loving.  I hope you’ll follow me on my photographic journey.  Let the games begin!!!

Thank you all in advance!

tracylynn