How to Use Snapseed to Create Extraordinary iPhone Photography

Welcome back to iphonii blog series in iPhone Photography. So far we have covered everything from exposure to composition. One thing we haven’t addressed are the apps. This has been by design. I wanted to make sure we had a solid foundation in photography before we started exploring the the digital darkroom.

Later in the series we will continue to expand our foundations in photography, but today we jump into the darkroom, and there’s no better darkroom than Snapseed. I’m guessing many of you have already begun to explore Snapseed. If not, watch this video for a quick tour…

Now that we know the basics of Snapseed, let’s take a look at some before and afters. I hope that by looking at these images, not only will you learn some tips and tricks, I hope they will spark your own creative vision.

Before

After

Who doesn’t love sunsets? One thing you can do to make your sunset images even more magical is to warm them up using the white balance tool in the Tune Image module. By changing the white balance you can warm up or cool down the image. I demonstrate this technique in this video.

Assignment

For this week’s assignment, let’s all head out into the field and make some magic with Snapseed. Make sure to tag your Instagram photos with #iDBSnapseed and we will feature our favorites in the next lesson. As always you can follow us @Justinbalog & @SebastienPage on Instagram. If you’d like to see other videos, feel free to subscribe to my YouTube Channel. We will see you back here in two weeks!

Close up on some of your work

Here are a few of my favorites pictures of yours that were tagged with the #iDBFreshPerspective tag on Instagram:

@irishblue_gf

@protocol_t

@original_nickg