Kate Benson

This is geeky. Aren’t photographers supposed to be though? I don’t have an iPhone, I don’t even like the iPhone. But it’s because I LOVE Google Voice (so if you ever call me and are prompted to say your name you are calling my Google Voice number) and the iPhone doesn’t support Google Voice. So I will never buy an iPhone. That’s okay though, because in June Sprint released the HTC EVO and everyday my husband or I find something new and fun that this phone does. But I’m not trying to sell you the phone, I want you to check out this app and whether you like the iPhone, the HTC EVO, or any other smartphone this app is too much fun not to recommend!

http://www.appstorehq.com/retrocamera-android-240837/app it’s a free app that applies filters to your photographs so that they look like different types of Polaroids, a pinhole camera exposure onto film, or other really cool effects. I’m in love with it. My only negative thought is that the images produced are teeny weeny tiny files and my phone has an 8 megapixel camera on it. So while these images will never do anything more than live in cyberspace, I will keep using this app because it is so neat.

Here’s a few to check out, there will be many more Retro Camera App posts… oh yes, this is way too fun.

Retro Camera photograph of I95 somewhere between Orlando and Miami

Retro Camera photography of powerlines at sunset off the highway

Retro Camera photography using the pinhole camera in b&w

Retro Camera photography using the polaroid camera, buildings on I95

Shooting portraits is hard so it’s nice to get on the other side of the camera and remember how much work it is to be photographed. Sam really was my motivator this morning, he has been twisting my arm for months to get a new artist portrait. So with the help of our dog Budapest (I like to call Boo because he is afraid of just about everything) we had a little photoshoot in the backyard. For the most part, we were shooting for fun. Sam did a great job as photographer and I choose the first shot we took to be my new headshot, after that we just decided to play.

Here’s some of the photographs!

Budapest on my lap

Giving Boo a hug

The new headshot

Of course we had to snap a shot of us together!

And then I took the camera back to shoot Sam's new big arms from Dragon Boating!

Classic dog and master photograph here. Sam is the favorite.

Boo smelling the camera

He's a happy boy

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The sun is disappearing on Bell Rock.

How often does it rain in the desert? Well, in my case almost exactly the whole trip! I was trying to get something totally different than Miami landscapes in my portfolio and I went to Sedona to visit friends and take some great images. Crisp shots of desert sun with blue skies were my hope but mother nature had something else in mind. But I have to admit that although it wasn’t what I was expecting to shoot, there were a few beautiful pictures that I did walk away with. I’d still love to go back and hike and shoot some more.