January 28, 2012 – A year of portraits – Lana Kunz

Don’t Take My Picture! – Actually, I asked before shooting a picture of my co-worker Lana Kunz this evening and she was gracious enough to say yes.

After about the 8th picture she started doing the don’t take my picture thing, which helped make for this interesting portrait. The whole picture reminds me of a paparazzi type photo.

Lana is The Messenger Newpaper’s crime beat reporter and she says that the reason she is a reporter is because she doesn’t like being in front of the camera, so by reporting on the news and shooting pictures occasionally for the paper she does a pretty good job of keeping behind the scenes.

Everything about this photo was done on the iPhone. The slight blurring was due to the slower shutter speed the camera used to capture the photo and I like the way it adds to the picture. I did a auto levels adjustment in the app called Snapseed and also did just a little sharpening as well. Afterward I opened the app called Photogene to add the old style Polaroid look to the picture.

Technical Details:
Camera: iPhone 4
Lens: Built-In Camera lens
Exposure: The iPhone doesn’t record shutter speed or aperture information
Apps Used: Snapseed and Photogene