What are Pixels?
Every photograph, in digital form, is made up of pixels. They are the smallest unit of information that makes up a picture. Usually round or square, they are typically arranged in a 2-dimensional grid. The number of pixels in an image is sometimes called resolution. Resolution is the amount of pixels per length unit. If […]
Free Back to School Printables
Summer is winding down, marketing ads are turning to lunchboxes and pencils. It’s time to shift to a new schedule and daily routine. Whether our children are entering elementary, middle, or high school, time seems to be speeding up to a new level. Documenting these milestones may seem overwhelming, but when they’re all grown up […]
iPhoneography Series: 5 Tips to Avoid Background Clutter
When taking photos, sometimes we’re so focused on the subject that we forget about what’s happening behind it. With mobile photography we don’t have the luxury of controlling aperture to blur out background clutter, or a zoom lens to remove the background distraction all together. So what can we do to enhance our mobile photos […]
iPhoneography Series: Collect App
If you’re following Persnickety Prints on Instagram, you may have noticed a post or two showcasing prints designed in the app, Collect. The Collect App takes multitasking to a new level as we can now document our stories on our iPhone, anywhere. The card-like presentation of your photos creates the perfect record of each day. […]
Archival Waterproof Prints
The archival nature of photographic printing (digital developing) is what we’re passionate about. In this digital age, we’re taking more photos than ever, yet our posterity may never see them. Mediums and file types may change, images may be lost in a cloud, but tangible prints are timeless. Are you documenting your story and leaving […]
iPhoneography Series: Mextures
same photo filtered 2 ways in Mextures // Text Design in Studio Mextures Why I love this app: Individual layers provide an unlimited creative process. Create your own Mexture or collaborate formulas with your friends with share codes. Stack layers for blending effects // Move, hide, rotate, and adjust opacity of your texture […]
iPhoneography Series: Snapseed
Decisions. Decisions. You snap a photo on your phone, then what? With the large selection of photo editing apps, how do you know which app to use and when? You don’t. Edit and Edit it again until you get the desired result. Example: 3 Fisherman were coming in from sea after catching these huge Mackerel. […]
Storytelling through Pictures
It’s not just visual content. This content is our life. It’s you and me. Capturing the story through the lens. Our photos, they’re our story. Is a picture really worth a thousand words? “Storytelling is the conveying of events in words, and images, often by improvisation or embellishment” -Wikipedia My Life Story Brush Collection is […]
iPhoneography Series: Exposure
Our mobile phones are equipped with an 8 megapixel sensor, high definition capabilities and even HD video. One important feature the native iPhone lacks is exposure control. Exposure: the unit of measurement for the total amount of light permitted to reach the electronic sensor during the process of taking a photograph. The two main controls […]
iPhoneography Series: hardware + 5 tips to avoid camera shake
In this blog series, I’ll be sharing simple tips and tricks on how to take better pictures and document life’s everyday stories with the device in our back pocket. This series includes some instruction given at past iPhoneography workshops. Android users welcome! I am an iPhone user, however, many tips and photo standards are universal […]
Free Download: 4×6 Graffiti Months
We’re loving the new script look that’s trending right now. Mye de Leon, an artist from Singapore, hand sketched our own Persnickety Prints Script. Cool, right!? We love it. As I was putting together my personal Project Life album, I wanted something similar for my month in review pages. [Project Life Design F + Collect […]
Kit Kat Printable
My little Ryder Bug will be baptized next month and I also teach CTR 4 in my church. With my lesson today about Baptism, I decided to whip up my own 3×4 version of this Kit Kat card. The kids loved them, and you can’t go wrong with a Kit Kat! I snapped a pic […]
