This image was taken with my phone while on a train to Eastern Slovakia. It was in the fall; yet I kept staring at it today remembering the spring back home: fragrant with the rain and fresh foliage, potent with life, crisp after the sunset.
I pulled the photo out on my iPhone looking for one to test a new app I’ve just downloaded. And there, in the heated traffic in downtown Abu Dhabi, I made Spring from Fall and an image I enjoy from one that I thought I’ll need to reshoot. Such is the power of these clever apps: a little yellow here, subtle vignette there, pulled together with a neat border; they breathe a little magic into the photo.
For me, they push the visual and translate the emotion in a way that I otherwise would not allow myself in the post-production. Perhaps these apt apps will not only become a crutch to all who are too comfortable to get creative, but also somewhat of a liberator to those who need to losen up their conservative ways.
