Recently I got an Smartphone… an instrument and technology
which changed my lifestyle. I was already active on Face book and whatsapp and the Smartphone gave a new dimension to the
postings on these social media.
My collective experiences as a self taught artist, visual aid
coordinator, being around a professional photographer while he worked …… all these
added a sense of wholeness in any attempt at artistic expressions.
Initially, it was about getting the pictures right with
regards to lighting, cropping and color corrections.
But they were not to my satisfaction. So I went from selfie
mode to timer mode. 10 seconds lead time before I pose.
Meanwhile, as I was seeing a video, I thought it would be
good to capture a particular frame. In Playstore I found a wonderful app called
Frame shot video image capture. It could capture many frames in each video. So
I moved from timer mode to video mode. Using the front camera I could record many
poses and short list the ones that were good.
Then I went into the apphunt mode. I downloaded Face blemishes cleaner and photo scars
remover app, which could correct pictures perfectly.
The Auto photo cut
paste app, could remove existing backgrounds and replace them with
backgrounds of our choice.
The Image editor
app could color correct pictures, and add text to it. The highlight was that, you
could copy paste text in it.
Screenshot touch
is an app which lets you capture any frame of a video .
So with the battery of apps I got busy with editing pictures
like a maniac on the loose…
These apps are keeping me busy, occupied and very importantly
kept boredom away.
The Smartphone is a blessing to the seniors, like me.
At 64 years there are not many people who seek my company. The
younger age group is interesting, but why would they choose elderly people to
hang around with.
My age group guys are busy discussing politics,
diseases and insecurities. Not the type I would like to spend time with.
So, technology is my savior. If I am busy with the social media,
you tube, painting, some attempts at singing and blogging, my day goes by without hanging heavy on my shoulders. And I don’t bother the people around me and am
able to keep to myself with my hobbies.
Just see what I did with the apps…
Got this idea from this screenshot of a video
Edited the picture
Frame capture from my video
Cropping the picture
Doing away with the background
Superimposing my picture on the background.
The final picture
And these have kept me busy , occupied and happy for many hours.
