Another amazing iPhone app that I was introduced to on set: Pano, which allows you to create panorama photos using up to 16 separate shots. If you want to get really crazy with it, you can create a panorama photo, and then upload your shot into the TiltShift Generator and play with saturation/brightness/contrast.
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Megan and I on the set of the pilot we shot this week, in another TiltShift Generator-adjusted shot (this time with heightened contrast and decreased saturation).
Forever 21 coat with faux-fur collar.
Me, Julia & Megan in Central Park, towards the end of our final day of filming the pilot. This lovely color-saturated shot is the end product of my favorite new iPhone app, the TiltShift Generator (I think Julia looks particularly stunning here…love how the app made her lipstick pop). Our new buddy Aaron showed me how to use this app to blur out the edges of the shot and play with saturation, contrast, and brightness. You can also use the “Vignette” option to darken the borders. In my (very humble, being quite the opposite of a “tech expert”) opinion, it’s vastly superior to the Photogene app, which I recommended earlier.
One element of this picture that displeases me: Megan’s scarf, my scarf, and my jacket all blur together into one big, red mess. More contrast might have helped. Or decreased brightness? I’m still experimenting with this app, having purchased it approximately two hours ago, so hopefully my skills will improve over time. Tips/advice welcome!
Wednesday night, Stephen and Dave cooked us up a delicious dinner of chicken, rice, and veggies (pictured above).
While their mix of brussels sprouts, carrots, parsnips, shallots & potatoes turned out perfectly, I have an unfortunate tendency to overcook my vegetables (especially when I cook them in a casserole dish alongside a chicken). When such a thing occurs, an easy way to salvage any side dish that consists of root vegetables is to mash the whole mess up with a lot of butter, a few pinches of salt, and perhaps a little milk (whole milk - or at the very least 2% - please).
Waking Sleeping Beauty with a kiss on the set…
