duh {my real instagram name}

apparently i still have pregnancy brain. or maybe just lack of sleep brain. my instagram name is not @youresomartha. it’s @jstuck. in case you do actually want to follow me and see a zillion pics of henry. sorry bout that! hope you have a great weekend!

(henry at 3 days and 15 days. little guy is porking up; at 2 1/2 weeks he is now 8lb 12oz, up from 7lb 13 oz.)

{justine}

weekend recap {st. louis}

{sammies at shower; walk home; milk}
{the famous pappy’s bbq; fancy blueberry ice cubes; pampering}
{nap time; tiny toms; diapers!}
{cool dude; present invasion; tired}

(pics via instagram. follow me @jstuck)

this past weekend we were in st. louis for our first baby shower! it was a fabulous weekend and the shower was amazing. we got a carload of great baby items from generous friends and family, and it was great spending time with all of them. pics of our first baby shower to come!

i can’t believe the weekend is over already. can i skip monday altogether??

{justine}

i’m an artist

the photography kind of artist. with help from my friend instagram. do you have the instagram app? i’m kind of obsessed. it transforms your ho-hum iphone photos into works of art.

today we had a photo shoot for work at navy pier. it was the most glorious day ever outside, so i went to take a look, snapped some pictures on my phone and ran them through the instagram app for different artistic effects.

original:

i’m an artist:

{ka-pow! color saturation!}
{lomo-fi filter}

{so soft and pretty}
{nashville filter}

{look at that red pop!}
{hefe filter}

{was this taken with film in the 70′s?}
{1977 filter}

original:

i’m an artist:

{lomo-fi filter}

{apollo filter}

they also have a tilt-shift filter you can apply. tilt-shift is a type of photography that makes a location or subject look miniature  (go here for some amazing examples). the instagram tilt-shift feature is in no way the real deal, but it adds a nice artistic blur to the photos.

(these pictures are not the greatest example, but you can get the picture. ha.)

original:

i’m an artist:

{tilt-shift + hefe filter}

original:

i’m an artist:

{tilt-shift + poprocket filter}

you can either take the photo in the app, or use one from your photo library. after creating your photo masterpiece, you can share directly from the app to twitter, facebook or email. and the best part of this app: it’s free. so we can all be photography artist geniuses, if we want to.

do you use instagram? have any other cool apps i should check out?

{justine}