Color Story app

New photo-editing app for color lovers

One of my favorite blogs to check in with is A Beautiful Mess. The site is so colorful and cheerful, and the girls who run it have just released a new photo-editing app called A Color Story. The goal of the app is to allow for color enhancements and whiter whites without entirely altering the photo. Sort of like pumping up a picture's natural beauty instead of masking it. There are examples on A Beautiful Mess of how it works. Their pictures are (not surprisingly) way more perfect and beautiful than mine — but I wanted to keep it real and show how the app works on your average iPhone photo. 

Let's get to it. With the Color Story app, you can light objects in the foreground. I loved the mountains in this Swiss pic, but was bummed that I could barely see Adam. With the Color Story app, I made him the focus instead of the scenery. Too bad he's not smiling!

This Colectivo mural is a bright spot in downtown Milwaukee, but my photo didn't capture just how pop-y it is in real life. A little editing with A Color Story served to brighten up the picture. 

Back to Switzerland, these cheerful houses didn't exactly translate in the quick pic I snapped on my iPhone  but A Color Story helped them look every bit as bright and whimsical as I remember them. 

Adam and I keep these colorful cacti on a window sill, so getting a good picture of them isn't easy — they're always backlit in the worst way! But A Color Story let me bring the color out of the shadows. 

A rainbow of antique dishes is always so striking — and even more so once A Color Story brightens up the shelving to be crisp and white.

I'm not saying this app is perfect for all pics, nor that my execution is perfect. There are a ton of filters to wade through and it's going to take some time to feel it out. But at least you've enjoyed a taste of what's possible with A Color Story. If you take a lot of pictures and want colors that pop, I highly recommend it!