Yesterday I took my 6-year-old son up Jade Dragon Snow Mountain on the cable car. I took a few quick photos with my Leica M10 and M4-2 before we went back down.
The lens on the M10 is a Mandler 35mm f2. I have been using it for over a year and I really like it. I wonder if anyone here knows
I am posting the digital shots first. I will share the film photos after I develop them.
I framed these digital shots using the Stamio app.
Some quiet moments from Shuhe. I didn't want to just post bare images to the feed, so I framed them using the Stamio app.
Took the M10 out recently to catch some of the early summer light. I’ve always felt that just uploading bare digital files to social media makes them feel a bit disposable.
Lately, I've been obsessed with the idea of presentation—giving digital shots the breathing room and aesthetic of a physical photobook or an analog Zine. I feel like the layout forces you to look at the image differently.
P.S. Since people usually ask about the borders in photography subs: doing this manually in Photoshop was killing my workflow, so I actually coded a little iOS app called Stamio to automate these Zine/Film layouts with my EXIF data. Just putting it out there if anyone is into this kind of aesthetic!
Would love to hear your thoughts on these street moments!
Took the M10 out over the weekend to catch some of the early summer light. I’m really happy with how the 50mm Summilux handles the contrast on the street shots.
P.S. For those wondering about the presentation, I framed these using some new editorial and film strip templates I’ve been coding for my own iOS app (Stamio). Trying to give digital shots more of a physical zine/photobook vibe. Let me know what you think of the shots (or the layouts)!
We spend so much time in Lightroom/Capture One getting the color grade just right, but I’ve always felt that just dumping a bare photo onto a social media feed makes it feel... disposable.
Lately, I’ve been obsessed with the idea of presentation as the final step of post-processing. I wanted to give my digital shots (shot on Leica M10) the breathing room and aesthetic of a physical photobook or an analog Zine.
Doing this manually in Photoshop for every export was killing my workflow, so as a developer, I coded a native iOS app (Stamio) to automate it. I spent the weekend designing these new templates to test out a few concepts:
I feel like a good frame forces the viewer to pause and look at the image as a standalone piece of art.
I’d love to hear your thoughts on these layouts! Do you guys usually frame your photos or add borders/EXIF data before posting? Which of these styles works best in your opinion?
(If anyone wants to try the tool, it's called Stamio on the App Store).
Took the M10 out over the weekend to catch some of the early summer light. I’m really happy with how the 50mm Summilux handles the contrast on the street shots.
P.S. For those wondering about the presentation, I framed these using some new editorial and film strip templates I’ve been coding for my own iOS app (Stamio). Trying to give digital shots more of a physical zine/photobook vibe. Let me know what you think of the shots (or the layouts)!
Hi everyone,
As an M-user, I’ve always felt that the standard way of sharing photos on social media—just a bare digital file—doesn't quite do justice to the images we create. I’ve always been inspired by the look of printed photography magazines like LFI or National Geographic, where the frame itself adds a sense of intent to the shot.
I’m an iOS developer, and I spent the last few months building Stamio. I wanted a tool that could instantly pull the metadata from my M10 (especially the lens info) and wrap it in a clean, professional-grade layout.
I just pushed an update with this new "Magazine" template. It uses a bold frame and a dynamic blurred background to give the photo some breathing room.
Why I designed this for the Leica workflow:
I’m a solo developer and this is a passion project. I’m currently working on more minimalist templates specifically inspired by legendary photobooks.
App Store link: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/stamio-border-watermark-maker/id6754011050
I’d love to hear what you think of the presentation style. If you have any suggestions for specific layouts that would look great with M-series shots, please let me know!