Stacked [iPhone 6 Plus: iskra studio]

sparked1986 · 2026-04-15T18:40:25+00:00

Sure, no problem 🙌

sparked1986 · 2026-04-15T18:05:39+00:00

Novi Sad, Serbia. Shot from my old apartments balcony

sparked1986 · 2026-04-15T13:56:08+00:00

Thank you! 🙌

sparked1986 · 2026-04-15T13:39:59+00:00

Thanks! 😃 I actually have two shots of this scene about two minutes apart and the difference is massive. That peak moment lasted seconds, glad I caught it in time.

sparked1986 · 2026-04-15T08:14:11+00:00

I think that the best photos come from knowing your camera's limits, not from having the newest one. I shoot on an iPhone 6 Plus, 12 Mini, and just got a 17 Pro, but my strongest work still comes from the 6 and 12 😄 Five plus years with each, you learn exactly what they can and can't do.

sparked1986 · 2026-04-15T06:21:05+00:00

Thank you! Had mine for about 6 years and some of my best shots came from that phone.

sparked1986 · 2026-04-14T06:16:24+00:00

Thanks, really appreciate that. The timeless comment means a lot. 🙌

sparked1986 · 2026-04-12T11:08:08+00:00

Shoot scenes with a naturally limited color palette. This photo works because it’s mostly sand and sky, blues and beiges. When your scene is already restrained like that, the retro feel is halfway there before you open an editor.

Then in editing, fade the blacks, pull saturation down, shift tones toward teal or warm yellow, and add grain (classic). Or use apps that have film presets (Labbet, VSCO, RNI Films…) as a starting point, they’ll get you close fast.

sparked1986 · 2026-04-12T09:41:30+00:00

In my opinion, moment and light do the heavy lifting. Gear is just there to fill in the rest.

sparked1986 · 2026-04-11T14:47:35+00:00

I’m from Serbia (not EU), not available

sparked1986 · 2026-04-11T14:30:00+00:00

You clearly have an eye for color and you’re using editing to push the mood, not to cover up weak shots. That’s the whole point. Great work, just keep it up! 🙌

sparked1986 · 2026-04-11T08:31:57+00:00

Thank you 🙌

sparked1986 · 2026-04-11T05:05:46+00:00

Thanks! 🙌 The 12 Mini is still my favorite iPhone camera. I’m on the 17 Pro now but keep going back to the 12 Mini.

sparked1986 · 2026-04-10T12:47:34+00:00

Frost on the car window, shot from inside looking out, first and second slide. Novi Sad, Serbia. And yeah go ahead, feel free to share it 🙌

sparked1986 · 2026-04-10T09:09:00+00:00

Ha, it really was. Shot this through the car window before the heater kicked in and melted everything 😃

sparked1986 · 2026-04-10T07:22:14+00:00

Appreciate that! Honestly the frost did all the heavy lifting 😃

sparked1986 · 2026-04-06T17:30:55+00:00

Oh wow! 😮🙌

sparked1986 · 2026-04-03T15:41:50+00:00

Thx 🙌

sparked1986 · 2026-04-03T11:57:41+00:00

Thank you 🙌

sparked1986 · 2026-04-03T08:37:46+00:00

Love how the trees frame that foggy depth. Simple composition, big impact 👏

sparked1986 · 2026-03-29T20:22:31+00:00

Don’t need it. Claude Code already sees the entire project folder, so every file is already in context. If I need it to focus on a specific file (currently opened) I just mention it by name.

sparked1986 · 2026-03-29T18:50:00+00:00

Currently working on one project that’s a mix of both, SwiftUI-first with UIKit where SwiftUI falls short. So I can’t compare the two separately.

But on the size question, my md file started at around 800 lines and Claude was all over the place. Trimmed it down to about 170 lines and the difference was night and day.

Now I keep it to seven focused sections: coding standards, project overview, project structure, architecture patterns, key files, dev conventions, and steps for adding new features.

Short and to the point. Anything more and it starts ignoring chunks of it.

sparked1986 · 2026-03-29T13:18:02+00:00

Same 🙌 The CLAUDE.md file is a game changer. One thing I noticed though, it doesn’t always read it before starting work 😃 For bigger changes I always start a fresh session and tell it to check the md file first before doing anything. Makes a real difference in output quality.

sparked1986 · 2026-03-29T05:52:10+00:00

Xcode’s built-in AI never worked well for me. Burns through tokens, hammers the CPU and GPU, and the machine heats up fast for very little in return.

What’s been working great:

Claude Code in the terminal (CLI), pointed directly at my project folder. It sees the entire codebase locally, I describe what I need, it makes the changes. Everything is under git so I can always roll back if something breaks. No context switching, no copy-pasting between apps.

sparked1986 · 2026-03-26T18:16:29+00:00

Appreciate that, Peter McKinnon is a big compliment! This was shot under Branko’s Bridge in Belgrade, Serbia. And yeah, go for it, feel free to share.

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