OK, yesterday was a kid in the window, today it is me in the mirror. I like trying to include myself in some images I make. What more can I say?
A Little Bit Of Me
Little Boy In A Window
It’s fun to walk the streets with a camera. And this past weekend my camera of choice was the iPhone and using the Hipstamatic App. While it was fun I did miss my big boy cameras a few times. But it was an exercise to shoot simple, and see well. I came away with amazing images. This one was shot while walking the street of Holland, MI. I walked past this shop and they had hand painted big letters on the shop window. Sitting near the window was a couple and a cute baby. So I motioned if they could put the kids face in the hole of the letter and they did. I got three good shots. Like this one the best.
Leaky Boats
The weekend was a fun shoot. Saw many things and had a lot of fun shooting the out of the ordinary. Heading west this weekend so expect to see some big landscapes by this time next week. In the meantime I am still having fun posting the different. Todays shot is a continuation of the image from yesterday. These are two of around ten life boats in a big field just sitting there rusting away. Some very cool photo possibilities. Shot with an iPhone and using the hipstamatic app. I used the Kodat and Jonny S combo. Lots of fun to shoot small. Next week it’s back to 80 mega pixels.
Gears
While wandering with my iPhone we visited an antique store. A very cool place and it was photographers dream. So many cool and unusual items. Outside I found a basket full of gears and I did some shots. This one of the ones I like the best. Shot with iPhone and hipstamtic app and a bit of enhancement in Snapseed.
Wet Tulip
So I went away tho weekend and tried for the most part not to shoot with my big boy cameras. I concentrated on iPhone images mainly shot in the Hipstamatic app. Sometimes you just need to break the mold and do something different, try to see things in a different way and just have fun. The next few images are from this weekend and it shows just how much fun you can if you see and look for things. Today’s image was made of a wet tulip. I am not big for flower images as everyone can do one, but if you can do it a bit differently then what the heck. THe hipstamatic, a little work in Snapseed and the rain on the pedals make this image worthy of a blog shot here.
Your Carriage Awaits
Near Saugutuck, Michigan there a cool antique store called Sunrise Junque. I have been going there for years and will soon make a book from this interesting place. Here’s a shot from a few years ago. I think they go and buy old amusement park things as well as tons of other stuff. They spread it all out and it is a photographers dream to shoot there. Not to mention I have come home with some cool stuff over the years.
It’s Tulip Time
Every spring we are greeted with mother natures beauty. Tulips is a sure sign of spring. In Holland Michigan there is a huge tulip grower and spring the first two weekends of May bring the famous tulip festival. This is a shot fro the Tulip Festival and one of hundreds of colorful shots that can be had in the expansive fields of Tulips.
Windows
Here is another shot made at the abandoned hotel in San Miguel, Mexico. This was such a fun place to shoot. I embellished the image a bit to add to the mood and overall despair of this building. Shot with a Phase One IQ180 this image has spectacular detail and allows me to hold the dynamic exposure range of highlights to shadows.
What’s In Your Closet
More from my Sunday shoot. This was shot in one of the corners of this cool antique shop. The owner has great taste on merchandising and had many little and large areas set up great for wonderful photography, not to mention purchasing of some rare items. And, hue knew how to light the areas too.
The Old Keys Bridge
Have you ever visited the FL Keys? Interesting place for sure and even more interesting people. Funny how the different ones drift off to places like the Keys. The Fl, keys have just one main road and it will take you on a slow meandering drive to the southern most point in the US> Key West is a small tropical type of town with tons of bars and interesting people. You never know what you are going to see. In the evenings at sunset there is the sunset festival and every night you can gather on the docks and be entertained by street performers sip a beer and watch the sunset. Quite a lot of fun. This image is a portion of the old railroad bridge that used to run all the way to Key West.