I am back from the successful Death Valley PODAS workshop. Now it is catch-up time on many fronts. Todays image was made in the Las Vegas airport waiting for the plane home. Kind of puts a spin on the whole Vegas things.
Las Vegas Spinning
Category: iPhone
Death Valley – Race Track
Quick entry as I am in Death Valley leading a Phase One PODAS workshop. It is a great group of people and we are doing a ton of photography. On Monday we visited the Race Track. More on this great place in future blogs. But for today enjoy the photograph. Please excuse me though for the shortness of this as I need to be up in four hours so we photograph the dunes. More soon.
Performing Art Center With A Bit Of Fun
Today was one of those dramatic days in Indianapolis. We just had a tornado warning. Fun – fun! Anyway I was driving back from doing some errands this afternoon and saw the dramatic sky behind the Performing Arts Center. So I stopped and took out my iPhone and did a 30 image pano with stitch. I then over dinner worked some iPhone fun on the image. So here it is. All in all it was fun and isn’t that what taking pictures all about.
They Do Things Different In Iceland
As you have seen from previous posts I like doing street photography. Wandering around Reykjavík, Iceland oner afternoon I came across this store window. Couldn’t help think how different this was from the Victoria Secret windows in the US. This was shot on an iPhone 4 and then worked on in several apps. I guess when you have the long winters like Iceland does that a store like this must sell a number of these.
Guitar
At a recent event in Carmel, we stumbled upon a guy playing a most unique looking guitar. Kind of like 3 guitars in one. It sounded beautiful and it looked beautiful. This was taken with the iPhone and played with a little. Simple and nice.
Statue Of Liberty
Okay, there is this technique called HDR – High Dynamic Range imaging and it can be cool but overdone. But it is fun. This is a shot from a series I did in Las Vegas using HDR techniques. It is obvious what it is and it photography with a Canon 5dII at New York, NY Hotel. Then I messed with it doing HDR and then once it was in my gallery on the iPhone I played with it some more to make this shot. It’s all about having fun using the tools a photographer has today.
Road Trip
I am on a holiday road trip to Florida to visit with family. Always good to get together for the holiday. After being cooped up on airplanes so much the last few weeks (a round trip to Australia can pretty much guarantee you’ll want a break from planes), I decided to drive. I also decided that I will make a photo essay during the trip on Waffle Houses, the famous road side restaurant at almost every interchange. I have visited four Waffle Houses so far. I’ll assemble a small essay when I get home. Quite a slice of America.
Today’s images is a fun one. I like photographing rust and decay and how nature seems to re-claim it. This image was taken of the side of a rusted out train car (box car) and in the rust this plant had started to grow. I shot this with a Phase One P65+ and it was in one of my albums on the iPhone. I then used Picture Show and did a mirror effect of the image and the above image is what I got. I like symmetry and you’ll see more images like this over time.
Red Stairs NY Times Square
No matter how many times I visit Times Square I always find a new way to photograph it. This is a shot I did uing the iPhone and an app called See This. So simple to use with some cool results. I think took the picture into PictureShow and messed with it until I got what you see.
Everybody Does Flowers
As photographers we are all attracted to flowers. And, why not? They are colorful, beautiful and smell good. Part of the attraction for many shooters I believe is the challenge of doing a close up and then seeing the detail in the images. As time goes on you’ll see some more flower photos here. Today though I present a tulip photographed in Holland, Michigan. Every spring Holland opens up the town for the annual tulip festival. There are fields of tulips blooming and hundreds of varieties. This shot was made with a Canon 5dII and a macro lens. I then took it into my iPhone and messed with it using an app called Picture Show. I exported it did a bit more work in PhotoShop and here you have it. Simple and nice.
For some really great images of flowers and nature embodying the human form please visit my friends website Barbara Ventura. Her work is gorgeous.
Pan Head Billy
This photo is one of those photos that just happens. I was shooting around Artists Palette in Death Valley and there was this guy leaning against his motorcycle admiring the light on the mountain. I took a shot and the original photo was of his back. Well, I decided to go up and talk to this guy. He was a fascinating guy and had been on the road for 17 years. His nick name was “Pan Head Billy”. As the light started to diminish and turn golden I asked if he would mind posing. So he took this pose and I took the shot. The detail on this image shows all his belongings he carries with him, his ruggedness and confidence. I put the image in my gallery and one day was messing with it on some of the apps I had and ended up with this. Hope you enjoy it.