I was having with my iPhone on a recent trip to Saugatuck, MI and stumbled upon this abandoned hotel. Each door was painted a different color. Someone with some imagination could thell this property had potential. I did some overall shots and panos but this shot floated to the top. Simple, the growth out from, door not centered. It just works.
This is a B&W shot of an old Great Lakes Steamer. It has been in Saugatuck, MI for what seems forever. It’s rusting and falling apart. On June 4th they are moving this boat to a new location in Canada and will be restoring it. That will be quite a site as it is towed out the river. Wish I could be there, but I will be in Iceland.
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.
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.
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.
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.
It’s fun once in a while not to just shoot big landscapes. I like looking around for things that are beautiful and seeing things that look cool when isolated from things around it. This image I shared on Facebook as a what is it image. Fun to see people try to guess what it is. So, it is a hinge on a bank vault. I found it in an antique store the now occupies and old bank.
I always marvel at engineering. Like when you think of your iPhone, hoe did they figure out a way to design it so it looks cool and do all it can and make millions of then. Or step inside a nuclear submarine and think about all the wire and pipes and how they figured out where it all went and worked together. Amazing stuff. Look at this picture of hot rod engine. Just beautiful in looks and how it functions too. To think someone drew the idea out on paper originally .
It has been a rainy free days in Seattle. Typical. So, early Saturday morning I am in line to catch a ferry to Bainbridge Island and start my two day trip through ONP. I see the fireboat and ferry coming in with the pink in the clouds, hinting at sin some sun. Bam, got the shot. Color, composition, everything just worked for that one moment. The ONP is going to make a great location for an upcoming PODAS workshop this fall. Hard to take any photos yesterday as it rained the whole time and I mean heavy rain. I am about to head out the door with the Phase One IQ180 and ALPA set up and hopefully today get some decent images. Let’s see what I come back with.
Yesterday I had a number of meetings and afterwards I found myself in Snowqualmie, a small town 30 mini yes outside of Seattle. I usually photograph this magnificent waterfall there, but the government was redoing the damn and power plant there so there was no access. None the less I found a yard fill of old trains. It’s raining and not too pleasant, so I did not shoot with my big boy cameras. I got my iPhone out and started to look for rust and design. I found it. This is one of hundreds I shot. I like the whole iron feel if it. It had rust another favorite subject of mine . I messed with it a little in some apps to give an old kind of feel and thus this is my image of the day.