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.
Seeing how today I am now in Glen Helen in the middle of the Australia outback I thought an Australian photo would be in order. This image I loved when I saw it. A simple gum tree with its bright white bark set against the red cliffs in Ormiston Gorge.
I have set my blog to automatically post for the next few days as I will be out of touch bu phone and internet. It’s good to get away. You can also follow the workshop I am leading at THE PODAS BLOG.
Sometimes we forget the beauty of Black & White photography. This photograph was shot digitally and the converted to Black & White. I used several steps in Photoshop to give it this etherial look. Hope you enjoy it. It was photographed in a harbor in Seattle. It was a small sailboat at a maritime museum.
For the next several days the blog will be on Auto Pilot as I head into the Australia Outback. I should re-surface with internet connection next week on Monday. So until then enjoy the posting I have prepared.
Australia is one very long flight from Indianapolis. Never the less I made it here. Usually this is Australian summer but today and yesterday it is mid-sixties with rain. So, I hoped to bring you photos from Sydney. That may have to wait. Today’s image is from the Queen’s Shopping Mall. One of the most elegant malls I have ever seen. They serve coffee in glass cups. Where do you see that in America. The place is decked out in Christams decor and looks great. I have a lot to do to prep for the upcoming workshop I am doing here so stay tuned. Maybe tomorrow I will actually have images of Sydney to show you. Don’t forget you can follow the workshop at www.podas.info
This is a different image. I really enjoy abandoned and decaying places. Not to far from where I live are a number of train cars set out on a siding just decaying away. This picture was shot inside one of these train cars. The unusual look comes from a technique called HDR – High Dynamic Range imaging. This technique allows the combining of several images of various exposures into one image. It is good to show detail in highlights and shadows in a contrasty scene. A lot of photographers over use this technique and I try to avoid it, but in this case it was perfect. In addition I did an image flip and gave it a whole different look. The geometry of the image and grungy color just make it work. Hope you enjoy it.
Iceland is amazing. It’s a small country and island with stunning beauty. It is an island that where the land itself lives and breaths. There are geo-thermal areas, volcanos, glaciers, waterfalls and overwhelming vistas. This past summer I was leader for a Phase One PODAS workshop there and returned from the trip a ton of great images. I’ll be sharing them here as time goes on. Today’s image was shot at Jökulsárlón a Glacier Lagoon formed when the Breiðamerkurjökull glacier began to recede. Icebergs calf off of the glacier and float in this lagoon eventually being washed out to sea. Many of those end up on a black sand beach. More on that in another post. This shot just happened in one of those amazing moments. I love the beam of sunlight and the blue of the icebergs. Hope you enjoy it too. Photographed with a Phase One P65+ and 150mm lens.