Thursday, June 30, 2011

Cloud Construction 1

Cloud Construction 1

The clouds over here in Europe have been spectacular lately. As I have been spending a good deal of time flying about I will post a few of what I am calling Cloud Constructions. Some will have a good deal of image management and others will be straight up.

Today's image is from yesterday's flight from Dublin to London - somewhere over the Irish Sea....

Image Management:

Hipstamatic
Lucifer VI lens
Kodot FIlm
6 images blended in Autostitch
Iris to blend the stitch with the original using the overlay mode
Filterstom for final blend and local adjustments
Touch retouch to take out artifacts
Perfect Photo for Sharpening

Wednesday, June 29, 2011

View from Hotel, London

Just arrived into London and found this scene outside my hotel room window.......

Image Management:

iPhone4 - Hipstamatic Camera
Buckhorst H1 Lens
Kodot Film
Perfect Photo for sharpening
Auto painter II for painterly quality
Old Photo Pro for old sepia tones
Iris for blending
Filterstorm for local contol

Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Dublin Street Musicians

Street Musicians, Dublin, Ireland
Photographed usng the iPhone4
Hipstamatic
JohnS Lens
Kodot FIlm
Iris
Filterstorm
Perfect Photo
Toon Paint

Monday, June 27, 2011

Music and iPhone


I was on a flight today from The Hague to Dublin and worked out a new image, John Mellencamp,  for the Music and iPhone series. I had this image in the archives since the mid to late 90's and decided to give it a bit of a Jack Levine treatment on my iPad. Jack was a social realist painter who passed away in 2010.

Image Management:

Photographed using a Nikon F Series Camera
Kodachrome Film
Transfered into the digital world using an Imacon/Hasselblad scanner

On the Ipad:

Auto Painter II
Iris
Filterstorm
Perfect Photo

I do realize that auto-painter II is not high res but I like this setting so I bite the bullet...I can upres later for printing on canvas....

Images from Music and iPhone will be shown starting September 10th at the Renaissance Fine At and Design Gallery as part of the Music, iPhone and other Neighborhoods Sequence. This show wil then move to Toledo, Ohio at Gallery 20 as a benefit for 1Matters.Org, an organization that works hard to house the homeless. They are located in Toldeo, Ohio. All monies will be donated to 1Matters.org.

Sunday, June 26, 2011

Indes Hotel

Indes Hotel, The Hague, Netherlands

I was on my way to the elevator when I spotted this indoor courtyard at the Indes Hotel, The Hague, Netherlands....all the pieces just seemed to line up.......


Image Management:

ProHDR handheld
Photostudio Pencil Paint
perfect photo for sharpening
Filterstorm for blend and local adjustments

Saturday, June 25, 2011

Landing in Berlin


Flew from Copenhagen to Berlin today - great clouds in the sky so I made this image when landing....

Image Management:

Hipstamatic
Kodot FIlm
John S Lens
Photostudio - charcoal sketch
Perfect Photo - sharpening
Filterstorm - blending and local adjustments
Blender - blending

Friday, June 24, 2011

Perception

Still Life, Christiania, Copenhagen
There are several ways to take a viewer through an image, be it a high resolution image from a traditional camera or an image made using an alternative camera such as the iPhone. This morning I applied what I call a light-dark technique to the image posted today. I learned this in several workshops taken over the past few years with Dan Burkholder and John Paul Caponigro. Basically it is using light and painting light and dark areas to create a path for the viewer to see the image, and, to highlight what John Paul calls the 'main actor in the play'. There are several other platforms to make this move but for today I concentrated on the light-dark using the application Filterstorm.

One way is to simply adjust the luminance in Filterstorm and 'apply with mask', meaning you paint in the light and dark areas using a brush with varying opacity and size. Another way is to make separate light and dark images to taste and then use the 'add exposure' dialog in Filterstorm to add the images then selectively paint in light or dark to taste using the brushes and opacity dialog. One can also selectively paint in texture using this same technique. And yes, there are other ways to make this move and whatever works for you is the right answer....

Of course this is not for every image but most definitely worth taking some time to explore what is can do for your images.

Image Management:

photo made using ProHDR handheld
photo transfer
Photostudio for texture
Perfect Photo for sharpening
Filterstrom for local adjustments

Thursday, June 23, 2011

The Red Door

I just keep going back to Christiania and noticing something that I missed on the last visit. Still obsessed with the fact that this location actually exists at all in 2011. The more I go back the more it reminds me of San Francisco in the mid to late sixties....it would seem they have found a way to make the counter culture work in a major city setting.

At any rate I had dinner there last night and on the way out noticed the red door which I believe was a restaurant open only during the day. There is definitely something that draws one into a red door.....IN Ireland last January it was a blue door.....

Image management:

iPhone standard camera set to HDR
Perfect Photo for sharpening
SketchmeeHD for line drawing
Snapseed for black and white conversion, frame and adding grain
Iris and Blender
Filterstorm for local adjustments and masking


I AM STILL NOT ABLE TO SEPARATE MY IPHONE BLOG FROM MY TRADITIONAL CAMERA BLOG.  TO THAT END IF YOU HAVE SIGNED UP FOR THE IPHONE BLOG NOTE THAT IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS I WILL BE MOVING THE IPHONE BLOG TO WORDPRESS. STAY TUNED FOR DETAILS.

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Boats - Christiania

Boats, Christiania, Copenhagen

 
I came across these two boats while walking Christiania yesterday. Would have posted them earlier today but the blogspot was not uploading properly...

I have been trying to achieve sort of a cloisonne look with water - getting closer I think but not quite there.

Image managed with:

TrueHDR on Tripod
Perfect Photo
Filterstorm
Iris
Photostudio
Blender

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Christiania


Yesterday was my first day in Copenhagen. Met a friend, Claus, and he showed my the center of Copenhagen. I have been here before but always passing through so never really got the opportunity to truly see the city.

One of our stops was Christiania which is an autonomous neighborhood of 850 residents on 85 acres in the center of the city. Basically this place reminds me of San Francisco in the mid-60's and the authoirites in Copenhagen regard it a a very large commune.

The photograph above is the son of one of the inhabitants of Christiania that Claus knew. I was completely taken by his eyes - possibly the poster child for this area.... It is a straight Hipstamatic image with some local corrections made in Filterstorm. Lately I have been totally immersed in portrait work using the Hipsta application.

I am going back to make more images over the next few days and will post as many as possible. 

The info below is from Wikipedia:

Also known as Freetown the area consists of former military barracks and parts of the city ramparts. The National Heritage Agency has protected many of the ancietn buildings, some go back as far as 1617.  Best I can tel is that in 1971 fences were torn down and the settlers took over the old compound to use as a payground for their children.

A journalist, Jacob Ludvigsen wrote in 1971:

Christiania is the land of the settlers. It is, so far, the biggest opportunity to buidl up a society from scratch while using the remaining constructions. They have their own electricity, a bath house, a giant athletics building where all seekers of peace could have their grand meditation and yoga center. Buldings for the stoners who are too paranoid and weak to aprticipate in the race...Yes for those who feel the beating of the pioneer heart there can be no doubt as to the purpose of Christiania. It is part of the city which has been kept secret to us - but no more.

The people of Christiania have developed their own set of rules, independent of the Danish Government. The rules forbid stealing, violence, knives, bulletproof vests, hard drugs and biker colors.

The main drag, known as Pusher Dtreet, where hash and skunk weed are sold openly in stands since 2004. The has commerce is controversial, but since the rules require a consnsus they cannot be removed unless everyone agrees. Legalizing cannabis is one of the ideas of many of the citizens of Christiania. This accord was reached with the Danish Government defense ministry (who still own the land) in 1995.

There is more information online at Wikipedia....Very interesting area...had I not seen it with my own eyes it might be difficult to understand hwo a culture like this can still exist in this day and age...but then again why not.....

Saturday, June 18, 2011

Mermaid Parade 2011

Just got back from the parade and thought I would do a quick post of a Hipstamatic Image from the festivities. This film and camera combo is very good for portrait work.....even at close range like the image above....

Look for more images later today or tomorrow on my website, http://harrysandler.com and/or my iphone blog, http://iPhone-Antics.blogspot.com.

Image Management:

Hipstamatic
John S lens
Kodot film (thanks Brenda)
filterstorm

Friday, June 17, 2011

Lewes Beach


Still playing with the new NIK Snapseed application - I was resistant at first but after seeing work by Dan Burkholder and Teri Lou Dantzler I have changed my mind. This is a very powerful application with so much to offer in the way of image management - frames, grunge, black and white and so much more. Worth giving it a look....

Image made with iPhone4 - prohdr - handheld
Snapseed
Iris
Filterstorm

Thursday, June 16, 2011

Only in New York Kids

Was driving in the city and caught this one out the window of the car......really liking the new NIK Snapseed and photoforge 2 - also noticed in forge2 you can use blue-tooth and move an image to another device....

Image Management:

iPhone camera - no hdr
converted to black and white in Photoforge 2
image adjustments and frame in Snapseep

New website is live and finished. Has links to my two blogs and some new work. Finally have a website where I can make my own changes from anywhere in the world.


http://harrysandler.com is the address.....feel free to use the email link in the footer -

Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Lexington Farm

Lexington Farm
 A few weeks back I spent two days visiting with friends in Lexington, Kentucky. Amongst other day trips we paid a visit to the family farm where I made the photograph posted today - yet another image of dis-appearing America.....

Photographed using the iPhone4
ProHDR handheld
Auto Painter
Iris
Photostudio

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

iPhone Time Machine

Rain, London

I was looking at some old iPhone image folders today and thought why not post a few from the 'Way Back Time Machine' of my iPhone experience. These images go back maybe two plus years and I think one might even be a '2'.....
Airplane, London

This was all brought about by looking at the work of an extremely talented Russian iPhoneographer, Natali Prosveta,  who I discovered on the facebook page, iPhoneography with Teri Lou.....  Nat, as I call her, only has the iPhone2 and yet makes provocative, personal images - little vignettes of her life in Moscow - check out her facebook page....just click on her name above.

These images posted today are from a trip to London back a few years where I first discovered the wahoo quality of this new device - something that may have been lost a bit with the advent of so many new applications. But in truth one of the wonderful qualities of the iPhone camera is it's ability to capture those fleeting truthful moments - something I need to remember moving forward.
Big Ben, London

Monday, June 13, 2011

Claremont Hotel

This one is from one year ago. I was in Oakland, California staying at the Claremont Hotel and Resort in Berkeley, California. The Claremont was built circa 1917 and is a fabulous old place, albeit in need of a renovation.

At any rate there are fabulous views of San Francisco on one side while the other side gives one a look at the architecture of the hotel.  As per my usual I photograph out of my hotel room window at sunrise and caught the image posted today. Of course I applied a bit of iPad image management as per below:

Photographed using the iPhone4
TrueHDR resting on the window sill
Photostudio
SketchmeeHD
Perfect Photo
Iris
Filterstorm

Sunday, June 12, 2011

Ain't That America

Ain't that America

Not a good deal of time this morning. Heading out to the walking dunes near Montauk out on Eastern, Long Island.

Found this image on Shelter Island yesterday after turning down a 'Dead End" street near the water. Most likely will re-process at a later date as part of my American Flag series....

Image Management:

ProHDR - handheld
Photforge for Watercolor
Photostudio
Perfect Photo
Iris
Filterstorm

Saturday, June 11, 2011

Hobby Horse

Hobby Horse, Quebec

Photographed using the iPhone4

prohdr-handheld
photostudio
artista oil
perfect photo
photoforge

Friday, June 10, 2011

Mermaid Parade

Coney Island, Mermaid Parade 2010

I decided to post the same image on both blogs today in honor of the upcoming Mermaid Parade. Image management for this was:

Photograph made with Mamiya 645, Phase One 65+, 80MM lens
Used transfer to move the image into my iPad2
Filterstorm
Toon Paint
Iris
Seedsnap

Thursday, June 9, 2011

Scottish Sheep


So last night I asked my friend and top iPhoneographer Teri Lou Dantzler to give me the haiku demo of the new NIK Application, Snapseed.. Not being a fan of u-point technology in the past, and still not really liking that technology, I was apprehensive about diving into Snapseed. In the end I came out of the tutorial  really liking Snapseed, particularly the framing dialog. Having control of size and width in a framing dialog is huge, at least the way I see it. The only thing missing is the ability to save a preset...maybe in the next iteration...presets are always important when you have multiple choices for image management.

Needless to say I have added Snapseed to the work-flow and will also add to future iPhone workshops.....

Today's image captured in Scotland using:

Canon 5DMKII. 24-70MM lens
Transfer to bring the image into my iPad2
Snapseed for framing and a bit of grunge
Filterstorm
Iris
Auto Painter


PS: Be wary of Auto Painter II - it downsizes your image - hopefully they will change that in a future upgrade.

Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Grunge House

-Grunge-tastic' House on the Prairie

Photographed using the iPhone4

True HDR on tripod
Filterstorm
Photostudio
Iris
SketchmeeHD

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

LaBelle

LaBelle
'Gitchi gitchi ya ya da da
gitchi gitchi ya ya here
mocha chocolata, ya ya
Creole Lady Marmalade'.......Bob Crewe and Kenny Nolan for Labelle

This image was made during the mid 70's in New York City and was published in Rolling Stone.

Photograph was made in the studio using a Hasselblad, 80MM Lens and Ektachrome Film - scanned into the digital world using a Hasselblad/Imacon scanner.

Re-processed on the iPad2 using:

Perfect Photo
Auto Painter
Filterstrom
Iris
Photo Studio

Monday, June 6, 2011

Union Station

Union Station, Washington, DC
This image is from Union Station in Washington, DC.

Photographed using the iPhone4 - hand-held

Image management using:

Filterstorm
SketchemeeHD
Iris
King Camera
Perfect Photo

Sunday, June 5, 2011

Eddie Van Halen

Another image from the 'Music, iPhone and Other Neighborhoods' series.......These images and more of my traditional work will be shown in Toledo, Ohio at the 20 North Gallery  to benefit 1Matters,  an advocate with and for those who have lost domestic autonomy. Watch this space for more information.

Photographed on the 2004 Van Halen - Sammy Hagar Tour with a Nikon D300 and processed in the iPad2 using:
Transfer
Filterstorm
Iris
Photostudio
Perfect Photo
Texture of live lighting situation

Saturday, June 4, 2011

Construction #1

Construction #1

Wow, I did not post yesterday and the world did not come to an end....I think I was in mourning as the New York Knicks lost Donnie Walsh, only the best executive they have had in years....my sports side is coming out now....the Knicks have one winning season and the guy responsible is gone....Hopefully they are not bringing back Isiah Thomas.....ok enough ranting.

My good friend Teri Lou Dantzler must have been in my head this morning - TL aka smudgie, is always espousing the idea of simply playing on the iPhone/iPad and that is exactly what I did this morning - looks like I have come up with a new direction for my iPhone/iPad work....Constructions.....

The intuitive brushing/opacity available in Filterstorm (my current favorite) allows a good deal of latitude when combining images. Iris is another that I use quite regularly but Filterstorm seems to have a bit more overall control of the image.

Today's image is from Central State Asylum in Indianapolis. Photographed with my iPhone4 using truehdr (tripod). Application used for image management are:

Iris
Photostudio
Filterstorm
Perfect Photo for sharpening

Thursday, June 2, 2011

Maine Christmas

Carousel, Maine

Went to Maine a few years ago in December to attend a photographic workshop. Every day on the way to class I passed this carousel but never photographed as the weather was really bad. Long story short on the last day the weather cleared and I was finally able to photograph this scene.

Original photograph made with a Mamiya 645DF, Phase One P65+, 75-150MM lens
Transferred to the iPad2 for processing using:

FIlterstorm
Photostudio
Pefect Photo
Iris

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Swans

Ireland Swan, County Clare

Photographed with the iPhone4

Image mangement using the following applications:

trueHDR - tripod
Perfect Photo
Iris
Filterstorm
Artista Haiku
SketchmeeHD