Ferris Wheel, Burka

Convergence, iPhone5

As we are driving around Dubai I notice this Ferris Wheel which has the Burj Khalifa (178 story building) in the background. I am thinking this makes a great juxtaposition for an image...we pull over and of course it is virtually impossible to get them both in the shot being so close to the Ferris Wheel. I decide to just make an iPhone image of the wheel when along comes a woman in a colorful Burka....I got the shot although not what I originally stopped for...

Waiting for Coffee....

Waiting for Coffee....

Seems like the coffee shop in Bloomington, Indiana opens an hour later on Sunday. I was sitting in my car when I noticed what I thought was a perfect composition of daily life.......Made this image with Pro645, Dynamic Light Orton blended back with the original in Blender - then a bit of Nik Snapseed and finished it off in Photoshop for local changes and sharpening.....

Cara

Cara, iPhone4s

Portraits are fun using the Hipstamatic Camera application. I tend to use one film and lens combo with Hipsta - JohnS and KodotGrizzled. I like the way they render the skin tone, and, specifically like the the look if the image in a flat front light. For me that is just the beginning....I usually play with softness, structure and color trying to make the eyes draw the viewer into the image. This can be accomplished using Snapseed, Filterstorm and blender....

Koi Pond - Asia

Koi Pond -= Bali

Quick post today - so many things to do. This image is from my Olympus OM-D 4/3rd camera processed using Mocha Hanga, SketchmeeHD, Snapseed and blender.......

Bal,Fishing Boat

Fishing Boat, Bali

Every day at 3AM these small boats go fishing out in the Indian Ocean. off the coast of eastern Bali. These are very small boats in a very big ocean....

I was out as sunrise this particular morning but did manage to catch one boat coming in a bit early....Actually got to watch them pull the boat up the rocky coast onto dry land.....

This image was made using the Olympus 4/3 OM-D and process on the iPad and CS6.

Apple iPad and Olympus OM-D

The Palouse, 4/3 OM-D image

This is another image form the workshop in the Palouse. The image was made using the OM-d 4/3 Camera and then processed on the iPad and laptop. The original sky was completely blue so I added a few layers of clouds using weather FX and Photo Wizard. Finished it all off using NIK CFX4 on my laptop. Adding clouds using Weather FX works out well but you might need to add a bit of grunge.

Lone Tree, The Palouse

Lone Tree, The Palouse

The Last Pixel Show Workshop in The Palouse ended on Sunday. Met some new friends and re-visited with some old friends. There were participants from all parts of the country and everyone brought something new to the table - seems like there is always new to learn about iPhone/iPad digital art.

We made images of o0ld cars, tractors, trucks, combines, wheat, lentils, and, of course, Lone Tree's....Seems like everyone has a special Lone Tree.......

On that note I processed my own version of The Lone Tree above...Used 645Pro, Snapseed, blender and foolproof.....Foolproof is a low res app but neat look for blending back into an original..

Ireland, Pink Bridge, Londonderry

So much for posting every other day.....on a roll this last week....

This image from Ireland a few weeks back - was out in back of our hotel in Londonderry. I was blessed with a brief moment of sunshine before it started raining again.....


Image made with my iPhone4s, tripod, truehdr, 6 image stitch in Autostitch. Local adjustments in Filterstorm, blender and photo FX Ultra. As developers are making more and more applications available for the Mac the image was further adjusted in Photoshop CS5 - Something I am exploring on a daily basis...

GO GIANTS....

Sometimes I Wonder

 'Reality leaves a lot to the imagination'....John Lennon

Fairy Tale Field

Fairy Tale Field

So I am driving to Indianapolis for the workshop and  stop for gas - drive back to the freeway and as I am entering the feeder lane I look off to my right and see this amazing cloud structure....Of course have to stop and make the image....Lovely with all the trucks passing closely by....

But well worth the effort in the 32 degree weather.

Whidbey Island, Photo Forge

Whidbey Island Lighthouse

This is a slightly different version of the Photo Forge workflow talked about on the Pixel-Show page yesterday. The basics are still the same in Photo Forge but the after treatment and sharpening are slightly different...I have worked up the basic treatment below - this was done on the old photo forge - I find that dialog a bit easier to get around and the results, at least for me, are better:

1, Once your image is loaded hit the funnel (yes the funnel) which will expose the Unsharp Mask icon.

 

2. Tap the unsharp mask icon to reveal the USM dialog:

 

3. There are several ways to use this USM. You can run the amount all the way up and then use the radius to your liking or you can do the reverse - radius up and amount down. They will effect the image in different ways - this is actually a sharpening method that comes from using phototshop and you should navigate your own way to what you might like. Lately I have changed to using the set-up below. When this was first introduced there were very few choices as to how to get this look - now there are several new apps that do a better job - but start here and play a bit.

 

4. The alternative way using forge is to just use the sharpen slider - USM if not done correctly will add artifacts into the image and depending on the image sharpen works just as well. I usualy start with the strength below.....

 

5. Once sharpened navigate (scroll down) and find the oil painting and watercolor sliders. You can use one or both - yo can use one - resharpen and then use the other - it is all trail and error depending on the look you are after.  As Teri Lou says PLAY PLAY PLAY

 

6. At 100% opacity the image will look something like this:

 

7. Adjust the slider to your taste.....

 

8. A combo of both watercolor and oil paint.....

 

9. Combo with adjusted opacity....

 

10. My starting point for the image above.....

At this point it is completely up to your creativity as to what happens next. I always like to have some clarity in the image so the subject stands out....I use Dynamic Light, Filterstorm, Snapseed and Blender to work up the final look. I even used Iris on the image posted today....

Take a Last-Pixel Show Workshop and learn more creative choices for your iPhone imagery - not to mention printing techniques and much more....If you can't make a workshop then take one of Teri Lou's online courses - they are perfect for learning basics and much more....

 

 

Las Vegas Morning

Las Vegas Morning

Caught a few images on the way to Starbucks this morning and created a composite......Filterstorm, photo FX Ultra, blender and curves adjustment in Photoforge....

Ireland - Ring of Kerry

Ireland iPhone4

As mentioned in my other blog, http://hsandler.blogspot.com, this morning I am completely bogged down trying to get out of NY for a month of travel. Going to points west including Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Whidbey Island for a workshop and finally Denver.

As I just got my new iPhone 4s this will be an interesting trip doing the test drive...looking forward to seeing old friends and making some power stitches with the new high res camera......

I can not remember very much about today's image other then it was in Ireland on the Ring of Kerry....most likely a pro-hdr image.....I processed in Filterstorm and blender this morning on the iPad2.....

stay tuned to this space for some travel images.......what fun...

Indianapolis - The Pyramids

The Pyramids are an Indianapolis Landmark and world-class office park located on the north side of the city. When I stopped by to see these structures a few weeks back it was overcast and raining - made one or two images and never gave it another though until last night....

Original

I was in the man-cave watching the end of the baseball season wondering who the Yankees would be playing on Friday - and it is Detroit...no Red Sox Nation this year - how strange....the curse is back....but I digress...

 I started playing with the original image at the top of this page in various color applications such as Filterstorm, Color Cross, color claw and color leap...then did some blending and color control in Filterstorm and Blender - lots of opacity brushing and masking was involved - the various results of which are posted today.

So many variations on the theme.....

Toon Paint Blend

Leaving for Indiana again on Sunday - moving my Music, iPhone and Other Neighborhoods show to Toledo for the 1Matters.org benefit. Prints from this show are also available on the  'print sales' page which is live on my website, HarrySandler.com.

Pencil Paint 2 Workflow

I often use Pencil Paint 2 in Photo Studio in my work-flow......here is a short tutorial on PP2 and Filterstorm...the original hipstamatic photograph is above.

Import the original into Photo Studio HD and choose Pencil Paint 2 - used the settings below:

 

Image after saving out of Photo Studio HD

 

Took the original and Photo Studip Pencil Paint 2  version and used Blender in the 'Plus Lighter' Blending Mode to create the image below.........

 

Put the Blender version into Filterstorm - added expposure using the original image and locally painted back in the details I wanted in the final image.....

  

Took the final image into Grungetastic and created a frame - 4th down on the right

  

 Final Image with frame added....

 

Creating Textures with Artista Haiku

iPhone tip 102: Creating  textures in Photo Artista Haiku...............

1. Import an image into Artista Haiku: I started with hispstamatic image of graffiti:

2. Pick a style under icon 1: my choice was Abstract 1.....

3. Play with the sliders under icon 2 : my settings below......

 

Image after applying the settings above........

4. Add a texture under icon 3: totally subjective.....try a few - you can also save and continue to stack background textures to taste.....

I then blended this using the application Blender in the OVERLAY mode....note that the most textures show through the lighter areas which is indicative of this blending mode......You can see the texture showing through the headlights......

You can also take an image you like - create a halftone type texture - then place the original image back on top as a separate layer - I will show you this tomorrow if I survive the party I am going to tonight......


Remember to save your texture as a preset......

The way that layers interact with other layers in the layer stack is determined by blending mode of the upper layer - more on this tomorrow....

Whoops

Saturn 6, Coney Island

 When I left to drive to Carmel, Indiana the other day I inadvertently left my iPad and iPhone hard drive at home....this makes today's post a 'best of' - or in other words the best of what I have with me....a few images from Coney Island.....

Coney Island

Carousel, Coney Island

Jokulsarion Glacier - Iceland

Deep in the heart.....

Only in Iceland kids - a floating ice sculpture that looks like the state of Texas....It never fails to amaze me what shapes these floating sculptures take on.....shapes in rock formations also comes to mind...makes you wonder....could that be 'W' floating behind in a dunce cap....

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Iceland - Small Cottage

Iceland, Svinafell, Cottage

This image was made in or near Svinafell, Iceland during the drive back to Reykjavik last Friday. Simply could not resist this small cottage which I was told was a summer home....Love the face just under the peak of the roof.

According to an online source Svinafell, during the early settlements of Iceland, was considered a place of great nobility...apparently Svinafell has been around since the 9th or 10th century - located near the Oraefajokull Glacier, one of the most active volcanoes in Iceland....

For applications used see labels below....additionally I used blender to add two textures to this image.

Iceland - Kirkjufjara

Kirkjufjara - Iceland

Yesterday was the long ride back to reality from the Glacier Lagoon in on the south coast of Iceland...As expected it was the best day yet in terms of weather at least until we got closer to Reykjavik, where of course it was raining - what else is new....Generally the trip was good - would have preferred some new locations in the north but that was not in the cards this time around....next trip will involve a camper of some sort....wake up at the destination....stay longer with less cost....

The last stop we made was at Kirkjufjara which is a mix of black beach, wonderful rock formations and the ocean. As we pulled in I noticed this magnificent rock over to my left and decided that was my destination.... it worked out really well...this image is one of my top three from the trip...Today I am posting the iPhone version with the big boy image at a later date.....

This was processed with the help of a friend - Teri Lou Dantzler - who is fast becoming one of the premier iPhoneographers in the United States - and Iceland of course....