Cross Processing

Singapore Rock Show

The image posted today was made using the Olympus OM-D 4/3 camera and processed using the iPad. With the OM-D one is able to shoot raw and JPEG simultaneously, and, tirelessly transfer both to the IOS device of your choice for processing. It is nice to have slightly more resolution without the weight of a more traditional camera.....

Eddie Van Halen

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At times I will draw inspiration from my favorite artists when working on an iPhone/iPad image.

Today's image was made using my DSLR and imported into my iPad for processing. I was looking for the background to mimic James Ensor's 'Christ's Entry into Brussels'. I always liked his presentation of the crowd in that painting....gave a sense of depth to the image.

Portrait Processing

Harry Chapin at Home

I talk a good deal about moving images from my iPhone over to the big boy computer for processing. Well it works both ways. One of my favorite things to do is scan old film images and move them on to the iPad for processing. It opens so many options and possibilities for being creative with your images.

In my archives I have a number of film images, both black and white and color,  from my days in the music business.  Over the last year I have been scanning these images into the digital world and experimenting with processing on my iPad.

Today's image is Harry Chapin, am image made for a music magazine, circa mid seventies.

iPad Processing of Traditional Images

Howard - iPad Processed

Want to have some fun - process film or traditional camera images on the iPad or iPhone....So many possibilities to create using this technique.

This image is form 1975. The original was an ektachrome medium format chrome that I scanned intot he digital world and then processed on the iPad. 

Howard, Original scanned image

Gallery Show Today

Rock Show

OK, here are two more of the images that are in the iPhone Gallery Show opening today at Foto Care in New York City, 43 West 22nd Street, NYC. The show was put together to highlight the possibilities that exist when using this 21st century technology, the iPhone and iPad. The prints in this show were made on traditional inkjet papers, metallic paper and stretched canvas.

Playing Real Good for Free

Additionally, there are two canvas prints from my rock and roll days that are signed by the artist, John Mellencamp and Roger Daltry. Any money made from the sale of these two prints will be donated to 1Matters.org a group that moves the un-housed into domestic autonomy. A bit about 1Matters below.

About 1Matters

Started in Toledo, Oh, in 1990 as the Homeless Awareness Project (HAP) by formerly homeless-turned-entrepreneur-turned-philanthropist Ken Leslie, the volunteer organization has become a global advocacy group creating real time collaborative solutions to move unhoused (homeless) individuals and families off the streets and into domestic autonomy.

In 2008 HAP became 1Matters after a visit by singer John Mellencamp to their annual Project Connect/Tent City event. John was moved by the collaboration and invited all of the guests to his concert that evening where he talked with them from the stage. One guest returned to Project Connect and said, "Ken, John talked to us from the stage; I guess I really do matter."

1Matters was born.

While working on the road with Mr. Mellencamp, Harry Sandler met Ken and fell in love with the mission of 1Matters and joined the Board of Directors.  Harry is working to grow 1Matters into a national organization and engage others in the music industry.

In addition to the global advocacy of “World Homeless Action Day”,  1Matters has just funded a new program, “Veterans Matter” which partners with the VA and HUD to move veterans into housing. 

For more information visit www.1matters.org

Every 1Matters!

Also Foto Care is sponsoring an iPhone/iPad workshop on March 10 and 11 at their main store, 41 west 22nd Street, NYC. 

Horn Player

Horn Player

This is another one of my older film images processed on the iPad using Filterstorm, photostudio, photo FX Ultra and photo forge. The original image was made with a Nikon F Series using Ektachrome Film.

Outdoor Rock Show

Rock Show, iPhone4

'Forget all about that macho shit and learn how to play guitar'........John Mellencamp