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.......

Iceland Church

Iceland Church

Just finished the weekend workshop at Foto Care in New York City. I was running through a few processing tips using today's image and was really liking the results. This is not at all rare in workshops as one usually starts pushing sliders to make sure the results show on the screen - and of course - happy accidents happen. This is something to remember - don't be afraid to push those sliders as far as possible to see the outer limits of what they do....it is a valuable learning tool.

I did a bit more work on this image this morning and decided to post to the blog. As I was moving rather quickly in the workshop all I can remember is PhotostudioHD, Artista Haiku, Sketchmee HD, possibly a bit of ArtistaOil, NIK Color EFX4, PhotoKit Sharpening and I did some retouching in Snapheal for the Mac. Not my usual workflow - hardly ever use this many applications......

The old adage holds true - if you want to learn something......teach it.....

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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.

Grunge House

-Grunge-tastic' House on the Prairie

Photographed using the iPhone4

True HDR on tripod
Filterstorm
Photostudio
Iris
SketchmeeHD

Swans

Ireland Swan, County Clare

Photographed with the iPhone4

Image mangement using the following applications:

trueHDR - tripod
Perfect Photo
Iris
Filterstorm
Artista Haiku
SketchmeeHD

Old Hotel - Hudson Valley

It was raining on Sunday when I photographed this structure - need to go back this week with some better light....also need to get inside... did a good bit of post processing playing around with textures - always something new to learn...

Captured and Process using the iPhone4 and iPad2

ProHDR (5 images)
autostitch
autopainter
Sketchmee for texture
Artista Haiku for textures
Iris for blending
Photoforge for sharpening
Filterstorm for local tonality, composite work and blending

Now a bit of self promotion. I entered a PDN photo contest with one of my studio portraits. Trying to get some votes. If you have some time please click on the link below and vote for my image... thanks

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Chipping Camden 2

St. James Church, Wales

iPhone4 captured and processed image from St. James Church in Chipping, Camden, Wales.

Applications used were:

TrueHDR
Sketchmee
Iris
Filterstorm
Photofroge