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

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

Peter Frampton

Peter Frampton, Nassau Coliseum, 1976

I am in the process of revising several music images for use in a gallery show called 'Music and iPhone'. This show will start in Carmel, Indianapolis at the Renaissance Fine Art and Design Gallery beginning September 9. The show will move to Toledo, Gallery 20, opening on October 9. 

Today's image of Peter Frampton was originally shot on 35MM using a Nikon Series Camera, circa 1976. It was scanned recently and processed using the iPad2. This image will eventually be printed on canvas for the the two shows. 

Applications used to process on the iPad:

Artista Haiku

Iris

Filterstorm 

Perfect Photo 

Photostudio

PS: As some of you may have noticed the blog is not emailing iphone-antics properly if at all. The only fix I can come up with is for you to sign up to receive this blog via 'Networked Blog'. There is a link on the homepage of  iPhone-antics.blogspot.com. Thanks for your understanding of this issue. If fixed I will advise.  

On the Road Again

Sunrise - Badwater Basin - Death Valley

Three hundred miles to go today - overslept and not much time to put much on the blog. Had enough time for this fairly straight image of Badwater Basin captured on the last Death Valley Trip....now to pack, get the free breakfast at the Hampton Inn and move on down the road.

iPhone4
truehdr on tripod
Filterstorm for image management