Old House - Kent, Ohio

Old House - Ohio

I am on a long drive from New York to Indiana and noticed I was low on gas. Got off the freeway but the gas station was closed. Low and behold across the street was this old house that simply called out to be photographed. It was late, sun was low but I managed to off a few images. Sometimes I wonder - why....

Photo Studio for the Mac/iPad/iPhone

Photo Studio Weekend Discounts

I received an email from the MacPhun developers telling me about special discounts this weekend on Photo Studio - for the Mac/iPhone and iPad....Well worth the investment - this is one terrific application...


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Applications on the MAC

Original

I have been playing with the applications available for the mac using both iPhone and high resolution images. Additionally after finishing on the Mac I import back into the iPad2 for finishing, usually in Filterstorm.

Today's Image above was an iPhone TrueHDR original. I then took this image into the Mac application Hand Tint and painted in some vintage color.

Next it was Grungetastic on the mac for a frame and a slight bit of grunge effect.....

 

Then it was photo studio on the mac to add noise and a few filters.....photo studio is an excellent choice for subtle textures and color..

I imported this last image and the original into photoshop as layers. With the Noise on top and the original on the bottom I set the opacity to 80% and the blending mode to darken creating the image below.

Using wireless I imported the image above back into the iPad2. Used Old Photo Pro to create the antique look and then made local corrections using Filterstorm...Below is the final....

I forgot to mention that I used the watercolor effect in Photo Forge - slipped my mind exactly where...

I like working with these applications on the Mac....Give me many more creative choices and ways to bend the rules....give them a try....

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

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

Spring Flowers

Before leaving on this current road trip I was driving to my dentist when I came upon these springs flowers. Parked in a 'no parking' zone - jumped out and made a few exposures....

I ended up playing with color and brushing techniques in Filterstorm as I am still exploring the power of that application. Also used Iris for the first few blending images.

Captured with the Iphone4 - prohdr - handheld
filterstorm
iris
perfect photo
photo transfer to move images to my iPad

A reminder that I am at the Apple Store at Keystone Crossing this Saturday morning from 8AM - 10AM putting on a Music and iPhone presentation. I will be going over applications and processing as well as hitting on folder structure. There will also be images from my early days in the music business plus some new iPad processed Ektachrome musical images.

Gallery show opens Friday night at The Renaissance Fine Art and Design Gallery at their fabulous new location. Click on the link above for more information. The show will have 46 images from the John paul Caponigro Alumni Group, Next Step. Some fine images by 23 emerging artists will be on display.

Roger Daltry

Roger Daltry

'There are places I'll remember
All my life, though some have changed
Some forever, not for better
Some have gone and some remain
All these places had their moments
With lovers and friends, I still can recall
Some are dead and some are living
In my life, I've loved them all'....John Lennon
  
Next Saturday, May 21, I am making my first presentation at an Apple Store in Indianapolis, Indiana. The presentation is called 'Music and iPhone' and it joins these two parts of my life together. The concept for this presentation being my particular journey through life, coming from a small town, Atlantic City,  working in the music business for 40 years, and, over the past three years pursuing my lifetime avocation - Photography. The iPhone has been a large part of that transition.

As most of my music archives were shot with film I decided to re-process a few of these images in the iPhone and iPad in an attempt to make the transition from music to iPhone. In truth much of the fabric of my life has been songs and photographs. John Lennon, Henri Cartier Bresson, Arnold Newman, Irving Penn, John Prine, Yo Yo Ma, The Byrds to name just a few. I relate to different time periods and moods in my life with lyrics and/or images.

The image today is Roger Daltry, re-processed using the iPad2.

Original captured with a Nikon F series camera on Ektachrome Slide FIlm
scanned into the digital world using an Imacon/Hasselblad 343
sharpened in Photoforge
SketchmeeHD for texture
Dynamic light for underlying Orton effect
Photostudio for pencil paint 2
Artista Haiku for texture
Iris for blending
Filterstorm for mask blending and local tonality

Carousel Redoux

Still playing around with blending option and textures.

This time Paintmee was used for the initial blending
The original was a Noir image - very much blue-black (pre-sharpened in Photoforge)
both were blended in Iris
the horses were painted back from the Paintmee Original
Sharpening and local tonality in Filterstorm