iPhone, iPad, Sharpening

Rye Playland, Unsharp Mask

Took a day trip with my friend David to The Rye Playland which is about 10 miles from my house. Personally I love closed amusement parks with a preference for those parks that have been abandoned - not the case with Rye. Unfortunately the park was gated for the winter so we ended up shooting through or over the fences...reminder to bring a small ladder next time. But I digress...

While processing this iPhone4s image I decided to leave it fairly straight ahead and simply used an unsharp mask applied with a mask and opacity brush to highlight areas I wanted to direct the viewer to see first...with the side effect creating space in the image....The areas sharpened were the foreground boards, the building under the ride and the ride and poles in the middle...Each part of the image was sharpened with a different opacity which gives the image the perception of depth.

Most images need some form of sharpening to bring back details lost in digital conversion. While this might not be necessary when viewing on a screen sharpening becomes increasingly necessary when making a print. Of course there are many individual workflows that work without sharpening.......purely a matter of choice and a good tool to have in your arsenal...

Rye Playland, Original Image

To learn more about sharpening and much more The Last Pixel Show is hosting several iPhone/iPad workshops this year. Click on the link above for ore information.

Additionally have a look at th efollowing links for more information of online training and one-on-one learning opportunities.


http://iphoneographywithterilou.blogspot.com/
http://iphone-antics.blogspot.com
https://www.facebook.com/TheLast.PixelShow

Here they are side by side...

The Last Pixel Show, Workshops

Out to Sea-Rye Playland

The Last Pixel Show iPhone/iPad workshops are up and running for 2012. If you want to simply take family snapshots, straight ahead landscapes or explore your artistic side this is the place to learn. The Last Pixel Show starts with the basic set up of the iPhone and explores capture, resolution, folder structure, transfer of images and various applications that allow one to mold an image to personal taste.

At this time Last Pixel is offering two location workshops, Napa, California (April) and The Palouse (August) in Washington State. CLICK HERE and get more information on our website.

There are other options available if you can't make on of the locations websites. See below for links to local and online workshops:

Teri Lou Dantzler is offering online training:
 http://iphoneographywithterilou.blogspot.com/

Harry Sandler is teaching in New York City:
http://www.fotocare.com/index.php?option=com_eventlist&view=day&id=20120310&eventid=143&full=full&Itemid=111

JUST ANNOUNCED: Peters Valley Craft Center, Layton, New Jersey:
http://www.petersvalley.org/store/html/product.cfm?id=115


"If I could I would take every workshop Teri Lou and Harry offer. Not only did I learn tremendously from their collective, amazing talents, but I also came away believing in my art and vision. Since I first owned an iphone I have been using it as one of my cameras. Now it is my camera of choice thanks to the skills I learned from both Teri Lou and Harry. I love how they presented the workshop materials and the camaraderie between the other workshop participants was also a highlight for me! I can't wait to take another workshop from them!
.......Cecily Caceu, 
Portland Oregon


Here are some thoughts that you can use: Harry and Teri manage to pack a lot of good information into their workshops. They make the info meaningful because they are very patient and generous teachers, willing to work one on one with students to address specific areas of interest while also giving a overview of this constantly evolving subject. Recommended!...Dorthy Alig, Indianapolis

Transfer Images to a Mobile Device

I have been asked several times how to transfer images at high resolution between mobile devices and/or a desktop/laptop computer. There are several ways to do this from one image to the entire camera roll on your iPhone or iPad. Although not the way I would transfer my entire camera roll it is a practical way to move an image you might want to begin processing on your mobile device. First of all you need to purchase the PHOTO TRANSFER APP from the App Store.

1. Open transfer and choose SEND or RECEIVE. I chose RECEIVE for this tutorial.

2, The pick which device you want to transfer from. I chose APPLE COMPUTER. Transfer then gives you a type link and an IP address. There are times when one would work better then the other.

   

Below is the dialog with the IP and web addresses......

YOU ARE NOW READY TO GO TO THE LAPTOP OR DESKTOP TO FINISH THE TRANSFER.

5. Type the address of choice into your browser - I usually use Safari - it seems to work better - but there are times when I use Firefox if Safari is not working.

 6. You will then get the window below asking about resolution and also which folder you might want to put the image in. The resolution choices are high and medium - always choose high..The lower dialog box on this screen is for transferring/uploading images from the computer to the mobile device but this is for another tutorial. Hard to see but this dialog also gives the choice of folder for storage - also allows the creation of a new folder should that be your goal. NOTE: No matter what folder you choose there is always a copy in your CAMERA ROLL.

7, In my mac a window a dialog appears with a magnifying glass (upper right) which allows me to  navigate to the image or images just downloaded.

 That's all for today folks...Email with any questions.

The Last-Pixel Show teaches location iPhone/iPad workshops. Go to our website for more information.