Ferris Wheel, Burka

Convergence, iPhone5

As we are driving around Dubai I notice this Ferris Wheel which has the Burj Khalifa (178 story building) in the background. I am thinking this makes a great juxtaposition for an image...we pull over and of course it is virtually impossible to get them both in the shot being so close to the Ferris Wheel. I decide to just make an iPhone image of the wheel when along comes a woman in a colorful Burka....I got the shot although not what I originally stopped for...

Cara

Cara, iPhone4s

Portraits are fun using the Hipstamatic Camera application. I tend to use one film and lens combo with Hipsta - JohnS and KodotGrizzled. I like the way they render the skin tone, and, specifically like the the look if the image in a flat front light. For me that is just the beginning....I usually play with softness, structure and color trying to make the eyes draw the viewer into the image. This can be accomplished using Snapseed, Filterstorm and blender....

The Road and the Sky

Barns, iPhone4s, Kane, Pennsylvania

Drove back home from Toledo today...Actually left Saturday and stopped in Erie, PA where I stayed at the fabulous Holiday Inn Express - got the last room - remind me not to travel on Saturday night next time.Woke up very early Sunday and out the door by 6:30AM - drove route 6 from Erie to New York State looking for color....seemed like I was maybe a week early but did manage to find a few images to make, both with my iPhone and big boy camera.......The big boy image of this barn will be posted on http://HSandler.blogspot.com later today....

Toledo was a great time as always - got to re-unite with the Donuts and and the Donut ho's......a way inside joke. Eric Hillenbrand and Condessa Croninger were fabulous hosts at 20 North Gallery - and we surpassed last year in money raised at the opening.

But the best time was spent at The Toledo School for the Arts and St. Ursula's Academy. I was able to speak with art students from 8th grade through high school - and was totally impressed with these artists and the work they were doing. Who knew Toledo was so rich in the arts....never entered MY mind.  Definitely a must to re-visit next time through Toledo.

Here are a couple of links my friend Teri Lou Dantzler sent me today - thought I wold share them with everyone...Teri's blog is a great source of iPhone information.

http://iphonecameraessentials.com/all-videos/

http://jag.gr/2012/09/24/ios-6-e-mail-images/

Olympus OM-D and iPad

As mentioned in this blog before my friend Dan Burkholder turned me on to the Olympus micro 4/3 mirror-less camera a few weeks back. I ordered it immediately from Amazon and have not put it down since receiving the UPS package. One of the selling points for me was the wireless transfer of images direct from the camera to my iPad for processing(using an eye-fi card).

Today's image from the Last Pixel Show Workshop in The Palouse was made using the O;Olympus )M-D and processed on my iPad. THe apps used were FXPhotoStudio, Snapseed, Dramatic Black and White and Filterstorm. I also added the clouds to a blank sky using Photo Wizard.NIK Color EFX4 was used to make a few global adjustments before posting.

Wind Farm

Wind Farm near Walla Walla

Passed this scene on the way to Portland, Oregon when leaving the Palouse. Image was made using the Olympus OM-D 4/3 mirror less camera my friend Dan Burkholder made me aware of. I  continue to marvel at the ease which my eye-fi card downloads my images directly to the iPad with no wires attached. Additionally the images come into the iPad at 16MP.

This image was created using snapseed, blender, FXPhotoStudio and Moka Hanga

Lone Tree, The Palouse

Lone Tree, The Palouse

The Last Pixel Show Workshop in The Palouse ended on Sunday. Met some new friends and re-visited with some old friends. There were participants from all parts of the country and everyone brought something new to the table - seems like there is always new to learn about iPhone/iPad digital art.

We made images of o0ld cars, tractors, trucks, combines, wheat, lentils, and, of course, Lone Tree's....Seems like everyone has a special Lone Tree.......

On that note I processed my own version of The Lone Tree above...Used 645Pro, Snapseed, blender and foolproof.....Foolproof is a low res app but neat look for blending back into an original..

Zion National Park

Zion Natinal Park

Was drivign through Zion on my last day - fog, rain - generally bad day all around. I noticed this out of the corner of my eye - stopped and hand held my 3Gs....

Even though I appreciated the composition I never truly liked this image - thought it was soft and just not acceptable. But upon revisiting I realized there were certain aspects of this image that worked for me, and, for lack of a better word, I liked the Goth feel....So I took another shot at post-processing just to see what could happen.

Now with the original side by side I am not sure the original is not the one....Work in progress I guess.

The original is posted below.

Original 3Gs iPhone

Mermaid Parade

Coney Island, Mermaid Parade 2010

I decided to post the same image on both blogs today in honor of the upcoming Mermaid Parade. Image management for this was:

Photograph made with Mamiya 645, Phase One 65+, 80MM lens
Used transfer to move the image into my iPad2
Filterstorm
Toon Paint
Iris
Seedsnap

Scottish Sheep

So last night I asked my friend and top iPhoneographer Teri Lou Dantzler to give me the haiku demo of the new NIK Application, Snapseed.. Not being a fan of u-point technology in the past, and still not really liking that technology, I was apprehensive about diving into Snapseed. In the end I came out of the tutorial  really liking Snapseed, particularly the framing dialog. Having control of size and width in a framing dialog is huge, at least the way I see it. The only thing missing is the ability to save a preset...maybe in the next iteration...presets are always important when you have multiple choices for image management.

Needless to say I have added Snapseed to the work-flow and will also add to future iPhone workshops.....

Today's image captured in Scotland using:

Canon 5DMKII. 24-70MM lens
Transfer to bring the image into my iPad2
Snapseed for framing and a bit of grunge
Filterstorm
Iris
Auto Painter


PS: Be wary of Auto Painter II - it downsizes your image - hopefully they will change that in a future upgrade.