Indianapolis Car Show

Old Buick.....

There are quite a few iPhone applications now available on our laptop and desktop computers....Lately I have been processing on my 'macbook' playing using a few of these applications.
Today's image was created by using the application pixel blender and then blending this image back into the original using layers and blending modes in CS5......I am traveling and really tired and will post a tutorial in the next few days showing how this is accomplished...

For now I had fun with an image photographed at the car show Sunday morning at the Indianapolis Raceway.......there must have been 500 cars or more....I posted a few big boy images from this show on the http://hsandler.blogspot.com this morning........stay tuned for more...

Finally getting home today after two weeks on the road....

I fell in love with the the Dodge truck below....Difficult to isolate a vehicle at a show but the owner was kind enough to pull the vehicle out a bit for this iPhone HDR image....this would be a great truck to photograph from.....

Dodge truck

Creating Textures with Artista Haiku

iPhone tip 102: Creating  textures in Photo Artista Haiku...............

1. Import an image into Artista Haiku: I started with hispstamatic image of graffiti:

2. Pick a style under icon 1: my choice was Abstract 1.....

3. Play with the sliders under icon 2 : my settings below......

 

Image after applying the settings above........

4. Add a texture under icon 3: totally subjective.....try a few - you can also save and continue to stack background textures to taste.....

I then blended this using the application Blender in the OVERLAY mode....note that the most textures show through the lighter areas which is indicative of this blending mode......You can see the texture showing through the headlights......

You can also take an image you like - create a halftone type texture - then place the original image back on top as a separate layer - I will show you this tomorrow if I survive the party I am going to tonight......


Remember to save your texture as a preset......

The way that layers interact with other layers in the layer stack is determined by blending mode of the upper layer - more on this tomorrow....

iPhone HDR

iPhone Tip 101:

In the workshop last weekend we talked about differences between ProHDR and TrueHDR. On Sunday morning I made these photographs with the iPhone on a tripod. The True HDR is a bit more saturdated which gives the iamge more contrast. The Pro HDR is more neutral then Pro which makes it a bit softer. Saturation increases contrast and contrast increases saturation. Something to think about when shooting and then making adjustments in your images. The True HDR was set ot the enhanced mode to emphasize the saturation and contrast.

Stay tuned for more iPhone tips in the coming days. 

Pro HDR

Ture HDR

Renaissance Fine Art and Design Gallery

Gallery framed in Grunge

Fun opening and show in Carmel this weekend. Workshop could not have gone better other then maybe another day or two to cover the material. I am going to start teaching Photoshop and Lightroom next time I am in Carmel. This is very important if you are going to print your iPhone work, not to mention the more traditional files from larger resolution cameras.

Played around with the gallery window today for the posted image.


We are planning an intermediate workshop for November in Carmel - please check Renaissance Fine Art and Design for more information. Should be there in about 10 days.

Carmel iPhone Workshop

Car Detail - Carmel, Indiana

Just finished the first day of the 2 day iPhone workshop in Carmel, Indiana. There are 16 participants in this workshop from as far away as Washington, DC and Asheville,  North Carolina. This is the first of several workshops I am co-teaching with Teri Lou Dantzler, iPhoneopgraphywithTeriLou. The next workshop  is Nov 4-7 at the Pacific Northwest Art School located on Whidbey Island.

Workshop participant

Workshop Participant

We were lucky enough to have an antique car show just outside the workshop location - we stopped early so the participants could photograph the cars and use those images to process in class tomorrow....

Workshop Particpant

Paris - Bank Machine

Paris, France

A slice of life made from a moving car traveling through Paris using the  iPhone4.

Whoops

Saturn 6, Coney Island

 When I left to drive to Carmel, Indiana the other day I inadvertently left my iPad and iPhone hard drive at home....this makes today's post a 'best of' - or in other words the best of what I have with me....a few images from Coney Island.....

Coney Island

Carousel, Coney Island

Carnaby Street

'All you need is Love'.......

This image from late 2008 when I first started with the iPhone. We were out walking in London and ended up on Carnaby Street....This has always been one of my favorite early images from the early iPhone days. This was, in all likelihood, an hdr application and Photo Forge. Photo Forge was the early leader in processing applications.

I did a bit of re-processing in Filterstorm this morning....

These two images are an example of local image management to call attention to a particular part of the frame. In this case the 'LOVE' balloon on the top image was lightened, added contrast and sharpened to pop the balloon out from the buildings. Additionally the background was slightly darkened with slightly increased contrast...Quite simple and effective way to manage your image whether it be the iPhone or a more traditional camera.

Baltimore, Ireland

Baltimore, Ireland

And then there are times when you just want to play......

Double Cross

Iceland 2011