Sunday, October 16, 2011

iPhone 4s Detail

Not much time the last few days as the house is in renovation mode.....I did receive my iPhone 4S on Friday and have yet to make an image.....but I did manage to check out the native size of the image (shot with the iPhone camera in HDR mode) in photoshop and thought I should put same on today's blog...Just a simple image of my living room but check out the size below....WAHOO


This is not a re-sampled image - I simply forgot to un-check those boxes....

Leaving for points west in a few days where I am sure the new iPhone will get a heavy workout.....I will be on the road for one month....Vegas, Whidbey Island and Denver....

Thursday, October 13, 2011

IOS 5

Sally Ann Rook - Toledo, Ohio
Just finished downloading the new IOS 5 on my iPhone4 and iPad - there are so many new things possible I am posting links with information on how to configure these new features.

How to set up and configure new features

How to set up iCloud

And my favorite time saving feature:

Custom Typing shortcuts

I am receiving my new iPhone4S tomorrow and will post more after playing a bit....

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Toledo, 1Matters and the iPhone

New iPhone Friends
The Music, iPhone and Other Neighborhoods show in Toledo went very well. Sold 8 pieces at the opening to benefit  1Matters.org, a charity that works to find housing for those, for whatever reasons, are not able to house themselves. From my personal experience last weekend I learned that our stereotype of the un-housed is not really correct...I was totally moved the dedication of the volunteers that work with 1Matters....folks who give of themselves and their time every day to make someone else feel comfortable - my hat is off to them - there are too many to mention here....

In addition to the gallery show, we created a silent auction that runs through October 30 to raise money for 1Matters. The images are in the photo below - note the Mellencamp photo is a canvas print signed by John, and, the Billy Joel (traditional print) is also signed. There is also a canvas print of Leonard Cohen from The Beacon Theater and a more traditional print of Mountain (Leslie West and Felix Pappalardi) from Dec 1974 at the Felt Forum in New York City (now the theater at Madison Square Garden). These images can be viewed by clicking here...

The Birdyboo bag below is also part of the silent auction - it was donated by Kathleen Stevens who runs the Renaissance Fine At and Design Gallery in Carmel, Indiana. Kathleen's description of her art is below"

'Birdyboo: A pique assiette work made with vintage bits of china, stained glass, rhinestones and victorian findings. The artist loves to use found items that possess a beauty all their own, creating a new life for bits and pieces that might otherwise be lost to time.  Birdyboo is a piece from a collection that honors re-birth of the creative spirit and what that can mean to individual artistic expression'.


To make a bid on the silent auction contact Eric Hillenbrand at the 20 North Gallery in Toledo, Ohio....Eric will advise what the last bid was....This is for a great cause... the phone number is 419 241 2400

Saturday, October 8, 2011

Natures Vision

Toledo Mud Hens BaseballStadium
'Natures Vision" is a photographic expo being put together by a few friends I met two years ago in Iceland. The dates are November 11, 12 and 13 at the Hylton Center for the Performing Arts on the Prince William capmpus of George Mason University. The keynote speaker is renowned photographer Art Wolfe.

I am reprinting the note I received with a link to the event....Sounds like a fun event that should not be missed.

Here are the particulars..

This year the event is held on November 11th through the 13th. This is the premier nature photography event in the Mid-Atlantic region  We are celebrating our 10th year and we are a nonprofit all volunteer organization that was formed by 6 camera clubs in Northern Virginia.

Each year we feature a juried photography exhibit with approximately 300 images displayed,  lectures from renowned photographers from across the United States, and an exhibit hall with over 25 photography vendors.  We were originally known as the Meadowlark Nature Photography  Expo.  We outgrew the facilities at Meadowlark Botanical Gardens and have since moved to the Hylton Center for the Performing Arts on the Prince William (Manassas) campus of George Mason University.

We are very excited to host renowned photographer Art Wolfe as the Keynote Speaker.   In addition to Art Wolfe,  we are pleased to have Charles Needle, Arthur Ransome, Ellen Anon, Lynda Richardson, Kevin Adams, Denise Ippolito, and Joseph Rossbach as presenters.  We will also host workshops on Macro Photography, Photoshop, iPhone Photography, and Flash Photography.

Our event caters to all levels of photography, beginner to advanced.


http:naturesvison.org

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Wiscasset, Maine

Orignal Image

This image above was one of the first ones I printed several years back. Decided to re-process today and see what it looked like taking out many of the artifacts and smoothing it out a bit. Part of the work was done in Touch and the rest was done using content aware in Photoshop....

The image below is the redoux from this morning.
redoux
And just for some fun I made a lab conversion to Black and White and used a color fill layer to change the tone...
Toned BW, LAB Conversion 



I find it very rewarding to go back occasionally with the new information we have learned and re-process older images - great fun to see what one can accomplish with a few new tools....just saying you know....

I am working to get my images back on the blog after the user error that occurred. It is a long and tedious job. I am giving some thought to a newsletter once a week - stay tuned to this space for more news.

Saturday, October 1, 2011

PSColorHD

 This application is low resolution but so much fun...give it a try...This was a vintage automobile photographed in Indianapolis a few weeks back...

Friday, September 30, 2011

Cape Cod - Boat

I am not usually obsessed with color but with the advent of applications for the Mac I can not seem to stop playing with images and color. This image managed in Photo Studio (mac), PSColorHD (iPad2) with a bit of help from Paintmee (Mac). With all the new applications available on the Mac there seems to be no end to the textures one can create......

If you want to learn more about iPhone/iPad/Mac creativity the Pacific NorthWest Art School located on beautiful Whidbey Island is hosting a 4 day iPhone creativity workshop with myself and Teri Lou Dantzler....

Click here  for more information about the workshop..we will cover all aspects on creativie iphone photography including final printing techniques.

Thursday, September 29, 2011

Indianapolis - The Pyramids

The Pyramids are an Indianapolis Landmark and world-class office park located on the north side of the city. When I stopped by to see these structures a few weeks back it was overcast and raining - made one or two images and never gave it another though until last night....
Original
I was in the man-cave watching the end of the baseball season wondering who the Yankees would be playing on Friday - and it is Detroit...no Red Sox Nation this year - how strange....the curse is back....but I digress...

 I started playing with the original image at the top of this page in various color applications such as Filterstorm, Color Cross, color claw and color leap...then did some blending and color control in Filterstorm and Blender - lots of opacity brushing and masking was involved - the various results of which are posted today.

So many variations on the theme.....
Toon Paint Blend
Leaving for Indiana again on Sunday - moving my Music, iPhone and Other Neighborhoods show to Toledo for the 1Matters.org benefit. Prints from this show are also available on the  'print sales' page which is live on my website, HarrySandler.com.





Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Dramatic Black and White for the Mac

New application arrived on my screen this morning - Dramatic Black and White - an Application for the Mac.....We have all used this on the iPhone and iPad and now it is on the Mac. This application from the same people who bring us the Artista applications like Oil, Haiku and Grungetastic....Really good developers and they did not let us down with their new offering....They are definately ahead of the Mac App game at the moment....

So I thought I would process an iPhone image on my mac...I used the new Mac application to convert the original image (at the bottom of this blog page) to Black and White - there are a multitude of choices in the Mac App - good choices by the way from Black and White look to grain structure.......

Random Color Painted IN
I then took the image into the iPad and painted back in some random color using Filterstorm....Check out this app whether on your mac or mobile device....so much fun...

Black and White conversion below....
Processed in Dramatic BW on the Mac

Original Image below: