Grain

Original ProHDR Image

The much anticipated upgrade to ProHDR was released a few days ago and thus far I am impressed with the changes they made. ProHDR is much faster and the new dialog is much easier to navigate then the last version.

What I first noticed was the addition of filter choices - seems like every application is starting to offer this feature. I just happened to be in the second oldest city in Denver, Georgetown, and decided to try the vintage filter while shooting the Georgetown Museum. 

In addition to the color Pro added some grain - seemingly to enhance the vintage look and feel. Honestly, I never noticed the grain addition (using the iphone not the ipad) until it was mentioned on a facebook page I participate in. After getting a closer look on the iPad I found the grain to not be to my liking and decided to run a few test on other applications that had 'grain' as a processing choice. Admittedly I did not try all the options, instead opting for my own application preferences.

MONOPHIX:

MonoPhix Version

 MonoPhix Dialog where you would pick FAST FILM...

MonoPhix Noise Grain Generator for amount of grain

SIMPLY BLACK AND WHITE:  Dialog for grain....

PHOTO WIZARD: After importing your image choose the FX icon at the top of the screen. On the right you will find both the 'GRAY PRESETS' (for Silver) and the 'ADD NOISE' ' icon for the grain.

Photo Wizard - Choose Silver under the ''GRAY PRESET' Icon

Photo Wizard - Adjust the grain/noise under the 'ADD NOISE' icon

I would welcome any feedback or experience you might have had in the search for the perfect 'GRAIN'....

Deception Pass

Deception Pass - Whidbey Island

Last evening shoot for the last- pixel show workshop on Whidbey Island. We went to Deception Pass to catch the sunset.....this image from just before the sky turned red and orange....

The Last-Pixel Show - Whidbey Island

Ciao Restaurant - Whidbey Island - iPhone4s with Olloclip

Very long day today at the Whidbey Island workshop.....Did the sunrise shoot then spent the day reviewing workflow and applications. Everyone got the opportunity to work on the images from the morning in the classroom....Started the printing part of the workshop - made a few prints and discussed printing workflow....Tomorrow is more workflow and printing....then off to Deception Pass to catch the sunset....

Image above from dinner tonight at Ciao Italian Restaurant........the end of a fun tiring day....stay tuned...the food on this island is terrific....

olloclip, wide angle lens, truehdr, snapseed, old photo pro

Coupeville - Rosario Beach

Tree - Rosario Beach

Took the tour of Whidbey Island yesterday scouting locations for The Last-Pixel Show iPhone workshop this weekend. This location is rather spectacular with beaches, ocean, clouds, fog, mountain areas and most of all great places for food.....

Ended up at Rosario Beach for sunset and caught the image above....Used Camera+, Old Photo Pro (even at low res I like this application) and Snapseed....Being a platinum printer I enjoy the vintage look that the iPhone is capable of capturing. Photographers such Edward Steichen and Edward Curtis come to mind.

Artistic Block

Fonthill - Bucks County

For the past 6 or 7 weeks I have been in a creative dark hole - nothing seemed to interest me....Maybe it was that I was back in my old touring world working on a one time project to make some money to support my image addiction toys....Yup just maybe that was it....takes one's head back to the left side of the brain....

The cure - A ROAD TRIP...... First stop was Seattle where I met old friends - facebook friends - Teri Lou Dantzler, Scooter Lowrimore and Charles 'Dick' Maclauchlan. I have known Dick and Scooter only on FB for the last year....have watched their images pass my screen but had never met them until a few days ago.  We broke some bread and had a great time shooting - both in Seattle and up in Olympic National Park.

Fonthill Original.....

I decided the cure for getting my head back into my iPhone work was to re-process older images using the new technology for the iPhone. Today's image is from last year at Fonthill in Bucks County......a 28 image Autostitch panoramic processed in Photo Studio, Perfect Photo, Snapseed and Filterstorm. I started right from the beginning of the process by re-doing the Autostitch....

Teri Lou Dantzler and I are teaching an iPhone creativity class on Whidbey Island starting on Friday at 1PM....there are still a few places open.....here is the link to The Pacific Northwest Art School...

Olympic - Hurricane Ridge

Olympic National Park - Hurricane Ridge

Had to re-post this one....Tried the blogger application yesterday and it posted in what seemed like very low resolution....might need a bit of practice with Blogger before doing that again.

At any rate I went old school using Photoforge, Classic Pan and Snapseed for Structure....

Sun Studio - Memphis

Sun Studio - Memphis, TN

This is the guitar that hangs outside of Sun Studio in Memphis, TN. I was working on a project several yearsa ago and made this image using a 'lens baby" on my Canon, and, recently processed same on my iPad2.

Sun was opened by Sam Phillips in January 1950. Those who have recorded at Sun are Howling Wolf, Little Milton, BB King, Johnny Cash, Elvis, Roy Orbison and Jerry Lee Lewis to name just a few.

I can not remember most of the apps used for this image. I do know that Photo Studio was in the mix...

Las Vegas - Hipstamtic Impressions

Here are a few Hipstamtic impressions of my time in Las Vegas...Basically straight out of the application with a bit of sharpening and, of course, color correction.....I really like using this application for this type of impression image....

Las Vegas Morning

Las Vegas Morning

Caught a few images on the way to Starbucks this morning and created a composite......Filterstorm, photo FX Ultra, blender and curves adjustment in Photoforge....

Ireland, Blue Door

Blue Door - PaintMee

The original image was made using a medium format digital back. It was then processed in the iPad which resulted in the image below. I re-processed this morning using the PaintMee application on the MacBook. Local image management was done in Filterstorm.

Blue Door - Original