The Last-Pixel Show Workshops

Teri Lou Dantzler 2011

Teri Lou Dantzler has collaborated with Harry Sandler to create what we believe are the first 'Destination iPhone Workshops'. To that end we have just launched The Last-Pixel Show Workshop Webpage: http://www.thelastpixelshow.org/napa_california/#more-7. These workshops, unless otherwise noted, are for all skill levels - as there are two instructors available one-on-one time is not an issue.

The workshops will cover iPhone/iPad and the new applications for desktop and laptop Mac computers. There are daily trips to photograph along with classroom time. The classroom time will cover Set-up, transfer and folder structure, applications and printing. Each participant will leave with one print on fine art paper printed on the Epson 3800.

Harry Sandler 2012

The first workshop will be in Napa, California with others planned for The Palouse in Washington State, Peters Valley Craft Center located in Layton, New Jersey. Stay tuned to this website or our facebook page for more information. Click on FACEBOOK to like The Last-Pixel Show Facebook Page. 

Ireland, Pink Bridge, Londonderry

So much for posting every other day.....on a roll this last week....

This image from Ireland a few weeks back - was out in back of our hotel in Londonderry. I was blessed with a brief moment of sunshine before it started raining again.....


Image made with my iPhone4s, tripod, truehdr, 6 image stitch in Autostitch. Local adjustments in Filterstorm, blender and photo FX Ultra. As developers are making more and more applications available for the Mac the image was further adjusted in Photoshop CS5 - Something I am exploring on a daily basis...

GO GIANTS....

New York, First Snow 2012

NYC, First Snow

How can I resist putting up an image of the first official snowstorm of 2012....This is the view from the bedroom window.....I posted an image last year from the same spot....iPhone 4s, TrueHDR, Filterstorm -

Graffiti Underground - Philadelphia

Graffiti Underground, Philadelphia

This image was made a few years back on my first trip to the Graffiti Underground in Philadelphia. The image is at the end of the underground with the City of Philadelphia in the background. Technically this is an iPhone 3G using Clear Cam - reprocessed today using Filterstorm, Photo FX Ultra and Photo Wizard.

Fonthill, Pennsylvania

Driveway, Fonthill, Bucks County, Pennsylvania

This image goes back a few years when I visited Fonthill in Bucks County, Pennsylvania with my friend John Barclay.  John runs workshops and photo tours out of Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

According to Wikipedia Fonthill was the home of Henry Chapman Mercer from Doylestown, Pennsylvania.  Constructed in the early 1900's with 44 rooms and over 200 windows...The home contains many decorative tiles the Mercer made during the Arts and Crafts movement as well as artifacts from his world travels. Next door to Fonthil sits the Moravian Pottery and Tile Works also built by Henry Mercer...

If you ever find yourself in the Bucks County, Pennsylvania area stop by - well worth your time.


I will be making a presentation at the Photography Club of Lower Fairfield County in  Stamford, Connecticut  on Wednesday night, January 18   Click here HERE for information. Hope to see you there...

 

Ireland, Abandoned House

Abandoned House, Yellow Door and Window, Dingle Peninsula, Ireland

It seems that I am always drawn to bits and pieces of color on abandoned buildings. This image is one in a number from my several trips to Ireland. Spotted this one buried back off the road....basically in a sea of mud....hardly was able to get the car in and turned around to get out...Wonder if it is a fixer upper...

For the next few weeks I will be posting every other day.....I am trying to catch up on my printing which has fallen way behind...One day it will be this blog and the next my big boy camera blog...

Did I mention how cold it is in New York........GO GIANTS.......

Zion National Park

Zion National Park, Springdale, Utah

Looks like a week of going back in the iPhone archives...

This image from a few years ago at Zion National Park...Tripped on to a wonderful sunrise location behind what I think was some sort of library or museum located just inside the Springdale, Utah entrance....

Ireland, Pier

Ireland, Pier, Dingle

Back at the same photo location today.....only this time in color....still processing using NIK application in CS5 - trying to see how far I can go with non-traditional iPhone processing - but then I was never really a purist about my iPhone work. It is always about the journey to the end result...

This is the same image as posted yesterday, only this time I left the color in...single image johns lens and kodot grizzled film...my favorite combo..

Ireland, Pier

Pier, Ireland

It has been awhile since I have used NIK's Silver EFX Pro 2. Recently I have been processing some of my iPhone4s Hipstamatic images with SFX2 achieving results that I am quite happy with....NIK has made several upgrades and these new features give the user a bit more control over the image...

Today's image fromt he beach in Ireland looking out at the Dingle Peninsula....Hipstamatic - JohnS lens with Kodot Grizzled film...As you can tell yet another windy, rainy afternoon....but it certainly does add some character....

Ireland, Ring of Kerry

Stream, Ring of Kerry, Ireland

This image is from the last touring day in Ireland. I remembered this spot on The Ring of Kerry from the trip before when the weather simply had not cooperated. The conditions were pretty much the same this times around - something about touring Ireland in December and January just might be part of the problem - you get what you get. I was hell bent on getting an image of this stream and decided just to do it with my iPhone -  it becomes difficult to get any image with rain on one's lens.

As I was trying to use minimal applications on this trip the first adjustments were minimal - just filterstorm and NIK Snapseed. Then last night as I was watching the NY Football Giants beat the Atlanta Falcons (note the subtle sarcasm in that statement) I started blending textures back into the image in Filterstorm using the 'double exposure' - and ended up blending the original image with the textured one in Iris....then it was local adjustments in Filterstorm to taste.

The blended image (a 12 image stitch) is at the top of this page and the original image is below. It usually takes me a few days living with an image until I decide whether to pursue a workflow a bit more. Personally I am leaning toward the more painterly version on this image.

Stream, Ring of Kerry, Ireland