March 6, 2010
Old Texas Highway 183
Fort Worth, Texas
Saturday Night on Belknap 01
Saturday Night on Belknap 02
Saturday Night on Belknap 03
Saturday Night on Belknap 04
Toolbox: MonoPhix, Best Camera, CameraBag (Lolo)
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In case you missed this, here’s a cool link from Michael Zelbel at Smoking Strobes.com. It’s his method of organizing images on his computer. He and I have similar issues with our photography — we both take a lot of shots, we both work with multiple or subsequent copies of our production files, and we both don’t want to take much time or thought in organizing our images so they’re quick and easy to find.
I don’t use iPhoto to organize my raw iPhoneography. I prefer to work with my images directly on my Mac. I only add my finished, processed images to my iPhoto. Rarely will I add a raw or production image to iPhoto.
Using a consistent folder hierarchy to organize your images helps to cut down the clutter of your raw images and safety shots, as well as keeping your finished files organized and easy to find. Michael’s hierarchy may be a bit much for iPhoneography, especially since most of us process images before they leave the iPhone, but you can modify his approach to fit your workflow.
In forums I frequently got advice that I should absolutely use this or that photo database or this or that professional software to organize my thousands of files. Believe me dude, I’ve been there, done that. What works best for me is a set of folders that gives me no headaches, no technical glinches and which allows me to spend more time behind the camera than in front of the screen.
Read the entire post at SmokingStrobes.com >>>
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Related links: Smoking Strobes
March 7, 2010
Oscar Night
Dallas, Texas
Diner
Toolbox: Vint B&W, TiltShift Generator
Another image in this series, “Nighthawk“, also appears through March as part of my exclusive Featured iPhontographer series on Pixels at an Exhibition.
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Just a diversion from this morning….
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sunlines
Toolbox: Hipstamatic (John S lens, Ina’s 1969 film)
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Pixels at an Exhibition
www.pixelsatanexhibition.com
through March 2010
His Name is Freddy
This month, March 2010, I am glad and honored to have been invited to be the first featured photographer for Pixels at an Exhibition. Knox Bronson is the curator and webmaster for PixelEx and helped put together the recent Giorgi Gallery exhibit of iPhone photography.
I recently shot a photo story just for this gallery. They’ll only be posted at PixelEx this month.
I love the spontaneity of shooting with an iPhone. Despite the relatively low resolution of my 2G, it really can take remarkable photos. More importantly, it’s there with me all the time to capture remarkable images. As they say, I have a camera that I sometimes use to make phone calls.
Head over to my intro page on PixelEx and you can click here to view my images.
Thank you, Knox et al, for this opportunity.
I hope y’all enjoy my photography. Thank you for visiting.
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Link: Pixels at an Exhibition
Autofocus for 2G/3GCamera
Version 1.0
Bottom Line: Nice faux-DOF but hampered by less than full-res output
Autofocus
Autofocus for 2G/3G Camera by JFDP Labs brings sharp focus and gradual depth of field (DOF) to the iPhone 2G and 3G cameras. The app is optimized for the older generation iPhones which have no built-in focus features at all. It doesn’t modify the hardware on these devices. It does not add hardware autofocus to the devices. It achieves the focus effect by either automatically or allowing you to manually select and define a focus area and then reproducing a gradual depth of field focus blur from that point.
The focus effect is adjustable, subtle and nice, but the app has a few problems in this initial release.
February 18, 2010
Hurst, Texas
Protect This House
Toolbox: MonoPhix, FocalLab
Protect this house. Okay, I will.
No model release needed.
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HipstaMatic
I have much love for Hipstamatic. No other app (or Photoshop plug-in) creates such organic and analog-looking images so easily. The new Hipstamatic 150 update is available now in the App Store. From the list of features, it’s a terrific update to an already amazing app. The update adds a ton of new features and improvements, in-app file sharing to Flickr, as well as addresses several performance issues. Start-up time has been improved significantly. There’s also a new monthly photography contest accessible in-app. We’ll post more details as they become available.
As is the case with the previous Hipstamatic 110 update, there’s a new optional HipstaPak available as an additional in-app purchase, featuring two new films. I can’t wait to shoot with the new BlacKeys SuperGrain B+W Film!
The free update is live now or you can (and should) purchase the updated version if you don’t already own the app.
Here’s a list of what’s new and fixed in Hipstamatic 150:
From The Random Photographer blog, here’s an interesting variation of the image-a-day concept — 7 Photos, 7 Songs, 7 Days. In addition to seven (really nice) iPhonoegraphy, “Random Sam” also tagged this set with seven songs — one corresponding to each image. I like his photography, especially his photo “Friday”. The music is a nice touch and adds one more element to each piece.
Here’s the link to “7 Photos, 7 Songs, 7 Days” on Random Photographer. >>>
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February 24, 2010
LAX
Louise
Toolbox: CameraBag, FocalLab
Louise stands in the middle of the terminal, facing the travelers and the Chili’s-To-Go. She stands near her accessories, displayed in a glittered case. Her clothes say tropical, or thrift store. Her glasses implore “hide me in in First Class.”
