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Toolbox: Hipstamatic (John S lens, Ina’s 1969 film)

With all that’s going on, including several magazine production cycles (day job…), it’s been a while since I’ve psoted some of my iPhoneography. Here is the first of a couple of new ones.

DFW International Airport has quickly become one of my favorite places in the Metroplex to take pictures.

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UPDATED 5.12.2010 at 13:00

Pixels An An Exhibition is showing a new exhibit of iPhoneography. art@TheOakbook opens this Saturday, May 15, 2010 at the Oakbook Gallery in Oakland, California. The opening reception starts at 4:00 PM and the public is invited. The exhibit will run for one month.

Among the iPhoneographers represented are works by Maia Panos, Jaime Ferreyros, Daniel Berman, Fabio De Vincentiis, Andrea Mdos and many others.

art@TheOakbook is an entirely new collection of iPhone photography, different than was shown previously at the Giorgi Gallery exhibit in February. A full-color program of the exhibit is available from the PixelEx website.

Click here to go to the PixelEx website for gallery hours, directions, a map as well as more information on the exhibit.

If you will be in or near The Bay Area this month, be sure to include plans to see this new exhibit from curator Knox Bronson. It’s another impressive collection and the photography is amazing.

UPDATE: Here’s the link to a list of the finalists who will be showing in art@TheOakbook Exhibition.

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Related links: Oakbook Gallery website

Regardless of our camera preference, some things in photography are universal and a well-composed photograph is one of those constants. Starting with a good image in camera is one less thing to fix in post-production.

One of the advantages iPhoneographers have over traditional digital photography is the tremendous amount of apps at our disposal that we can use to process our photos. Almost no amount of “apping” can save a poorly composed photograph. Recently, Photo Tuts+ blog ran a great story on tips for better image composition. The post goes beyond the Rule of Thirds and offers other advice for creating well-framed shots. It’s an excellent read for the novice and a good refresher for seasoned photographers.

That’s not to say that these are hard and fast rules that must be obeyed. In fact, there are always exceptions. But I’m a huge proponent of learning the rules — learning how and why things work — so that when the opportunity arises, you know when to break them.

One of the first composition rules we learn in photography is the rule-of-thirds. But once you’ve understood this concept, what else can you do to improve the composition of your photos? It will get you started, but there’s more to composition than where you place your subject in the frame.

Click here to read the entire story on Photo Tuts+ >>>

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Level 3

Toolbox: Trusight Pro, TiltShift Generator, FocalLab

DFW International Airport
May 1, 2010

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ix3 Project

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A new video portrait project created by Richard Vickers shows in Istanbul the first week of May. It has been created using an iPhone 3GS video camera and is a participatory project. The artist is looking for iPhoneographers to contribute some video portraits.

The prototype is here, www.ix3.lincoln.ac.uk

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Hoey

Toolbox: Spaten, ProCamera, Film Lab, ClassicPOLA

Just an apped-up diversion which started as a zoomed image from our seats near the back row of a recent Jeff Beck / Gary Hoey concert. Inspired by Spaten.

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Level 1

Toolbox: Hipstamatic (John S lens, Ina’s 69 film)

The white zone is for passenger loading and unloading only. There is no parking in the white zone.

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Johnny Balfour in Black & White

Toolbox: Hipstamatic

Arlington, Texas
April 23, 2010

I love Arlington, Texas. Downtown is a snapshot of a time fifty years ago that until recently progress seemed to have passed by when the main highway was routed two miles to the north.

Now, with the new superstadium, the Super Bowl, and a rumored new commuter rail stop, business is returning to downtown and with it new development — many times at the expense of the old buildings that made downtown Arlington so quaint.

For this image, I used the Shibuya lens and BlacKeys Ultrachrome film — one of my favorite Hipstamatic combinations.

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Mozart

April 9, 2010
Chicago, Illinois

Toolbox: Film Lab, Photogene, FocalLab, Best Camera

I love the buskers on the train platforms. New York, London, and Chicago are especially rich with musicians of widely varying talent playing for you for tips and spare change as you wait for your train.

His name isn’t Mozart. Maybe it’s an epithet passers-by throw his way as they talk among their friends. Mozart is what he played so very passionately on his Erhu while I waited for the Red Line to take me downtown.

Accompanied by a CD on his boombox, this clash of cultures created a sound that was mesmerizing and one that I don’t think Wolfgang Amadeus himself would have minded.

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iPhoneography by Jason L. Parks

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To those just starting in iPhoneography, welcome. iPhoneography is the microwaved version of art. It is instant gratification to take a photo, edit, and share it with the world. Some may view our work as a novelty but to those who embrace and try to understand the iPhone’s limitations, it’s rewarding to produce art with what some categorize as a “toy camera.”

A gift and a curse of mine has been to pick up a hobby and become consumed by it. I’ve emailed and direct message my fair share of iPhoneographers in an attempt to learn more. One thing I learned early in life is to surround yourself with those who you view as better in a particular field so that you may become more competent yourself. Not only did I ask questions of them but I looked through their bodies of work, leaving comments, hearts, and faves in attempt to understand iPhoneography and photography as a whole and become better in my own work. Here are a few of the lessons I’ve picked up along the away from some of my favorite iPhoneographers.

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