Call this one a "remix," which is the word used for taking things and putting them together into a new form. Is it lazy of me to repost? Of course not. It's hard work doing what I do - playing with my iPad and cool new apps like PhotoShake.
I'm playing with another app today. This one's called PhotoShake. It's a convenient way for me to recycle old stuff. :-)
This was one of many fascinating things I saw in my Scott and Sandy's (in-laws) kitchen last Sunday morning.
Deb and I spent part of our weekend at my in-laws' new lake home at Lake Okoboji in Iowa. While the weather was atrocious (windy and cold), the clouds produced by the bad weather were worth enjoying.
This shot was taken shortly after sunrise and, as has been the case lately, edited with Instagram on my iPhone.
A couple years ago I realized that garden flowers look better when they are covered in dew. Since we don't always have dew in SD, I usually carry a spray bottle with me when I visit my wife's garden.But on this day, I was wandering around my aunt's Southern California neighborhood looking for photo opportunities. And I found real flowers coated with real dew.
It has been almost a year since I have taken an individual studio portrait and I felt I needed some practice. It would have been hard to find a better subject than Mandy, a sister of a previous subject of mine, Jessica.By the way, I had great help from two of my LATI Photo/Media students - Kelly and Holly.
Good photography? You be the judge. All I know is that I walked into a Carl's Jr. hamburger franchise in southern California one morning last week and was greeted by this happy saleswoman.The first thing I thought was, "Is this appropriate for a family restuarant?" The second thing I thought was "I need to take a photo." And today I am sharing my creative efforts with you. Enjoy.(Incidentally, I did not buy what she was selling.)
Sometimes an obvious post title jumps out at me. And other times, nothing strikes me. Such is the case today. "Lilly Pond" is pretty boring, isn't it?This photo, incidentally, is a departure from my normal style in that I rarely would photograph flowers in full sun. But waiting for shade wasn't an option. This pond is one of a couple at the Mission at San Juan Capistrano and I was there on a sunny southern California day at high noon. This isn't my favorite time of day to shoot any photo but actually, this brightly lit lilly came out OK. To get the selective focus, I set my camera on aperture priority, set the aperture to widest number (4.0) and then lowered the ISO. I let the camera set the shutter speed. Notice the bokeh in the background?
Even if the Getty Center, which sits above Los Angeles, California, didn't have great works of art, it would be worth visiting. The setting, the architecture and the landscape make this place a "must see" destination. It is photographically fascinating and I could have spent much more time there.This photo was taken with my iPhone and is heavily doctored by Instagram, but I like it. Perhaps when I have time, I'll post a photo of the same subject that I took with my "real" camera.If you are still reading, I want you to check out some photos I took with an iPhone app called Photosynth. I have posted a couple that I took at the Getty Center:The Van Gogh GalleryThe Big Metal Flower TreesGetty Center Entrance Hall (a true 360 shot)
But they are as close as I could come on this Easter Sunday in Southern California. These beautiful flowers were captured at the Mission at San Juan Capistrano.