More with the iPhone ...

Another excursion with the iPhone, this time to a forgotten land within Kletzsch Park. This is an area beyond Picnic Area 4 (at the north end of the park) and past the soccer fields to the south, behind the maintenance building. It is like a peninsula formed by an oxbow of the Milwaukee River.

There is a shabby trail on the circumference lined with rather old and broken trees. While this area has not been maintained, there are nice homes on the opposite side of the Milwaukee River. The topography of course, is exposed at this time of year. There is a meadow of tall grasses at the center of this parcel, I plan to visit there during the summertime.

Currently, I process these images in Lightroom 2 to include the color effect and blur the edges in Photoshop® CS4. This tends to be the rave for iPhone photography, but done with iPhone aps. I did not use textures with this series.

 

iPhone 3Gs that is now an iPod - good by AT&T

iPhoneography - a change of pace

This is a popular craze that has hit the streets running - accounting for the plethora of $2 & $3 ap sales. While I use my iPod (that used to be an iPhone), I transfer my images to a computer and finish things up in Lightroom 2 and Photoshop CS4. here are some results.

These were taken at Kletzsch Park with 20 to 30 mph winds and the temperature in the low 60"s.

Poladroid

Nifty... open the ap and it puts an image of an SX-70 camera on your desktop. Drag your JPEG image over the camera and it "clicks", there is a short "process" and then you hear the image pop out. The image will develop right before your eyes - like the real thing. Half the fun is just watching it work.

Here's one that I dd - "Waiting for Spring".

The ap is free HERE.

Enjoy!

Appreciation

My wife told me the other day 

that she appreciates me.

Not for any particular reason,

just that she appreciates me.

That's why appreciation is such

a wonderful thing.

It goes full circle.

Whisper

Almost silent

virtually never seen

vaguely distorting

beyond recognition.

Springtime images—seeing in a different way

I'm revisiting some images made this past Spring (I like starting this year over again) and reworking them with my favorite Flypaper Textures. These not only provide texture, but adds colour as well - and by stacking them and using various blending modes in Photoshop®, this can result with unlimited renditions. I use the Spring, Summer and Edges packs, and learning how to master these is a project in itself. There is a Flicker group where users post their work as well.

These first two images were taken at the Northwind Perennial Farm west of Burlington, WI. These textures work especially well with cloudy day scenes - which this seems to be when Kathy and I go to Northwind. We typically find some things to add to our garden as well.

Reaching this way & that
to a sky unseen,
as if missing.
There is refuge
yet to be found,
for the pondering soul.

A meadow for quiet reflection located at Swan and County Line Road in Mequon. I like how the texture colours accented the green on the spring foliage.

Digital Scrap Booking

There is an emerging market of "Digital Scrap Bookers" which has been popular among the hybrid scrap book and stamping enthusiasts for quite a while. Photographers can use their own images and now present them in an exciting and creative manner. Images are placed on a digital paper consisting of several layers to bring out the desired colours and graphics. Elements are added for an artistic quality. The papers and elements are provided by artists who offer their designs for others to use.

Digital scrapbooking is essentially paper scrapping with computer software. The software, backgrounds and embellishments are quite varied. With paper scrapping one goes to stores, but digital supplies are purchased on line. Individual kits are inexpensive but do add up.

One actually has the best of both worlds with digital scrap booking because pages can be tweaked over again without damaging the elements. If one decides to change the photos but keep the exact same layout, it’s pretty easy to do. Favorite layouts can be printed to share with family and friends - as long as the artists’ (who provide the backgrounds and elements) terms of use are honored.