Happy new 2012 everyone!
Here’s my current favorite smartphone camera snap, I’m having too much fun with this smartphone camera.
I’m using a Nokia Lumia 920, What are you using?
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Late afternoon
This weekend I was visiting a friend whom I used to ride with, he moved his horses from a ranch to his back yard a few weeks ago so I went to see the new tenants.
Being around horses is very special, these herbivores are beautiful and are among my favorite subjects.
While shooting portraits of her mom, this sweet 5-year-old wanted some camera attention. As soon as her Mom left to change for the next set, I asked her to come up to the set and pretend she’s Mommy, she knew exactly what to do.
After a few smiles at the camera she was drawn into the computer and didn’t mind the camera anymore.
Climbing trees and playing outdoors were my favorite activities when I was this kid’s age, My fascination with computers started when I was well into my 20’s. For the last 10 years, I build and keep up all my computers and love doing that.
I didn’t find computers very practical for myself until Photoshop 3 came out. Looking at these images made me think whose childhood is more fulfilling, the tree climbers or the tech kids? I don’t have an answer for that.
Smartphone photography is fun, I stopped using my snapshot camera a year ago, shortly after I started using a smartphone. Up to that time I always carried a compact camera with me, even when I had my Professional DSLR camera with me, it was usually a Canon PowerShot.
Now I always have with me my phone/snapshot camera/music library/phonebook/portfolio/…. well, you get the idea.
Thanks to Steve Jobs for refining the concept, and thanks to all the rest who picked up the ball and started running. The best is yet to come.
The smartphone images are about as good as any snapshot camera, less the zoom capabilities.
I never use the phone’s digital zoom, I prefer to crop an image after taking it, that’s if I really need to. In order to satisfy my kink for constantly framing the world around me, the smartphone is a great solution.
The huge variety of cool apps out there is a bit confusing at first but I narrowed it down to two apps that I find are fun and helpful. The one I can’t do without is Thamba photo editor, it’s a feature-rich “Photoshop” substitute, the other is LoMob which allows me to mimic different film styles. Here’s a couple of recent shots.
I shot the first one at my doorstep this resilient little thing was growing from the concrete two feet in front of my door. I consider it lucky even though it has only three leaves. I shot he fire hydrant a couple of blocks from my house.
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Minerva
Here’s another image from my current exhibition, she’s called Minerva, She’s named after the German factory that made her, around 1910.
It looks like someone tried to restore her paint job many years ago, pretty badly I must say, I find that it’s adding character to her, well that and her teeth.
This event has ended If you’d like to see some of the other images from this show, click here
I’m currently showing Minerva and other images from the “Dannah’s Toys” series at:
Sabor 2 Café 708 East Colorado Blvd. Pasadena. 91101
from November 16 to December 31. The place is open every day from 7AM to 9PM.
If you’d like to meet me there please drop me a line and we can hang out.
This event has ended If you’d like to see some of the other images from this show, click here
I’ll be showing my latest toy series at:
Sabor 2 Café 708 East Colorado Blvd. Pasadena. 91101
from November 16 to December 31. The place is open every day from 7AM to 9PM.
Since there’s not going to be an official opening, if you’d like to meet me there please drop me a line and we can hang out.
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Thunderbirds airshow at Nellis AFB
Attending the Nellis Open House at Nellis AFB in Las Vegas, NV, is a treat for any aviation enthusiast.
Since all military air shows are on hold for now, here are some images I shot of the ‘Thunderbirds’ the last time I attended.
I love these iron birds.
