Flight Risk

All you have to do is look.

After you shoot for a while light can quickly become an obsession.  The completely mundane can look amazing when the light is just so.  Sitting on the plane this morning yielded one such opportunity.

We had unfortunately been called back to the gate for a reported "security issue" in the airport.  As we sat and waited I looked over at my neighbor and then scrambled for my iPhone.  Trying to be as discrete as possible I grabbed this, then processed on my phone using Snapseed.

Backlight guarantees drama, but you need to use care.  Left on its own the iPhone, and most cameras for that matter, can attempt to overexpose this image and render those blacks as gray.  We don't want that.  The contrast is the drama.  Expose for the highlight, let the rest fall to shadow.  For an iPhone that means locking the exposure by pressing and holding on the desired part of the image (in this case the window).  

In an age where HDR (high dynamic range) photography is so popular in an effort to extract every bit of detail from the shadows the drama in this type of image is completely gone.  Then it's just some guy working his smartphone.

No Balls

Gotta enjoy comedy whenever and wherever it presents itself.

Airport and iPhone

Never ceases to amaze me how convenient it is to have a camera in my phone. And wireless access to post stuff from the seat of my plane.

Big Cone

Don't always need to be shooting for fine art or photojournalism.  Can be fun, too!

iPhone + Hipstamatik.

It's Just a Handrail

Having a camera in a phone really is a great thing. Walking into the office this morning and notice the line and texture created by hard morning light. Normal people see a handrail and a step. Or nothing at all.

I see a need to stop and shoot with my iPhone in one hand and my Starbucks in another. It's a sickness, really.

Converted to black and white with Nik Software's amazing Snapseed app.

Light is Light

Nice light is nice light. Doesn't matter what it's illuminating. Even an in flight breakfast menu can look interesting.

From Earth to Sky

At my daughter's weekly soccer game tonight and the weather was fine. I'm generally hoisting the "big" guns and pretending to be a sports shooter but tonight I left the gear at home. Too many photos to deal with as it is.

Too bad as the light was nice. Cracked out the iPhone for a quick study in shadows, and then looked to the sky. It looked as if someone had painted in some clouds just for me.

Perspectives

Killing time waiting for next tourney game, but no camera this time and great lines at the arena. iPhone and Nik's Snapseed to the rescue.