Mirror Selfie
I took advantage of the mirrors in my dressing room in the hotel in Trieste to create a "recursive" image along the lines of the Droste effect (immediately below). This…
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November 25, 2022
Another View of the Astorga Cathedral
Here's another view of the Astorga Cathedral, this one using my iPhone, and processed using the Waterlogue app.
May 28, 2022
ICM is for iPhones too!
ICM---in camera motion---is a technique used to add interpretive aesthetics to an image by moving the camera during exposure while the shutter is open. Generally, the effect created is impressionistic.…
September 5, 2021
The Windows on the Beast
We call our bus on the Iceland circumnavigation "the Beast"---because the wheels are unimaginably high, the 4-wheel drive is potent, it bounces with a hard suspension, and it is red.…
July 16, 2021
Skeletons in the Hood
This year, there seems to be plenty of pre-Halloween activity in the neighborhood. Perhaps in the same pandemic spirit as the many close-by home improvement projects: the psychology seems to…
October 22, 2020
Hydrangea Blossoms
These hydrangea petals were placed on a light box. I photographed them above with my Nikon D850 using the techniques explained in my Photographing Flowers for Transparency workshop, and below…
October 25, 2019
Seen Along the Way of Saint James
Here are a few random sightings captured with my iPhone camera on the Way of Saint James, specifically the Camino Portuguese, on my walk through southern Galicia towards Santiago. Above,…
May 11, 2019
Temple of Mercury
Within Schwetzingen Garden, the Temple of Mercury is an intentional ruin from the late 1700s. Built to romantically fall down, the question today is how to conserve a structure intended…
April 28, 2019
Wisteria Gate
The wisteria are in bloom around town. Their lush blues and purples, and lavish grape-juice odor, dominate the staid landscape of "the flats." In the hills, the wisteria are not…
April 9, 2019
Some scenes call for a fisheye and fun!
I spent a wonderful sunny afternoon photographing with my friend Jim on the slopes of Mt Diablo. The sky was blue with high-flying clouds, the slopes were green and alive…
April 3, 2019
Paris from the 18th Arrondissement
I used my iPhone to snap this somewhat unusual view of the Parisian landscape from the heights of the 18th Arrondissement, a window high on the slopes of Montmartre, with…
February 20, 2019
Through a Glass Lightly
The last few years have been traveling years for me. This means time in restaurants. Sometimes alone. Waiting for food. Or with a crowd out eating, but alone inside. Either…
July 3, 2018
Two from the iPhone files
Dogwood Flowers in a Bowl and Poppies and Echinaceas were both photographed with my iPhone camera. These were arrangements that were "collateral damage" to having flowers around from my garden…
June 21, 2018
A Lens, Spirals, and a Selfie
On the boat ride around Menorca with PhotoPills camp, sitting up high on the upper deck, I saw a rig with a 19mm tilt-shift Nikkor. Cool lens. From the right…
June 2, 2018
Camino Seen via Hotel Room Interiors
Phyllis says that for her my Camino is visually a succession of hotel room interiors. This is because of the nine-hour time-shift with California. When she is sleeping, I am…
May 4, 2018
Yum and thanks!
These wonderful chocolates arrived today! Truly, I did nothing other than dispensing a little photography advice to deserve them. So thanks Jarek! Photographed with my iPhone and processed in Snapseed.…
April 10, 2018
Window and Shadow
Wandering through an open house in the neighborhood, I came across this window and shadow, and photographed it with my iPhone, the fun camera I always (at least mostly always)…
April 4, 2018
The Bouquet I left Behind
This is a handheld iPhone capture of a light box flower arrangement (the full resolution "big boy" camera version will follow in the due fullness of time). The light box…
March 7, 2018