Early Fall Panoramas

Me!!

That's me in the backseat of a car (boo not driving) on the road trip to Laredo from San Antone... iPhone camera in hand, Canon on the lap. All day everyday. Oh yeah.

"Garlic scapes"

I placed garlic scapes in quotes because I didn't know that was the name of them before I got them. These I did not grow; I got them at the farmers market on the Capitol lawn in Lansing, just down the street from my office. It was a glorious day actually.

This is a Hipstamatic print, with the contrast bumped up in CameraBag.

Hot Tamales

A pepper in hand

Is worth ten in a bush?

Peppers

... So... this is a picture of some peppers on a surface that I cannot reveal because that would be like giving away the secret... CameraBag 2 filter called Silver.

More of Tomato shoot

The past two posts feature the Most Amazing Tomato - the first of my Mi garden tomatoes. I loved it. I love it. It ultimately had to be cut and uSed, but some of it is still in the fridge. Luckily I photographed the heck out of it for several days.

Tomato

For some reason I feel very foolish writing words to go with the photographs. Perhaps that is why I do not have a writing blog!! Rest assured that there is a handwritten journal to accompany the process of completing the project, and that some parts of it will eventually go into the Artist's Statement... despite the fact that half the time I find artists' statements to be extremely annoying.

I love almost everything about this photograph except for a few details of composition due it to its having been an improvisational shot. I might need to try shooting it again to get rid of said details, but then it may feel less authentic.

Probably the most interesting thing with this self-portrait project is when I shift between iPhone and shooting with my DSLR. With the iPhone, you get greater intimacy and closer framing as well as the ability to see the photograph before shooting - the inability of which with the regular camera is part of what makes self-portraits difficult. As I have remarked many times (though admittedly probably mostly in my head) I really enjoy the immediacy and greater casualness you can get from the iPhone in all kinds of circumstances.

And you gotta love the distortion!!

Testing direct upload from phone

Beginning a photo project regarding fruits and vegetables from the garden and relation to human form. Let's just start with some of the more simple ones...

Title: "Shy tomato peeking ironically from the corner of the frame"

Some photographers I like

Since this blog is mostly a reference for me and outlet to look at some of my photos in a particular context, I thought I would start using it a bit more intentionally. Here are some photographers his work I found recently and really like.

1.) http://lumilyon.wordpress.com/ - Nettie Edwards. Does a lot of work with the iPhone but using alternative photographic processes. Totally awesome! Found her in an issue of Black and White Photography (No. 158).

2.) http://carawestonphotography.com/index.php -I like the photography here but more than anything actually like the website itself.

3.) http://www.jennyellerbe.com/PortfolioIndex.html - black-and-white photography again. She has some interesting stuff, an interesting mixture of landscapes and some more abstract studies though probably not as abstract as I would take things.

4.) http://www.alisonturnerphoto.com/#!/index - Alison Turner website. The iPhone on the road pictures are pretty amazing. there is a piece called reflected identities that was highlighted in the last issue of Black and White Photography (No. 158), but I can't seem to find it online. It definitely was what inspired me to try using the Hipstamatic app on the iPhone. now that I have to give them myself, perhaps I will just use my own photos as the inspiration for continuing... as well as my new iPhone lens toys :)

Wood Texture Studies

"SpaceFoetus"

I have an awesome cool new toy I found at the camera shop, the first one I have found in Michigan. It is in Grand River. T
he thing is called olloclip and is basically a series of tiny lenses crafted specifically for the iPhone. Since the iPhone is always around me and I like to experiment with that, it is a wonderful addition to my life! Gabriella and I went to the walking place after school on Monday since Jesse has been busy and while she played I played around with my toy. This shot was taken in a window. Friend Colin said it looked like a space foetus. So I said, well then that's its title!

Michigan Spring Panorama

I stole one of these images and created the other in R, though with basically stolen code (i was working through examples.) The more I get into data visualization, the more I reflect on the places of intersection between them. The similarity in tone and shape between these two in particular - or maybe this painting postcard, which hangs in my office - and any map - made me want to create a little mash-up. So I did. And my usual "brand" name...

Spring Day in East Lansing

At 4H Children's Garden and plant sale. Afterward went to E. Lansing Art Festival. Fun day!!

Evening snow shoot - Potter Park, Lansing

mostly out to practice panoramas. about 18 inches of snow and plowed banks up to my waist. wore snowshoes to navigate but it was still REALLY tough. this was one of the last before dark. could still use some editing...

In case it isn't obvious by now, I really don't often feel like writing on the blog. I really only feel like posting photographs. I don't know if that's really "okay" or not... perhaps I should actually be posting on Pinterest!! I really am trying to post pictures more often, however. Edited photographs mostly. Right now I am trying to do a bit of a project on winter and solitude/loneliness. A joint project with my sister.

The following is another one that I took on Christmas Eve during the huge ice storm that brought down many beautiful tree limbs. Of course the beauty of having brought down the street alone as that I got to touch it and hold it and put it on my car to photograph something ephemeral that I never could have saved otherwise.

Actually really close to home. Got lucky with the pretty little spot of red - someone's buried car, so sad.

Winter Bridge

This shot is also from Christmas Eve (2014), the one day the sun came out after snow then ice then more snow. Okemos. Edited with Camerabag2.

A frozen bud from a limb that fell during the crazy Lansing, MI ice storm right before Christmas. This was the only sunny day, after more snow had fallen. I am holding it in my glove. I wanted to keep this ball of ice so badly! Too bad some things are ephemeral.