Steven May 8th, 2011
One of the things I love most about shooting with my iPhone is it’s ability, using the right apps, to shoot HDR images. This shot of the Kenosha Marina is a good example. Though it wouldn’t have been impossible to get this result without HDR, it would have required a lot of post processing work in Photoshop. The sky and ground were very different exposures. By shooting two images, one exposed for the brights, one for the darks, and combining them with HDR, I was able to get a photo that looked very similar to what my eyes saw.
For this image I used the Pro HDR app. I also use TrueHDR at times.
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Steven May 4th, 2011
Lake Michigan stretched out before me like a painting,
it’s beauty was so inspiring I felt compelled to paint it with my phone…
Shot and Processed with my iPhone
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Steven January 12th, 2011
One of the things I love about Lake Michigan in the winter time are the lake effect snow clouds that form when conditions are right. Today’s conditions were right and a nice dark band of clouds had formed over the lake.
This dark backdrop makes for some great lighting at the end of the day, so I headed out to Racine this afternoon hoping to catch some of that light. Unfortunately there were to many clouds to the west and even though the sun would break through now and then, it only lit up pieces of the landscape each time.
For this image I really wanted the sun to light up the foreground and the lighthouse, but all it hit was the foreground. I was a little disappointed and came home thinking I didn’t get a decent shot. Once I saw this image on the computer though, I really liked it. I love the dark, bluish color of the sky, and the snow and ice shelf really stand out with the light hitting them. Even though the lighthouse is a little dark, it still shows up well enough for me.
All in all, it’s a nice Like Michigan winter scene.
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Steven January 3rd, 2011
January’s Photo of the Month: Mt Tom Covered in Clouds at Sunrise, Eastern Sierra Nevada, CA
This month’s photo comes from a chilly morning in the Eastern Sierra back on January 7, 2006. I ventured out to Round Valley to shoot the sunrise after a heavy snowfall had blanketed the foothills of the Eastern Sierra. Low clouds from the storm still hung on the mountains, but the sky to the east was clear, a perfect scenario for a beautiful sunrise. Mother Nature didn’t disappoint that morning as soft pink and purple light bathed the clouds and reflected in the snow on the valley floor.
I love when heavy snow falls in the foothills of the Eastern Sierra. The sagebrush and rabbit brush become covered and the cool looking humps you see in this photo are formed. The humps make great foreground material for photos of the mountains.
I shot many great images that magical morning, this one has always been my favorite though.
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