New iPad Black and White app

I've just bought a new app for the iPad called Dramatic Black and White and it does seem to offer a wide range of black and white opportunities as well as being able to play around with infrared as well. This is the first attempt which also raises an interesting question when does a photograph become an iphoneograph as this was actually captured with my old Canon 1D and 500mm lens but then post processed on the iPad and iPhone. Indeed I used similar post production methods on the original image only that was in Photoshop. I guess in the end all that matters is the image rather than how it was made.

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Hare

The Tate is in a state of flux - around have of the gallery space is closed due to a major refit which will go on until 2013, no one appears to have noticed what is happening in London in 2012 but that is another story. They have also left the main hall of the building empty other than a series of relatively small sculptures, including this one by Barry Flanagan. It was all too much so out came the iPhone and this was the result, along with quite a bit of post production on the ipad afterwards.

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A day in the English countryside

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Shake it Out...some iPhoneography

I don't know where this came from but I actually made an iPhoneography image! The Shake It Out ref is from the latest, and possibly best, Florence and the Machine CD.

One final thing - the iOS spellcheck still doesn't recognise iPhoneography - very strange.

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Autumn

Just a quick thought - one week to go and it will be November and yet the roses in the garden are still blooming - we live in crazy mixed up times.

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Hipstamatic and Van Gogh

Day 2 of the iPhone 4 era and I have bought Hipstamatic. I'm still trying to get grips with this product and I'm to.d that you can get extra filter packs but I have still to workout how to do this. Still it does look like a bit of fun. So for Van Gogh. At my final art session at Melton I want to produce a portrait inspired by Van Gogh. This is really hard so I though I would start to practice this before next Monday - this is my first attempt. As you can see I still have a lot of work to do! But it is an intestine challenge.

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Article: iPhone 4 set to rule Flickr in the next few months

It seems that iphoneography is even more popular than I thought.

iPhone 4 set to rule Flickr in the next few months
http://www.ubergizmo.com/2011/04/iphone-set-to-rule-flickr-in-the-next-few-months/

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Iron Age, Art and Photography

It's been a bit of a bizarre few days. My new car arrived and I have spent quite bait of time driving around in it. Yesterday, for the first time in my motoring career the windscreen was cracked by a flying object on the motorway - this is real frustrating but it is part of life's rich tapestry well at least that is what I keep telling myself.

On top of this I have started to prepare the presentation I am going make on Sunday about my recent photographic practice - in short iphoneography - I want to get it finished by tomorrow and I have a few ideas which I will firm up and hopefully make into some coherent presentation for Sunday.

The final thing that is floating through my mind is my historical research project. This year I am concentrating on the iron age and how this fits into the project as a whole. There are so many things I could pursue but I have decided to take a little slower this year - after all I am doing this for my own satisfaction and so it doesn't have deadline. Currently I am reading 'The Prehistory of the East Midlands Claylands' - a real page turner ! Actually I is very interesting if a little dry.

On top of this I am making simple sketches such as this of Jim Broadbent. I made a similar sketch a few months ago and the difference is striking. The previous sketch was a good likeness but didn't have the confidence of technique that one has. This one is looser and I think much more interesting for that. I have not striven for an exact likeness but just tried to enjoyed producing the drawing. I think it works.

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Picture: There's Room at the Bar

Another fine example of what can be created without kilos of kit and £1000's spent.

There's Room at the Bar

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Article: The Art of iPhoneography: A Guide to Mobile Creativity [Paperback]

I guess you are entering the main stream when a book has been written about a branch of photography you have sort of pioneered.  It looks like iphoneography is now going mainstream.

The Art of iPhoneography: A Guide to Mobile Creativity [Paperback]
http://www.amazon.com/dp/1600599230/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_1hmMnb18KJQ7G

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