This is a photo I took in the studio and turned into a composite. This is a lot more work than it looks like, but it seems like it could be a an interesting direction to go!

Jedi in studio

Jedi composite

Painting With Light Still Life Series

This is a photographic Still Life series that I'm currently working on. These were created using a technique called "painting with light." I used a Mag-Lite flashlight in a darkened room to "paint" the subjects with light, creating a warm, old world painterly look.

Onions and Squash

Pot and Apples

Artichokes and Onions

Sunflowers and Books

Eggs and Flowers

Callas and Tomatoes  

Springdale Nevada

Springdale Ghost Town


These are my final images for the Smart Phone Imaging class. 
I took these with my iPhone 4S, using the Hipstamatic app. 
Springdale is an interesting place. Not many people get to see it, as it's privately owned now by a friend of ours. I always get a kick out of photographing the area because it has a lot of history. The buildings are slowly deteriorating over time, so I'm trying to capture some of them before the "fall." It covers over 400 acres, so I don't think I'll run out of things to photograph for a while.

A little History

Road Trip!

 Barn Window

   Old Schoolhouse

Before the Fall

Under the Cottonwoods

 Old Root Cellar

Whore House

 Lone Tree

 Victim of Barbed Wire

 Vacation Home

 The End

Beatty, Nevada-Day Trip

Roadtrip to Beatty

Drove to Beatty with Hubby today, took many pics, not the greatest light, but make hay while the sun shines! (Or even if the sun isn't shining!)

Bailey's Hot Springs

 Sound of wind blowing

Where's my grasslands??

Tepees

 Shadows

 Can't wait!

 

This way....

T.R.A.S.H.

Y'all come back now! 

Smith Center, Las Vegas

Night at the Smith Center, where I saw Pilobolus, an awesome Dance Troupe. Highly recommended! 

One minute portrait of brother Mark

The Winery

Winery in Loomis, California

Went to a winery on the way home from the Apple Fest in California-on the way back to Reno. The land is pretty parched right now, looks like CA could really use some rain..

 

 

 

 

Making money with your iPhone

There are some sites out there where you can experiment with selling your iPhone images. Here's one of them: http://foap.com/



I have mixed feelings about this. On the one hand, I guess there's some potential to make a little money, on the other hand you're selling your photos for a pittance, and the market is flooded with cheap stock photography. Also, with sites like iStockphoto.com and others like it, at the very least you need a model release for photos of people.


Any thoughts on this?

Chinatown

Some shots I took while cruising through Chinatown. These were all edited in Snapseed for basic adjustments, then added frames and a grunge effect.     
http://www.snapseed.com/

 Lucky

Lady in Red

Year of the Tiger

Lucky Bamboo

 Ethereal

Gold and Red

Lantern

The Guardian