This category is used to display all of my Pressgram photos. Have a look around. I hope you find something you like.
I find this rock fascinating. How did it break? Why is there a round rock within a round rock? Where is the missing piece? The photo was shot with the native #iPhone5 camera app and the #monochrome conversion was done with #Snapseed. The level of control that Snapseed gives is awesome. Note the detail in the shadow side of the rock, this area went completely black in some of the other apps that I tried. #discoverpressgram #texture #shadowdetail
I walk past this patch of ornamental grass almost every day. I thought I had better stop and snap a photo today, we are expecting snow overnight. I certainly hope this doesn’t signal the end of Autumn, it’s my favorite time of year. This photo was shot with the native #iPhone5 camera app, converted to #monochrome with #VSCO, and then punched up and given some subtle blurring around the edges with #Snapseed.
There is snow in the forecast for Denver! Time to break out the winter weather gear. Here is my nephew Jaxon in his stocking cap (with ears) and snow pants just after coming in from the cold. I had to go all the way back to February of 2011 in my camera roll to pull this image. It was shot with my 4th Gen iPod Touch and was processed using #Filterstorm. #discoverpressgram #monochrome #dpbw
Here we have Molly (left) and Emma showing off their Hula Hoop skills at Gunther Toody’s a chain of 1950’s themed diners here in the US. I love the juxtaposition of the bright colors against the monochromatic floor as well as the blur of the hoops. It’s pretty amazing how sharp Emma’s face and hands are considering the shutter speed was 1/20 of a second. This image came over from instagram so I don’t remember how it was processed, sorry. #discoverpressgram #byebyeinstagram
The misty view from my front porch, or a bright and sunny afternoon? Actually it is the latter. Lens flare has given a misty appearance to the upper left corner of the frame and has reduced the overall contrast to make the light appear far softer than it was. Black and white conversion was done with #VSCO. #monochrome #dpbw #discoverpressgram
I am loading this shot as an example of a simple picture giving a sense of place. With the ornamental grass and the fleur-de-lis pattern of the fence, to me this picture feels like it was shot in the South (southern USA) – New Orleans or maybe Savannah. To enhance this feeling I applied one of the warm presets in VSCO and then applied some softening filtration in Snapseed. The combination of subject selection and intentional post processing is pretty effective at giving a sense of place.
Here is another image from over on that other photo sharing site. This is Molly playing on the iPad while waiting for her dinner. It ‘s really amazing how the iDevices just seem to multiply. What did we spend our money on back before the iPod/iPad/iPhone? #byebyeinstagram #Hipstamatic #JohnS #BlacKeysBW #portrait
We had a cold and dreary day here in the Mile-High City, so I went back into my #Hipstamatic archive to grab a more summery photo. Here we have three sunflowers in front of a large suburban home. The combination of #JohnS and #BlackKeysSuperGrain gives a nice glow to the flowers but was able to maintain detail in the shadow side of the house. No additional post processing necessary.
I found some more signs of fall while out for my walk today. I really liked the contrast of the bright leaves against the shadowed grass. In this case the limited dynamic range of the iPhone camera worked in my favor. #VSCO #discoverpressgram #autumn #fall
What is a photo stream without a self portrait? This is me sitting at my dining room table testing various #Hipstamatic lenses and film types. In this case you are looking at the #LuciferVI lens and #BlackKeysBW film (which actually isn’t B&W at all, it’s just highly desaturated color). In this shot I was testing this combination’s response to the contrasty light. I think it looks cool, but not very flattering for a #portrait. By the way, this is an older image that was shot with my 4th Generation iPod Touch. Hence the high level of noise and low resolution. #selfportrait #discoverpressgram