Monthly Archives: July 2014

ART, Business, camera phone, HDR, hipstomatic, Iphone, Iphone 5, location, personal, photography, Snapseed, Travel

Is it Art, Pt.2?

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I wrote this post a little over a year ago on a different site.  I have spent a lot of time since then thinking about the topic and then expanding it to what is photography?  I’ll let you savor on the post for a couple days and then I’ll share some thoughts.

 I was in SF last week on an extensive corporate photo shoot for Swinerton.  When I was leaving I decided to take the Treasure Island exit on the way back to the airport.  The last time I was on TI was in 1975 when it was a Navy Base and I was a naive young seaman in Electronic Warfare school.  So many memories……  I first decided to do a quick photo shoot of the skyline which was etched in my memory.  I first shot it with my Nikon D3 and then decided to try my iPhone on Hipstamatic mode.  Ugh…… it looked as flat and hazy as the skyline.  So then I opened my new favorite app. Snapseed.  With a few adjustments and then a frame adjustment the above photo is what I ended up with.  I know, it looks grainy and it does.  But, the end result is that I’m going to print it on watercolor on my Epson inkjet printer.  A few years ago I did a similar series that I printed on the watercolor paper and it looked great.  Now, we’ll find out how IPhone photos hold up.

The techy stuff:  camera:  iPhone 4 (the 5 is on order)

Apps:  Hipstamatic and Snapseed by Nik

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babies, daughters, family, personal, photography

Birthday Girl

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 My three Gds (l-r) Payton, Natty and Parker

  This post is actually for my Granddaughter, Payton.  I hope someday she spends some time and reads my blog to see what “PoppaZ” did and thought.  But I’m a little ahead of myself.

  Payton Jo Rohrer was born seven years ago yesterday.  It has been a crazy time.  Having a grand daughter is the best reminder that you’re not young anymore.  I’m not….

 I was very blessed to have been invited to see the birth of Payton.  I was there documenting the experience  until the doctor told me to get out.  A short time later we heard the newborn cry.  And there she was.

  Payton created a lot of fun even before she was born.  Her mom, Tiffany, and I had several heated discussions about the choice of Payton as a name.  My argument, it’s a boy’s name and as a Charger’s  fan, it’s the same as Payton Manning, our arch nemesis, on the football field.  I lost the argument, and Payton Jo it was.

  Personally, I was hoping she’d be born on the 4th of July.  It would be special imagining her sharing a famous holiday as PoppaZ does (Cinco de Mayo).  But once again true to her Mom’s stubbornness Payton arrived on the 3rd instead.  She wasn’t going to share here birthday with anyone….. Happy Bday Pay.

 

 

Aerial, Architecture, Blog, Business, career, Lightroom 5, location, location shoot, photography, Video

A New View from Above

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I have done a lot of aerials for clients the last several years.  But as clients tightened their budgets the number of aerial assignments drastically decreased.  As an alternative we invested in a DJI Phantom Vision + and are in the early stages of testing.  They are several potential issue ranging from the paranoid uninformed public, insurance and future FAA regulations.  The plus side is being able to achieve lower level views than from a $650 per hour helicopter, work within tighter budgets and product creative imagery.  The times are changing but change can be fun.

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