As the sun sets over the Great South Bay, a smooth aerial transition of color takes place, as burning reds shift gently to greyish blues of twilight. The otherworld transform of the tadaa app desaturates all other color, allowing us to focus on and marvel at the spendor of the setting sun.
I invite you to embark on an ongoing photographic odyssey - one of exotic locales, colorful characters, strange customs and untold adventures. Not to be overshadowed, New York City, a microcosm of the world, pulsates with art, fashion and culture, with surprises and contradictions all its own. Long Island beckons too, from North Fork vineyards to South Shore beaches. I hope my paintings and photos inspire and inform. Click on images to link to Flickr and on OLDER POSTS for additional content.
Steven
A self portrait, using tadaa app with transform called souvenir. Yes, it does remind me of an old postcard, perhaps faded, or even colored in a bit with watercolor.
Hair on Fire
Graininess and texture. color inversions, destauration effects combined help to create another watercolor like portrait. Motion, repetitive forms and colors, unexpected vantage points help to produce a dynamic composition.
Fire Island Ferry in HDR
Impossible to avoid motion. In HDR, or high dynamic range photography, two images of different exposures are merged. A tripod can help prevent motion, allowing for precise overlay of the same image. On the ferry, buffetted by strong winds, this was all but impossible. Fun was to be had, however. With HDR pro app on the iPhone, the interior of the ferry, otherwise darkened in shadows by the setting of the twilight sun, is illuminated in the warmth of surreal lightening, create a glow to math that of the twilight afterburn.
The Artist
In Fire Island, taken with iPad 4 S app called Tadaa, sought of like instagram. I then transformed the picture using the otherworld option. I love the way it creates a water color like effect.