That’s Jeff, my Grandson-in-law, husband of Emily, father of Brianna and baby Hazel, gone wild with his iPhone, shooting up a storm. I think I’ve met my match!
SIESTA
On a hot afternoon in Merida, Mexico, carriage drivers take a nap while waiting for the evening’s business to pick up.
Andalusian Shepherd
On the road to Ronda, Spain, 2002.
Continuing the series of candid portraits, this one a road, rather than a street photo, was shot using a Sony Cybershot camera, processed on an iPad Air 2, with the Snapseed app.
Walking With Grandmother
Laguna Beach, California . iPhone 4s / Snapseed
Street Portrait
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Snapshot to Photograph
I took this quick snapshot from the hip and without thinking much about it. I noticed the scene as I was walking past, and just shot reflexively.
I shot again as I got closer, and then a third time. All the images were way off level, badly cropped and not especially interesting. I was tempted to delete them, but decided to let them be while I went on looking for something better.
On another day, as I was looking through my shots while in less of a hurry, I was first attracted to the bright colors of the flag, but when I looked more closely, I began to zero in on the relationships of the figures, and the color in the sunglasses on the figure on the left. Those great boots, also interested me.
I zoomed in for a closer look, and when I saw the center figure’s eyelashes, and all three expressions, I was hooked. I wasn’t entirely sure it would work, but decided to try rotating the image to level it up. It worked, and I liked what I was seeing.
I then cropped it, and began playing with it in Snapseed, using the TuneImage/Ambiance, and other sliders to open up the shadows and sharpened it a bit using the Details/Structure slider. I framed it with Frames, changed it to black and white, added a blue filter to lighten the sky, then, back in the Tune Image menu, I added some warmth, and there it was, the photo of the day for my Instagram gallery, @johnfarnsworthphotographer.
I’m glad I didn’t delete the original. I do wish I could give a more blow by blow account of the way I proceeded with it, but I don’t keep a record of the steps I take, and seldom repeat myself exactly, preferring to just play with the sliders, dodging, burning, adjusting, caressing and manipulating until I find the photograph lurking in the snapshot.
As Ansel Adams said: “You don’t take a photograph, you make it.”
Look Into My Eyes
A lively conversation on the Promenade des Anglais in Nice, France.
Still life
I see it still has wheels; maybe its life isn’t over yet. I’ll bet the owner still has plans for it…
TEPOZTLÁN STILL LIFE
Let’s go Mexico! Now accepting just two students, first come, first served, for an intensive five day iPhoneography WalkandShoot workshop/tour of Mexico City, the Day of the Dead Parade and more in Queretaro, San Miguel de Allende, and Guanajuato. See details at johnfarnsworthphotographer.com.
STREET PHOTOGRAPHY, BLACK AND WHITE AND COLOR
I finally bade farewell to my new friends, Sam and Giselèle, George and Liz, Guillermo and Guillermo Junior, and left Puerto Vallarta this afternoon on the twelve thirty bus. Got to San Blas in time to get a room, check my email, and head out to get in a bit of street photography like this black and white shot,
iPhone 6s Plus / Snapseed / FrontView
and this one, in color, of a family outing.
iPhone 6s Plus / Snapseed
When it got too dark to photograph, I went for a delicious fish dinner, then back to my room to organize the day's photos, and to put together this blog post and share it with you.
Hasta mañana.
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A FARNSWORTH A DAY 