lovin' squares

I'm addicted to instagram; there, I've admitted it. I love the immediacy of sharing with others who capture moments. The opportunity to see glimpses from the other side of the globe is fascinating. And now, on my new iphone, there are all the processing apps to play with. I'm loving the square format, so I first go to Squaready to make the cropping decision without losing resolution. This image was then adjusted using Snapseed, which offers lots of processing choices and fun tools. And yes, that was the actual sun here in Santa Cruz today. I love where I live.

Shutter Sisters Camp

Had a great week with Shutter Sisters at the Ace Hotel in Palm Springs. So much love and effort went into making a supportive, playful space for sisters to create.

MarbleCam

Another fun iPhone app to play with is MarbleCam. It places a clear marble in front of your image, flipping and magnifying. You have the options to flip the image back as I have here, and change the diameter of the sphere. It then blurs the background (which is the image you started with) creating a nice bokeh. Check it out. It's free.

panoramic

I just got my first iphone! I'm, of course, taking tons of photos and processing with different apps. I'll show results with some of my favorites as I experiment. What I'm playing with at the moment is the panoramic function. You get a fish-eye effect (originally called a "whole-sky" lens) with objects on different planes, which I think, adds to the charm.

cloud-chasing

When coming out of work this afternoon, I noticed clouds forming so went off cloud-chasing. I can't remember ever seeing such a huge cloud that low in the sky. The beautiful blue provided great contrast to view those fascinating edges.

Vintage Postcard Series - San Francisco

The images on the left are the photos I recently took in San Francisco. The images on the right, are the fronts of the vintage postcards on which my photos are printed. Notice that there is a one-cent stamp on the top-left card. I'm searching out frames which are viewed from both sides, so cards can be visible with past and present shown.

I'm back

Okay, that was a long summer away, but I'm back with lots of new photos. My new series is printed on the back of vintage postcards (thank you Annie for the latest batch from France). When possible, I match the country of the card and my image; and on rare occasions, I have even taken a photo in the same area (Golden Gate Bridge as example). What I find intriguing are the hand-written messages from the past. I purposely let portions of those show through my work so the two stories, decades apart, can intermingle with the viewer being the interpreter. I found this red bike while walking in Zagreb, Croatia.