Musical Lines:
View On Black
This shot really jumped out at me. We were playing a gig in a barn, and the owner of the barn had put tarps over the sides of the barn. The sun was setting behind the tarps, and it cast this nice, even light over everything, including my precious double bass. I took a couple snaps before I had to start playing, and came home and processed this.
The Musician:
View On Black
I am becoming more and more infatuated with black and white. Perhaps it is a knee jerk reaction to my previous fad of using brightly saturated colors, with multicolored lights. Maybe it is because of my current fascination with line and tone of an individual subject as opposed to the entire whole composition. I don’t know. What I do know is I nearly threw away this photo, until I noticed how strong the silhouette would be. A few clicks in aperture later and possibly one of my favorite photos I’ve ever made appeared.
It simply astounds me what the iPhone camera is capable of, together with the apps onboard to edit. This was taken, edited, and uploaded on my phone.
It also brings to mind how important it is that apps should be able to share data. On iPhone, all image apps can share data through the pictures app, but other kinds of data are left in the cold. Where android has a filesystem, and so many other simpler OS, the iPhone fails. It is its greatest weakness.
I’m consistently surprised by the quality of the photos taken by the iPhone. This was taken and edited on my 3gs.
Fascinating talk on the light, color, and context. If you are a photographer/artist, or just like learning about how we sense the world, you should watch it.
