iPhone Photography

Iraq War Photographer Ben Lowy recently said something to the extent of, "when technology made for the masses is used our society says you can't make art with it." He is speaking of the critique some photographers get when using a camera phone. He was interviewed by Mark Seliger on Mark's show, Capture.

Hillside. Ketchum, Idaho

A Nordic ski track I often ski swings by this hill. I don't often bring my 35mm camera when I ski but I do bring my phone. Captured with the iPhone 5 and edited using NIK's Silver Effex Pro and Adobe's CS5.

Ordinary Landscapes

So I now have a title for a really broad project I am working on. It's, Ordinary Landscapes. My goal, with whatever camera I have at the moment, is to take an image of a pretty ordinary landscape, and to have the viewer loose him or herself in it. Could be color, could be black and white. Doesn't matter.

Winter Trees. Hailey, Idaho

Winter Pines

Both of the images above were taken with the iPhone 5 and edited in Adobe Photoshop CS5.

iPhone Photography

Palm Trees & Storm.  Hawaii

Here's an image from just over a year ago I took with the iPhone camera.  Sometimes the simplicity of a camera phone is perfect.

Camera: iPhone 4

A Few iPhone Images From Montana

On our way over to Chico Hot Springs in Montana and Yellowstone. First night at the Murray in Livingston, a favorite hotel of mine. It all starts though, at the Calf-A in Dell, Montana. It's an ex-school house turned cafe. The history is all over the walls and just about everything is homemade including their pies! Here are a few iPhone images from the day. The image on the bottom is an abstract of ice. All of these photos in addition to being taken on the iPhone were edited on the iPhone using NIK's really incredible app, Snapseed.

Canyon Wolf Pack

Fishing first: It was COLD today. The east entrance to Yellowstone was closed this morning due to snow. What a way to send off August. We hiked in to the first meadow on Slough Creek and it was about 48 when we left for Slough and maybe 50 when we returned. Blustery and gray and intermittent rain. Absolutely nothing was going on in the way of hatches. Tons of smallish #12 or so lethargic hoppers in the grass. We found one pool loaded with fish and did not see another fish in any other spot. The warmer weather to come could change things for the better. Soda Butte, however is fishing well.

I finished up my guide trip up Slough around 3 or so and headed for Dunraven Pass and the Hayden Valley. I made some coffee on top of Chittenden Rd. in strong winds and snow showers at about 9,000 feet. I hit the road to look for grizzlies in the Hayden Valley and maybe the Canyon Pack.

I stopped not far beyond where Alum Cr. meets the Yellowstone and took a short walk and ran into a very interesting wolf researcher. I learned a lot from him in a short period of time including where the Canyon pack rendezvous point is which was only a couple hundred yards from where I was and within clear view. Not long after he left I watched five nervous elk run across the meadow in front of me and into the Yellowstone River where they stood and waited and watched over the timber line they had just come from. After about a half an hour of watching the eIk I saw a beautiful gray wolf trot out from the timber line and onto the meadow in front of me. The elk were clearly aware of it's presence. Five minutes later a black wolf and two pups came out from the timber and essentially traced the same route the first gray wolf took. Ten or so minutes later another black wolf appeared and took the same route as well. I watched the five of them meet up and play for about an hour or so.
After leaving the Canyon pack I took off to scout out a fishing spot on the Yellowstone and came across a large grizzly. I was able to capture some images of it due to it's close proximity to me. I also saw another grizzly earlier today from a distance through my binos on the Lamar River. What a day!
Above are more iPhone images from today...

Remote Post From iPhone

I just settled in in Silver Gate, MT just outside of the NE corner of Yellowstone. Remarkably I can post on this site and receive email but I cannot send email. It's cool here with an expected high tomorrow of around 64. Soda Butte is a bit off color from thunder showers but is still fishing well. I fished Soda Butte for about twenty minutes this evening and did quite well. More to come... Here's an image I just took with my iPhone of my room where I just discovered a few mice running around.