January – 2010 – How I See Life

Bookshelf at Borders

Books on the shelf at Borders. I read in a photography book that you’re always ten meters from ten good pics. I found one. :-), originally uploaded by Kari_Marie.

I went to browse the photography books, and in one of them I read that you’re always ten meters from ten good pics. So I started looking around. It wasn’t easy–the bookstore’s lighting was flat and fluorescent and it was your standard chain bookstore. So I decided to play with the neat symmetry of the shelves vs. the chaos of the books on the shelves… and I still wasn’t happy. So it was time yet again to play with the photo editing app on my phone. Fun stuff. :-)

Jan 28, 2010 | Cameraphone, In and Around Sacramento | Leave A Comment »

Oil drops on wet pavement

Cool pictures of mundane things: oil drops on the parking lot at my bank, originally uploaded by Kari_Marie.

I stopped at the bank today and saw this and had to stop in the middle of the parking lot to take the picture. I think the people walking by thought I was a bit odd… Oh well–it was cool!! And since when do I care about people thinking I’m strange? Seriously now. :-)

Jan 25, 2010 | Cameraphone, In and Around Sacramento | Leave A Comment »

Fun with my cameraphone and in-phone processing

I know I’ve been totally MIA lately with regards to this blog. I’ve been working on a HUGE report project for work, and I’ve routinely been putting in 14+ hour days. Yes, I’m getting paid extra for this–it’s going in my trip fund for this summer. And it’s an interesting project–frustrating, but challenging. I thought we were done a couple of times already, but alas, no… but it’s just about there. Have to finish up a few little things this weekend, then it’s going to the printer on Monday, getting bound, and getting mailed off to the people who it’s for. Good times.

Anyway, last night I took a short walk because I needed to get out before I went crazy, and I took a picture with my phone of a neon sign on a car repair place around the corner from me. I’ve been meaning to photograph it for a while since I think it’s kind of a neat sign, and eventually I’ll get back out there with my “real” camera, but I thought this little experiment would be fun for now.

The first shot is the original one I took, and the successive shots are different processing methods done with an app on my phone called PicSayPro. Feel free to click on the title of this post and scroll down to the bottom and leave a comment voting on which one is your favorite–I’d really appreciate it! :-)

Original shot.

Duotone.

Duotone again, but this time I dropped the exposure and upped the contrast.

Posterized.

Inverted.

Cross-processed.

Sepia and then cross-processed.

So… favorites? Click on the title of this post and scroll to the bottom to comment. :-)

Jan 23, 2010 | Cameraphone, In and Around Sacramento, My Neighborhood | 4 Comments »

Help me pick a picture of the year for 2009 :-)

Because I like to organize things, I have a Flickr collection just for the pictures that I think are the best ones I took in a given year. Here’s the link to the 2009 set if you’d like to peruse them. :-)

Anyway, I’ve narrowed 2009 down to my favorite ~~few~~ nine pictures. I don’t really stick to one area when I’m taking pictures, so I tried to get a decent cross-section from different categories. Please please click here and scroll all the way to the bottom to leave a comment voting on which one is your most favorite–I really appreciate the feedback. :-)

Category: Cameraphone