When photographing kids, or anyone for that matter, keep an eye out for dramatic light! It can really help enhance your picture and draw your viewer into the subject such as this shot of my niece Elaina.
Photo was shot with the iPhone 5s using the Hipstamatic App with the Loftus lens and DC film setting.
Today our local photography club met at a local restaurant called Oasis and I captured this chair in the lobby for my iPhone Challenge photo of the day.
I like how Hipstamatic with the lens Loftus and DC film settings give the soft edges to help draw your eyes into the scene.
Photo was shot with the iPhone 5s and some post processing was done in Photoshop CS6.
Today I captured Damion and his mom Ashley sharing some quality time together. I know a lot of folks say kids are too wrapped up in computers, the internet and so forth, but I’m of the opinion that in today’s society, if you don’t know how to use it, you’ll only be left behind in the future.
While Damion’s only almost two, we (the family) try to insure that he and his sister have a full rounded experience with everything in their life.
It won’t be long at the rate he’s learning, before I buy him is first camera that will really take pictures.
Photo was shot with the iPhone 5’s built in camera and post processing was done in Photoshop CS6.
At today’s Pearson family reunion, in Springfield, Ohio, I wanted to get a shot of my Aunt Jean, my dad’s last living sibling, with Elaina, Xavier and Damion. She is their great-great-great Aunt and I really like how this one turned out! The interaction between Aunt Jean and Damion as Elaina and Xavier look at the camera and everyone with good expressions and eyes open!
I shot this using the burst mode on the iPhone 5s. It does a great job for those times when you have several little kids that have short attention spans! If you’ve not used it give it a try! Just hold down the button on the camera and everytime you hear a beep it’s taken a picture. You then will need to go to your camera roll and pick the shot you like the best and save it as the iPhone will save all the images from a burst into a folder.
Photo was shot with the iPhone 5’s built in camera and post processing was done in Photoshop CS6.
Today we headed out on a road trip to Ohio for a family reunion and I captured this shot of my nephews Xavier and Damion helping to unpack at the hotel. I shot a lot of potentials for today’s iPhone Challenge picture, but this one won out as I love the saying on Xavier’s shirt and implied action. Of course their version of helping to unpack is to get out their favorite toys!
Photo was shot with the standard camera app on the iPhone 5s App and post processing was done in the Snapseed App.
I love the lighting on today’s iPhone Challenge photo! It’s of my great-niece Tracy and her daughter Journey during their visit this weekend.
Don’t be afraid to shoot with your iPhone in tricky or low light situations. Worse case is the picture won’t come out, but if you don’t take it then for sure it won’t!
Photo was shot on the iPhone 5s with the Hipstamatic App using the Loftus lens and DC film setting. Post processing was done in Photoshop CS6.
Today’s iPhone Challenge picture of my niece Journey. She. along with Tracy and Tim her parents, were in town for a weekend visit and this is the first time I’ve been able to photograph her since the day she was born! I love this shot as it looks like she’s looking deep into my soul, even though I know she was looking at the funny looking thing I was sticking in her face! She’ll get used to it!
Photo was shot with the iPhone 5s using the Hipstamatic App with the Loftus lens and DC Film.
My niece Elaina has recently started crawling everywhere. We actually thought she’d go straight to walking as she was standing alone before she started crawling, but now she’s doing both and loves being able to get around.
Today’s iPhone Challenge photo is of her zipping past on her way to somewhere to get into something, probably her brother’s train table, as she loves to pull all the pieces apart.
Sometimes when photographing kids it’s better if your pictures have a little blur and off kilter action to help provide impact.
Another car for my Machines Series! Found this one on my normal drive to town this morning to Madisonville, Ky in the front yard of a friends parents house and waited till I was headed back home this afternoon as I thought the lighting would be better. I wasn’t disappointed! It’s a 1937 Hudson Terraplane,
Photo was shot with the iPhone 5s using the Hipstamatic App with the Loftus lens and DC Film setting. No post processing other than adding the watermark.
Damion does a pretty good job of clearing tree stumps! Well, he helps a little at least and provides a lot of fun, great memories and pictures for my daily iPhone Challenge.
He and his great grandma stopped by my place today while my niece Chrystal and I were working in the yard, where we are in the process of removing several old tree stumps. Of course being the boy that he is he ended up in the hole with his aunt Chrystal, right in the middle of it all and had a blast, as did we watching him! Not bad for someone turning two next month!
Photo was shot with the iPhone 5s with the standard camera app and post processing was done in Photoshop CS6.
Today’s iPhone challenge photo is of Damion and Taelor playing peek-a-boo before church today. Taelor is my second cameraman for videoing our services every Sunday and he and Damion were having such a good time before church started that I had to get a shot.
When taking pictures of kids, keep an eye out for fun moments like this! They make great visual memories!
Photo was shot with the iPhone 5s using the standard camera. Post processing was done in Photoshop CS6.
I really enjoy blues music and I usually attend the Handy Blues and Barbecue Festival at Henderson, Ky just about every year. This year I got a call from the Gleaner newspaper asking if I would be available to cover the event on Saturday for them! That’s what I love about my job, oh wait, it’s not really a job, but wait, I get paid, so it’s a job? But, I’m retired… well, pretty much so. Anyway, today’s iPhone Challenge comes from the festival and it’s a shot of Ryan Perry, with the Homemade Jamz Blues Band, from Tupelo, Miss., as he plays to the crowd of festival goers. His guitar is handmade from a Ford Muffler!
Photo was shot with the iPhone 5s using the Hipstamatic App using the Loftus lens and DC Film. Post processing was done in Photoshop CS6.
I saw this VW Wagon today at Mortons Gap, Ky as I was headed to Ft. Campbell, Ky to do some grocery shopping at the commissary there and boy did it bring back memories. I had a VW Camper while I was stationed in Florida that I really liked and went camping with a lot.
When out traveling around resist the temptation to go by way of the interstates, because when you do you miss so many things to photograph!
Photo was shot with the iPhone 5s using the Hipstamatic App with the Loftus Lens and DC film setting.
A scene like this makes you wonder, what’s going through his mind? When trying to capture photos of your children, don’t always ask them to smile and look at the camera. Sometimes the look on their faces when they’re in their own worlds is the best expression you can capture!
Photo shot with the iPhone 5s and processed in Photoshop CS6.
What can I say… I love this shot! The look on Damion’s face says it all!
When capturing photos of kids and their parents you don’t have to include all of both. Sometimes just using parts of one or the other can make a more dynamic picture!
Photo was shot with the iPhone 5s with the standard camera and then processed with the Shakeitphoto App.
Found this picture today in downtown Madisonville, Ky and just love it’s look. The benches with the bike and the bricks along with the wet look from a light rain made this my choice for today’s year long iPhone challenge photo. You just never know where you’ll find a picture if you keep your eyes open.
Photo was shot with the iPhone 5s, Hipstamatic App using the Loftus Lens and DC film setting.
Today’s challenge photo is of an old Studebaker truck here in Madisonville, Ky. I love the empty hollow look of the headlights and while it’s not the only thing, that is what caught my eye first. It’s one of a ongoing series I’ve been working on for several years on machines. Someday there’ll be a book!
Photo was shot with the iPhone 5s using the Hipstamatic App with the Loftus Lens and DC Film setting.
Xaiver and Damion were having a great time this afternoon playing with their dump trucks and dirt! Two combinations that make for great memories for them and a great picture opportunity for Uncle Jimmy!
I guess this is what also what most people can relate to when someone refers to “boys and their toys” or at least it does for me! Of course it would be better if it was trains, but give them time!
Photo was shot with the iPhone 5s using the standard camera and post processing was done in Photoshop CS6.
Today I ventured to Hendersonville, Tennessee to meet up with a group of railfans I’ve meet and “friended” on Facebook. We all had a great time thanks to our host Campbell Rice! First time most of us had actually met face to face and it was a blast! I’d say close to 15 or 20 people, counting the kids, made their way to the event.
I captured this shot of three of the kids by the fence waiting for a train to come by and there was just something about the wonderment of childhood that struck me in this shot. Not really sure what they were looking at or watching on the other side of the fence, but that’s what I like about the picture… I can use my imagination or think back to my own childhood and come up with all kinds of things.
Photo was shot with the iPhone 5s using Hipstamatic with the Loftus Lens and DC Film.
I’ve been shooting my daily challenge pictures, however I’ve been behind on editing and posting… today I catch up!
I captured today’s iPhone Challenge picture not in Paris, France or London, England, but it my hometown of Madisonville, Ky. It’s at a small park we have downtown here and I really like how the Hipstamatic App, Lens and Film has captured this scene. Other than taking the photo with my iPhone 5s using the App and adding my watermark, the App did all the rest. Learning your camera apps will allow you to better capture the mood you’re looking for in your pictures. The Lens was the Loftus with the DC Film.
For today’s iPhone Challenge picture I caught this moment as Elaina and Ashley were spending some quality time together this afternoon, laughing and squealing together. Love these two a lot!
Photo was shot with the iPhone 5s and post processing was done in snapseed and Photoshop CS6.