I enjoyed the image process so much yesterday I thought I would repeat it again today.
The journey of a single woman, purposely living full time as a nomad in a DIY custom van while teaching creative iPhone photography workshops and leading photography tours throughout the USA.
Showing posts with label mountains. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mountains. Show all posts
November 19, 2013
September 16, 2012
Sleeping in the Enchantments
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| Being in the wilderness is easy, all you have to do is survive! |
Once when I was in my photography booth at an Art Show, I observed a man quietly and intently look at each one of my photographs. After he was done he came up to me and said, "Thank you! I will never be able to travel to the places that you have but because of these photographs I have seen things I would not otherwise been able to." and he walked away. It was a life changing moment for me. I decided at that moment that whenever I had a chance to travel and explore I would always find a way to share the images with others.
ProCamera
Snapseed
Image Blender
Dynamic Light
Filterstorm
Touch Retouch
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September 13, 2012
iPhone 5 Pano vs ProHDR and AutoStitch?
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| iPhone capture - Sunset in the Enchantment Lakes, Washington State |
Today's image from the Enchantments is a solid reminder to why I love my iPhone and iPad! The iPhone captured this image using the ProHDR app and then was stitched together with Autostitch. From Apple's announcement yesterday, I understand the the iPhone 5 will be able to auto capture panoramic images. The concept sounds great but I don't think it will replace my workflow of using HDR images to stitch together. Getting the lights dynamic range is very important for my final image.
Can you believe the mountain goat? No I didn't have to cut and paste him in! It was like he was standing right besides me appreciating the magnificence too! Oh how I wish I could bask in the glory of sunsets like this everyday.
The processing on my iPad was quite complex for this image. I wanted the moment to speak the volumes to others that it spoke to me at the time of capture. So I took my time and did a lot of masking and blending to direct the viewers eyes and keep them in the frame.
Snapseed
PhotoForge 2
Artist Oil
ImageBlender
Filterstorm
Learn how to create artistic iPhone Photography images with easy to follow online courses. Next course starts October 1st. Please see side bar for more information. Come join me on Google+ Hangouts. Circle me and I will invite you to join in the fun.
January 13, 2012
Cooking in the Himalayan Mountains
I am sitting on a bench in the sun at 12,500 ft in the foothills of Langtang Mountain Range (Himalayan Mountains) all wrapped up in two coats, long johns and a thick blanket because it is freezing. I am looking at the outside walls of the building closest to me that is spattered in yak dung. The dung is put there to dry. Then it will be pried off and used in the oven to cook and heat with.
This morning I sat in the family kitchen on a plastic stool next to the stove with mom, dad, two kids, the guide and the porter. The stove was homemade of mud and concrete and heated with wood and yak dung. There were two 4 inch in diameter holes on top of it, one was covered by a large steel teapot and the other with a pan of milk and rice for rice pudding. The kitchen was well stocked with large pots, frying pans and all the necessary table wear. I also saw dozens of fresh eggs and potatoes.
My typical meal has been:
Breakfast: ginger lemon tea always with sugar, milk coffee with sugar, scrambled egg with yak cheese, vegetables (cabbage and kale).
Lunch: ginger tea, pasta noodles , eggs, with extra vegetables and yak cheese, French fries, ketchup
Dinner: ginger tea with mashed potatoes and yak cheese, noodles with vegetables
In other words the same things all day long disguised in a variety of ways :-)
After I ate my breakfast I observed the father making Tibetan Bread, a buckwheat round flatbread that they eat with everything. First the dough is fried on both sides in a frying pan on top of the stove. Then it is browned directly on the yak dung coals turning it often with their bare hands. They were also throwing boiled bite size potatoes with or with out the skin on the coals to warm and eat directly from the fire.
It was a cozy morning, one that I felt honored to be apart of.
This morning I sat in the family kitchen on a plastic stool next to the stove with mom, dad, two kids, the guide and the porter. The stove was homemade of mud and concrete and heated with wood and yak dung. There were two 4 inch in diameter holes on top of it, one was covered by a large steel teapot and the other with a pan of milk and rice for rice pudding. The kitchen was well stocked with large pots, frying pans and all the necessary table wear. I also saw dozens of fresh eggs and potatoes.
My typical meal has been:
Breakfast: ginger lemon tea always with sugar, milk coffee with sugar, scrambled egg with yak cheese, vegetables (cabbage and kale).
Lunch: ginger tea, pasta noodles , eggs, with extra vegetables and yak cheese, French fries, ketchup
Dinner: ginger tea with mashed potatoes and yak cheese, noodles with vegetables
In other words the same things all day long disguised in a variety of ways :-)
After I ate my breakfast I observed the father making Tibetan Bread, a buckwheat round flatbread that they eat with everything. First the dough is fried on both sides in a frying pan on top of the stove. Then it is browned directly on the yak dung coals turning it often with their bare hands. They were also throwing boiled bite size potatoes with or with out the skin on the coals to warm and eat directly from the fire.
It was a cozy morning, one that I felt honored to be apart of.
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