The blog was down for half a day yesterday because of some unknown ISP glitch. I also had a band rehearsal–no time for taking photos, but I had a lot of fun making music. Today, I rolled back into the work/commute grind and didn’t feel particularly inspired to stop along the route. So… for today’s post, here are a couple of iPhone/Hipstamatic shots I took of the Pike Place Fish Market at the Pike Place Market in Seattle the day before Thanksgiving.
iPhone/Hipstamatic keeping it fresh.
Continuing with the Vancouver/Seattle trip photos… I took this shot of Maggie’s reflection in our hotel room mirror with my iPhone at about 5:00 AM, just before heading out to catch a morning train back to Seattle. I had a feeling the Hipstamatic app would make an interesting image because it gets very painterly under certain light conditions. Fortunately, Maggie, who’s not naturally a “morning person,” was a willing model.
iPhone/Hipstamatic light painting.
This kind of urban view on an overcast day demands black and white. I took the shot on my knees through an iron gate on the track side of Gastown in Vancouver, BC.
Lens: Canon EF-S 15-85mm at 50mm. 1/80 second at f/9.0, ISO 200.
Canon T2i through an iron gate.
Portside Park, on the northwest side of Gastown, was a short walk from the hotel we stayed at last week in Vancouver, BC. It’s a small shoreline park with some very nice harbour views.
Looking towards the city.
A view of harbour industry.
Lens: Canon EF-S 15-85mm.
First shot: 50mm, 1/125 second at f/11. ISO 200.
Second shot: 24mm, 1/60 second at f/11. ISO 200.
Canon T2i at port side.
I’m a big fan of the Hipstamatic camera app for the iPhone. The app has quite a few film/lens “paks” to choose from, but “Ina’s 69” film and the “John S” lens are my defaults. This combination produces relatively clean images with wildly different colorizing depending on the quality of light. Here are three shots I took during our recent trip to Seattle/Vancouver, and except for desaturating the brownish borders (Ina’s needs a border update), resizing for the blog and adding touch of sharpening, the images are straight from my Hipstamiticized, iPhone 4 camera roll.
At the Oakland airport in a plane at the gate trough a rain-splashed window before take-off.
Fruit stand workers at Pike Place Market in Seattle.
Skip waiting patiently for his friend to finish lunch at a cafe in Seattle. (I call him “Skip” because that’s what it says on the road.)
iPhone out and about.