Morning photo: Randomized …

Posted on April 29, 2013 by Bob Berwyn

A little photo-foolin’

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Winter dreams.

FRISCO — I hope these images don’t come as too much of a shock to readers who are used to seeing traditional landscapes in this space. But after about a year, I re-opened the PS Express app on my iPhone after updating it and found all sorts of groovy new features that I had to play with. PS Express is the Photoshop iPhone app, and while some of these effects are questionable for photojournalism, others could come in handy at the right time. The point is, get to know the tools you have available; that way, you’ll know how to use them when you need them.

Slightly swirled rose, edited in PS Express, the iPhone Photoshop app.

Slightly swirled rose, edited in PS Express, the iPhone Photoshop app.

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Morning photo: One more storm …

Posted on April 24, 2013 by Bob Berwyn

April showers …

Clearing storm in the North Tenmile Creek drainage, Frisco, Colorado.

Clearing storm in the North Tenmile Creek drainage, Frisco, Colorado.

FRISCO — If the weathermen are right, this may truly have been the last big snowstorm of the season (but who knows, right?) so I had to pick out just a few more shots from an early morning Frisco iPhone walkabout. Snow is good anytime of the year, but the late-April bonus storms are the best, not just for the scenery, but for the sake of boosting our mountain snowpack. (more…)

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Morning photo: Insta-scapes

Posted on March 17, 2013 by Bob Berwyn

A little iPhoneography …

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Sunrise on what usually is an island far out in the receding waters of Dillon Reservoir. Yes, the drought is a problem, but I’ve had the opportunity to take some landscape shots that I couldn’t otherwise get, at least not without a boat.

FRISCO — I’m finally starting to figure out the whole iCloud thing, and in the process, I rediscovered a bunch of iPhone photos that I thought were long gone. I wouldn’t want to rely on my iPhone exclusively for landscape photography, but this series shows that, with the right light, the little camera can perform alongside many fancier units. Visit our online FineArt America gallery for more Summit County scenics, available as fine art prints or greeting cards. (more…)

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Morning photo: iPhone — raw

Posted on February 26, 2013 by Bob Berwyn

No Filter …

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Moonrise over the Gore Range.

FRISCO — The various filter apps on an iPhone are fun to play with, but they can also make it easy — some would say too easy — to mask a less than adequate exposure with enhanced colors or other special effects. Like so many things, they’re best used in moderation, remembering that there’s no substitute for a crisp, clean and well-exposed image to start with. All the shots in this set are taken with an iPhone, but they’re straight out of the camera, no filters, no editing, other than a couple of slight crops.

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Blue River Valley mists.

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Pond-shine.

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Frost is in the air.

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Frost-cicle.

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Fresh.

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Morning photo: Sunrise scenes

Posted on February 23, 2013 by Bob Berwyn

A wintry morning

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A fine mist of ice crystals in the air distorted the sun coming up over Swan Mountain and created a sundog in the morning sky.

FRISCO —A dog-walking session Friday morning yielded a few nice shots of sunup over Swan Mountain and Dillon Reservoir. And after writing about iPhoneography in yesterday’s photo essay, I deliberately left the Nikon at home, although I regretted it when I saw the sundog forming, since my standard DSLR lens is mounted with decent zoom lens that would have let me capture more of the ephemeral ring around the sun. I’m hoping for a few more snowy sunrise sessions the next couple of days! (more…)

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Morning photo: Going mobile

Posted on February 22, 2013 by Bob Berwyn

A year of iPhoneography

Slanting sunlight on the Snake River picked up by the iPhone, enhanced with a camera filter app.

Slanting sunlight on the Snake River picked up by the iPhone, enhanced with a camera filter app.

FRISCO —I’ve had my iPhone for a year now, and I probably use it as much for photography as anything else. As much as I’d heard (and seen) about the iPhone’s camera, I have to admit that I’m a bit old-school when it comes to photography, having learned the basics in a black and white darkroom, working on school newspaper and yearbook photos. It didn’t take long for me to adapt to digital imaging — I never really liked turning my film over to a photo shop and then waiting for a few days to get prints. And when I started playing with iPhone camera and editing apps, I quickly decided that the whole concept of mobile compact photography is worthwhile addition to my photography quiver. I almost always have my DSLR with me, but there have been a few situations when I’ve learned to let go of the Nikon and to trust the iPhone. I especially like the way it responds in low-light situations, and the sensitivity of the sensor to slight tilts of the lens. I’m not trying to be all evangelical, but I’d feel pretty weird at this point heading out to shoot without packing my phone along.
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Morning photo: Roadside

Posted on December 29, 2012 by Bob Berwyn

‘Some days are dry, some days are leaky
Some days come clean, other days are sneaky
Some days take less, but most days take more
Some slip through your fingers and onto the floor …’

~U2

Winter grass.

Winter grass.

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Not as pretty as the grass.

FRISCO — Friday dawned as a beautiful, classic late-December day, with single-digit temps, hazy skies and shimmering snow flurries, so I did what I usually do; loaded the dogs into the car and headed out for an early morning photo session, starting on the Tenderfoot trail to catch the early morning light on the Gore Range. After the dogs had their romp, we headed back via Swan Mountain Road. The light was still good when we reached Sapphire Point, so we stopped again, but when I tried to pull out of the parking lot, I some grinding underneath the car, then … nothing, except the sound of rubber wheels spinning in the snow. When I got out to have a look, I immediately saw a C-V joint and a couple of bearings laying in the snow behind the right front wheel. Oh well, like the song says, “Some days come clean, other days are sneaky.”

While waiting for the tow truck, I decided to shoot a few frames. Why waste good light, right? With a few stalks of frost-coated grass and partial sunlight, I tried to capture the feel of a cold winter morning, happy that the car was stuck in a beautiful spot, and not on the shoulder of I-70.

Winter grass II.

Winter grass II. My Instagram friends seem to prefer the single stalk, but I like the ragged forest as a backdrop to this one.

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Morning photo: Dreamy Christmas morning

Posted on December 26, 2012 by Bob Berwyn

Fresh snow in Frisco, Colorado

Start of the trail.

Start of the trail.

FRISCO — Christmas morning dawned just the way it should, quiet and still, and with about 4  inches of fluffy powder on the ground. Ringo and I got up and out of the house in the dark and wandered out on to the Reservoir in the pre-dawn light, marveling at the play of lights in the clouds and the mist and on the freshly fallen snow. There was nowhere else that I would have rather been!

Early morning, Peak One.

Early morning, Peak One.

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Blue light of dawn.

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Peak One.

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Winter trees.

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The white room.

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Morning photo: Winter daze …

Posted on December 24, 2012 by Bob Berwyn

Winter settles in

A wintry icescape along the Blue River north of Silverthorne, Colorado.

A wintry icescape along the Blue River north of Silverthorne, Colorado.

FRISCO — As stormy skies gave way to clear weather once again, I ventured down into the Lower Blue for a quick photo session along the Blue River, where I found a fine crop of frost flowers growing on the fresh ice.  This year, the scene is quite different in the shallows of Frisco Bay. Last winter, the ice sailing crew had a fine season in mid- to late-December, enjoying the smooth surface of the frozen reservoir. This year, of course, there’s no water, other than a few remnant puddles, so no ice to sail on. From a photography perspective, it’s not better or worse, just different. Beauty is where you find it! All these images are taken with an iPhone camera.

Many of the images in Summit Voice photo essays are available in our Fine Art America online gallery, and there’s also Summit County gallery at our ImageKind website. You can also order images by contacting me directly at bberwyn@comcast.net. It’s a great way to support independent online journalism! (more…)

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Morning photo: Insta-week

Posted on December 23, 2012 by Bob Berwyn

Fun with filters — or not?

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This scene was shot in full but bright shadow, but still turned out very, very blue in the original version (below) so I used the warmest Instagram filter to see what it would do.

FRISCO — A lovely week to take photos in Summit County, with a dense frozen fog early in the week as temperatures dropped to well below zero, and soft snow pillows on the boulders lining the Snake River. I shot a lot of images with the DSLR, but the images in this series were all taken with the iPhone, some filtered through the fun Instagram app. After an early week furor over Instagram’s terms of service, the popular photo sharing service backed away from some of the changes announced earlier, which would have enabled the company (owned by Facebook) to sell Instagram user images to third parties, including advertisers. Instagram reacted quickly to the criticism and backpedaled, but it’s still not completely clear whether the new conditions will be acceptable to pro photographers, so for right now, it’s wait and see.

Many of the images in Summit Voice photo essays are available in our Fine Art America online gallery, and there’s also Summit County gallery at our ImageKind website. You can also order images by contacting me directly at bberwyn@comcast.net. It’s a great way to support independent online journalism! (more…)

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