Applying Photographic Effects By David Hayes See his work in WTP Vol. III #3 An annual event here in Milford, Ohio, Frontier Days follows the Memorial Day holiday as a kick off to summer. There is always a parade on the first day of the festival with three days of festivities over the week-end. We…
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iPhoneography: Hoarfrost Series
By David Hayes See his work in WTP Vol. III #3 Most mornings I take my Brittany, Kaylee, out for a walk at the nearby park. The Little Miami River runs through this section so I am always on the lookout for happenings on the water. This particular morning, it wasn’t what was on the…

Two Up
By David Hayes See his work in WTP Vol. III #3 Easy. That’s what I thought when I read the prompt: “utilize two sides of a square…allow for room to breathe….shoot top down…” Easy…not! Maybe I was overthinking this hold concept but I could not put anything together that made me happy. Pearls is one…

Faffing
By David Hayes According to the Urban Dictionary, one of the many definitions of faffing is “…to muck around, wasting time doing something not necessary.” Another way to look at it is to just play around with objects to see what comes about…without any preconceived notion as to the end results. At least that’s how…

Photo Recipe Book: Recipe Number 1 (Tower)
By David Hayes See his work in WTP Vol. III #3 Some time ago I ran an online project entitled the “Recipe Book Project,” where I shared my “recipes” for creating Iphoneography images. I also invited other artists to contribute their images and recipes. This went on for a bit…but then it didn’t and I…

Photo Apps: A Tea Party Instagram Challenge
By David Hayes See his work in WTP Vol. III #3 There are times when I hit a creative block…like everyone does. I’ve learned to try not to fret about this and to be patient. Most times this works. As of late I’ve had one of those blocks, until I saw a challenge on Instagram…

Celestial: Simple Photography Tutorial
By David Hayes See his work in WTP Vol. III #3 After a recent still life shoot I had a number of images that didn’t make the initial “cut” but where still keepers. My image, Celestial started out from one of those images. I’d like to share with you my workflow in the creation of…

iPhoneography Tutorial: Four Lovelies
By David Hayes See more of his work WTP Vol. III #3 Pears have always been a subject of artists and photographers. Their skin and curves seem to attract many artists, including myself. Four Lovelies is my most recent study of pears this time shot with my iphone native camera app and processed with the iphoneography apps Distressed FX and…

Knowledge: Still Life iPhoneography
By David Hayes See his work in WTP Vol. III #3 This stack of books is from a more elaborate still life I set up in my living room over the week to take advantage of the sunlight streaming through our front blinds. The most recent Be Still 52 prompt had us working with more…

On The Hunt
Something a little different today…a landscape vs. the still lives I’ve been posting as of late. I took this a couple of days ago whilst walking my Brittany along the Little Miami River here in Milford, OH. What I was after was a pano of the frozen river but my dog, always the ham, decided…

A Different Approach
David Hayes See his work in WTP Vol. III #3 The beat goes on with my Be Still 52 workshop! This week we were asked to do prop gathering and then play around with more side lighting. Gathering props was fun…I do like finding something new to play with. I even took some time to…