Category Archives: Photographs

For the yearbook

iPhone, Photographs

Studio lighting mode.

After the test run the other day my son opted for the Studio Light portrait mode in the iPhone 11 Pro, donned a favorite shirt, combed his hair and voila! The shade of the orange tree makes for soft, diffuse lighting on what was a very sunny day. We only get 350 of those a year in Scottsdale.

iPhone 11 Pro snap, SOOC. The Portrait mode automatically blurs the background and the degree of blur can be changed in post processing.

Rainbow – and a warning

Photographs

Double, no less.




From my patio.

Before you get carried away with the beauty of Scottsdale, Arizona, a few words of warning from this resident are in order:

  • The crime rate is extremely high
  • It rains constantly
  • The public schools are amongst the worst in the nation
  • The freeways make the 10 and 405 in Los Angeles seem empty
  • There is no International Airport
  • Both of our senators will be Democrats after the next election
  • Open carry of guns is encouraged
  • If you don’t drive a truck, watch out
  • Reflecting our shot infrastructure, taxes are extremely low
  • The cops are on the take
  • We have lots of universities for student scum
  • Your vegetables will die in the heat, and so will you
  • There are fifty cigar lounges but not one jazz club

iPhone 11Pro snap.

Old is new again

Architecture, Photographs

Lovely architecture.

It was a full half mile after I shot past this building that the synapses kicked in and said this is something worth checking out.

It’s unclear what the original use was but it is being lovingly restored in the original Spanish style. A new cobbled forecourt has been laid down and work proceeds on the facade and interiors.



Except for one click keystone correction in LR (Develop->Lens Corrections->Basic->Vertical) these are SOOC. Or should that be SOOiP? (Straight Out Of iPhone).

iPhone 11 Pro snaps.

Lightroom workaround: LR was shutting down on a first boot with the iPhone connected. I discovered that if I plug in the iPhone and steer it to the Photos app before invoking LR, all is well. That and standing on my left foot with my right arm extended upwards. Thanks, Adobe.