Photos from today’s shoot! 

(Source: alyssadanna.com)

It’s nice to be able to take a place you love and turn it into your whole world for just a little while. Photo taken at The Gantries in Long Island City.

Tom and I took a drive to Lambertville, PA, an idyllic little town along a canal where children on leashes chase geese who waddle in perpetual guard of a rusty old train car covered in the signatures of those who had been there before us. The train car was begging to be reproduced in pixels, so we clambered aboard to snap some photos. Before long, a man approached the dilapidation, and sure that we were about to be firmly suggested to leave, I began quickly stowing away my camera, bracing to skedaddle. Instead of being chastised though, the man simply commented, “this thing sure has been here a long time, hasn’t it?”

the snack stand

taken over southern new jersey

explore-blog:

“If everybody likes what you are doing, you’re doing it wrong.”

Words of wisdom from 20x200 founder Jen Bekman, excerpted from her fantastic Design Matters interview and immortalized in hand-lettered typography by Chris Piascik. A worthy addition to Advice to Sink in Slowly. 

Ticky Tacky Boxes
Taken Over Caldwell, NJ

With spring in full swing, the best photographic subjects are buzzing up with the bees. Spring is a time to get up close and macro, and in the spirit of all things tiny, it’s now easy to ditch your big lenses and go pocket-sized, capturing amazing images with no more than your iPhone and a few accessories. 

————————

Holga iPhone Lens

Holga iPhone Lens at the Photojojo Store!

This iPhone case is packed with cool color filters and diffraction filter that will inspire on the dullest days. But by far, I use thethe marco filter the most. You can stick your phone an inch away from your subject and get beautiful crisp results with gorgeous shallow depth of field and a perfect little vignette to boot. 

————————

Camera+ App

I always use this app to shoot because it lets you define your focal area and your exposure area separately! Plus, its clarity filter really brings detail back into areas you may have lost. Because the Holga filter is plastic, its soft focus can provide a pretty, dreamy, look. But use the Clarity filter on Camera+, and you’ll return the detail to things like veins and petals, that will bring your blossom shots to life. $0.99 at the app store.

————————

iQuikDoF App

You can achieve the look of shallow depth of field with an app called iQuikDoF. The interface isn’t super intuitive, definitely read the instructions first, but once you’re going, its real simple. It’s great for defining a focal point. It also has presets for common actions like tilt-shift. Free at the app store.

(Source: alyssadanna.com)

Studio spring cleaning