iPhone fun at Moraine Lake
How about a group of iPhone shots from Canada? I was here at Moraine Lake last Friday night, and the sunset was INCREDIBLE!
A stunning sunset at an incredible location!
We are in the midst of a lengthy family roadtrip, and spent last week in Banff, Canada. It's a beautiful little mountain town with an incredible amount of beautiful scenery to photograph nearby. One of the best spots is Moraine Lake, which is less than an hour away by car.
We spent last Friday night there, with me standing on a large pile of rocks firing brackets into the sunset. It was pretty awesome, I will admit it. Most of the visit to Banff was under clear, blue skies and somewhat colorless sunsets, but this one lit up nicely and I was a very happy guy!
These are just a few of the iPhone shots I took, while also firing like crazy with my Sony camera. I haven't had any time to slow down and process my Sony shots, so I thought I would share a few iPhone shots for a change. These were all taken in the ProHDR app (it blends two exposures to make the HDR) and then some minor adjustments were made in Snapseed. Enjoy!
iPhone fun around Central Texas
I still shoot a lot with my iPhone - how about you?
I am really happy that I have an iPhone and that with a few apps, I can create some artwork just about anytime I want to. It's a fabulous creative tool and I totally enjoy it. In fact, I shoot with my iPhone very often. It's just that I don't share the photos here that much anymore. I should change that.
I've been thinking about that a lot lately, and trying to figure out why that is. I still take a lot of iPhone pics, and I share some on my Facebook page and even put some into this set on Flickr, but I haven't done many iPhone posts here this year.
The last one was back in August, after I returned from France. Prior to that, it was in May. See? I am way behind here.
So, I figured I would do a little catching up with this post today. While I could almost do one of these each week, that's not my intention. I will continue to do some of these on a random basis, but I have so many HDR photos taken with my Nikon from my travels over the last couple of years that I will be working on those for a long time (and that's a good thing, in my opinion).
Plus, shooting HDR with my Nikon is pretty much my favorite thing in the world, so I have to keep doing that, for my sanity if nothing else. :-)
So, these photos today were all taken either here in Austin or up in Fredericksburg, TX in the Texas hill country over the last few weeks, and of course they were all taken with my iPhone 4S. Also, the three main apps I used on these photos are Snapseed, ProHDR and Camera+. I used at least one of those apps on each of these, and maybe all 3 on 1 or 2 of them. I can't remember, to be honest about it.
Now I just need to find some time to share the iPhone pics I have taken lots of other places. Stay tuned!
Since my last iPhone post, I have taken trips to Nashville (3 times!), Germany (Leipzig, Dresden, and Berlin), Amsterdam and Brussels, Phoenix, London and Scotland (both Glasgow and Edinburgh), and probably some other places that I cannot remember right now.
And yes, I took iPhone pics in every one of those spots (plus more Nikon images than I can count). So maybe I should get busy, because unless I am mistaken I haven't done an iPhone blog post from any of those trips.
And I even got out on Thanksgiving Eve here in Austin recently (with a couple of family members) and got some shots during sunset. It ended up being a pretty nice evening!
Well thanks for stopping by today, and I hope you enjoyed viewing these iPhone pics as much as I enjoyed taking, processing, and sharing them! Come back soon for more! I will try and be a bit more regular about these iPhone posts! :-)
iPhone fun at The Bellagio
It's Las Vegas! You're so money, baby!
I spent the first few days of this week in Las Vegas on business, though I did find a little time to get out and shoot, both with the Nikon and of course with my trusty little sidekick, my iPhone. It has been a couple of weeks since I shared some iPhone pics, so I thought I could give you a little tour of The Bellagio.
If you want to see all my “iPhone fun” photo posts, you can find them all by clicking here: http://www.nomadicpursuits.com/blog/category/iphone
The Bellagio is an incredible hotel/casino located right at the heart of The Strip in Las Vegas, NV. If you ever make it to Las Vegas, be sure and stop into The Bellagio, even if you are staying elsewhere. It’s just a beautiful property. It's fun just to walk around and see it all (and take some pics, too!).
One of the most well-known parts of it is the big lagoon out front, which hosts a water fountain show ever day. It’s pretty awesome, though I was shooting all these pics in the morning (my preferred shooting time, especially in Las Vegas when all the tourists are asleep), so it was relatively calm.
Here’s part of the hotel reflected in their big lagoon out front...
This view is sideways across the lagoon, and you can see just the left edge of The Bellagio, then Flamingo, Bally’s and a smidge of Paris on the far right. I am always looking for still water to get some reflections.
As I was walking up to the Bellagio entrance, I looked back and just liked this view. At this point the Bellagio is behind me, and I am looking out across the lagoon, where you can see the Paris Hotel and the bottom of their Eiffel Tower. I stayed in Paris this time - pretty cool spot. And the nutella/banana crepes were fabulous!
This is the covered drive-up entry to The Bellagio. It’s a grand entrance, but being rather busy (even at an early hour) I opted to focus here just on the ceiling, which is beautiful.
Once you enter, one of the first things you will see in the lobby is this wonderfully colorful ceiling full of glass done by artist Dale Chihuly. It’s impressive!
I walked through the lobby, and there was a huge display set up for the Chinese New Year which is right around the corner. It’s the year of the snake...so they had this massive snake on display, along with a bunch of other stuff like flowers, a boat (!) and a Chinese money tree.
The shopping in The Bellagio is rather expensive extensive but thankfully the stores were all closed. I just grabbed this shot of the hallway, as I found it pretty inviting. So much attention to detail here!
Lastly, I walked back to the front of The Bellagio to head out, and stopped to shoot this fountain, with Paris in the background.
I edited all these shots with either ProHDR or Camera+, or maybe both. You can find my mini-reviews of these products here:
ProHDR review: http://www.nomadicpursuits.com/prohdr-app-review/
Camera+ review: http://www.nomadicpursuits.com/camera-app-review/
Well, that’s a quick tour of The Bellagio in Las Vegas! I will be sharing my Nikon pics of this place too, as I find time to process them. Thanks for having a look!