Retina Wallpaper
I've been slowly rolling out images from our trip to Maui in April and this is one I keep pausing to look at over and over. I love the texture in the waves, the dark tones and the reflected color as the last light of day recedes down past the edge of the earth.
This one is a perfect fit for the iPhone.
In case you forgot, click on the link just below the photo. You can then either right click, or press and hold on the image to save it.
I haven't posted a Wallpaper set in awhile, but I've been using this one on my Mac for a few weeks and figured I'd better share. You may have noticed that I posted a film image from this same location a couple weeks ago.
This image was made at the Ho'okipa lookout on the North Shore of Maui.
In case you forgot, just click on the link you would like to download just below the photo. You can then either right click, or press and hold on the image to save it.
I haven't posted a desktop in awhile, but I want this one on my own screens. If you click the link to download the iPad version, you'll probably notice that it's actually a different image. The larger one didn't crop quite right, but I had another that did.
To download and use these, just click on the link below the image and then save it. The Mobile iOS versions are sized to work with the Parallax feature. If you're using an iPhone 6 or older, then you'll need to pinch and drag to set it how you like it. Thanks to John Carey for doing the research.
Also, I just updated the desktop version and it is now compatible with the 5k iMac.
Early Dusk | 24mm, f/2.2, ISO 100, 1/160
Downloads | 5k Desktop |iOS/Mobile |
Right as I was putting the kids to bed, I happened to look out the window and notice the orange glow of the sun starting to descend. My wife was gracious enough to let me slip out of the house and I brought both a digital and a film camera. I took exposures 30 and 31 on the roll so I should have some images to share in the next couple weeks. For right now though, here's one that I really love.
One thing worth mentioning is that the time and the unknown are what kept me from really pursuing photography earlier. As I've mentioned before here on the site, I have owned quite a few film cameras. I mostly just treated them like a point and shoot. I didn't write down the settings I'd used or read books about Aperture, ISO and Shutter speed.
It's really too bad I didn't and yet, there's something that- at least for me- has made it accessible:
The freedom to fail.
I can take as many photos as I want and it doesn't cost me more money or time. I can try things I may never have attempted when I only had 36 chances. In fact, you could say that I've kind of gone crazy- taking many versions of each shot learning how to get the camera to do exactly what I want.
One thing that's been fun over the last few weeks has been the intentionality and the limited nature of the 36 exposures shooting with film. This time around I'm documenting every shot with an iPhone app called Pocket Light Meter.You just hold it up to the scene, choose a setting or two and then it gives you a suggestion for the third. Once you've got it composed, you click a button and it saves a snapshot with your settings and the scene to your iPhone camera roll.
I have already noticed that shooting with film has made me more intentional about how I compose and shoot with digital.
I'm so glad there's always something new to learn!
I'm pretty lucky to be out and about on my bike during the prime hours at each end of most days. This image is an example of a scene that I come across many, many mornings of each year. Right now, it is a little dreary and gray in the mornings and dark by the time I head home. I miss it, but there is a season for everything and the image from yesterday is a great example especially when compared to this one.
