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iPhoneography

blog — Tue, 12 May 2009 14:56:13 +0000

It’s official. I’m a dork. I was all excited to have the geniuses at the Apple Genius Bar fix my iPhone camera yesterday. So I hand my iPhone to the genius guy and tell him my camera doesn’t work. He looks at it, says hmmmm, and tells me he’s going to the back to take a look. Genius guy comes back a couple minutes later and says “the good news is that the iPhone still works, but there’s been some water damage causing the camera to fail.” I politely inform him that I didn’t recall the iPhone ever getting wet except for maybe some rain. He said the water line had a brownish color. Dammit! The hazards of coffee in the car caught up to me. Again. I sometimes put my iPhone in the cup holder next to the coffee. Dammit! Genius guy said I could replace the iPhone for $200. That’s a very expensive cup of coffee. So, I thanked Genius guy (who was a really cool guy) and left.

Not wanting to miss out on all of the iPhone photography fun – I decided to pull out my twice-dropped-badly-cracked original iPhone and use it as my iPhone camera. Problem solved. Here are a couple iPhone clicks from this morning.

Our shy cat Tyler covers his junk (or should I say unjunk) so he doesn’t end up as a centerfold on some kitty porn site.

Our doorbell button broke and when the wind blows it actually rings the doorbell. Go figure. Since I haven’t fixed it yet and the noise drives my son Zak crazy – he took matters into his own hands and silenced doorbell man. Good thinkin’ Zak.

If you’d like to see some good iPhoneography, check out these guys – Chase Jarvis, Sionfullana and fellow photodude Chris Ralston.

flint hills friday

blog — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 16:21:00 +0000

My K4/Photodudes buddies and I took the day off on Friday and wandered around the Flint Hills. The weather pretty much sucked for much of the day – but we got to stop at some good spots – including my fave Lone Tree location. Our last photo stop of the day was the Konza Prairie Preserve (last photo). I’m definitely going back there later this spring to explore all of the trails. The photos are a little more warm and colorful than our actual day – thanks to my good buddy Lightroom.

You can see more photos from the other photodudes here and here.

photodudes friday

doug — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 21:15:00 +0000

The Photodudes will be on the road again Friday. We’re going to an opening at the Strecker-Nelson Gallery in Manhattan where photo friend Deb Stavin will be showing. Since the opening is in the early evening – we’re heading out early for some wandering in the Flint Hills. Should be great fun, and I’ll finally have some photos to post very soon.

I’m going to reveal my secret “lone tree” location to my fellow Photodudes. Maybe I’ll get a free beer out of the deal.