Ivanhoe Park in Bellevue is a quiet tree-covered open space that has a basketball court, play area, and lots of grass. It's usually pretty empty even in the height of summer, either because it has a smallish parking lot or no bathroom. Consider it a neighborhood park, one where those two amenities are not needed when a person can walk there.
The Clark Boys call this Dinosaur Park. One of Jack's climbing videos was shot here. The above photo is also from Ivanhoe. But it wasn't just a matter of taking a shot with my cameraphone and moving on. It's mobile photography with a twist.
What you see was made from 35 separate hand-held shots with a cameraphone. I mapped out a grid pattern in my head, and took photos methodically by snapping one and then moving the camera to the right before taking another. Then I would move up and do the same thing, only moving right to left. When I got home after walking, I stitched all the photos together in Windows Live Photo Gallery to make the basic image. Then I cropped and tweaked the colors in Picasa. Then - this morning - I discovered that I could also treat it to something called "tilt-shift" for free online. The process makes a regular photo look somehow like a miniature. My final step: sit back at the computer and say "Whoa!"
Lots of fun. This just made my camera into something more viable. Try it yourself HERE!
The Clark Boys call this Dinosaur Park. One of Jack's climbing videos was shot here. The above photo is also from Ivanhoe. But it wasn't just a matter of taking a shot with my cameraphone and moving on. It's mobile photography with a twist.
What you see was made from 35 separate hand-held shots with a cameraphone. I mapped out a grid pattern in my head, and took photos methodically by snapping one and then moving the camera to the right before taking another. Then I would move up and do the same thing, only moving right to left. When I got home after walking, I stitched all the photos together in Windows Live Photo Gallery to make the basic image. Then I cropped and tweaked the colors in Picasa. Then - this morning - I discovered that I could also treat it to something called "tilt-shift" for free online. The process makes a regular photo look somehow like a miniature. My final step: sit back at the computer and say "Whoa!"
Lots of fun. This just made my camera into something more viable. Try it yourself HERE!
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