Photos From Last Weekend

Princess, iPhone, Camera Bag (c) 2010

Mom, iPhone, Camera Bag (c) 2010

Lettuce Lake Park, Tampa

Wild Berries

iPhone, Camera Bag, Helga Effect

(c) Matt Larson, 2009

Pine Needle Portrait

iPhone, Camera Bag, Lolo Effect

(c) Matt Larson, 2009

Tree Bark Portrait

iPhone, Camera Bag, Lolo Effect

(c) Matt Larson, 2009

It was nice to get out of the house today and take the Mini for a ride. Becky and I went up to Lettuce Lake Park up by the Univ. of South Florida. Beautiful cool weather day! We took a walk on the boardwalk and enjoyed the Winter day in a wonderful park that I had never visited. After that it was off to Dade City for lunch at one of our favorite places, Lunch On Limoges.

Photos From the Week

Jet, iPhone, Camera Bag, Lolo Filter, (c) Matt Larson, 2009

Big Leaf, iPhone, Camera Bag, Lolo Filter, (c) Matt Larson, 2009

Twisted, iPhone, Camera Bag, Lolo Filter, (c) Matt Larson, 2009

Dining Room, Still-life, iPhone, Camera Bag, Lolo Filter, (c) Matt Larson, 2009

Weave, iPhone, Camera Bag, Lolo Filter, (c) Matt Larson, 2009

Dining Room Table Leaf Still-life, iPhone, Camera Bag, Lolo Filter, (c) Matt Larson, 2009

Ball of String

BALL OF STRING, iPhone, (c) Matt Larson, 2009

You know what I like about having a camera phone on me at all times? It's the ability to stumble upon little jewels like this one. This ball of string was just sitting like you see it on the desk right next to me. It was being used to tie goody bags together to make sets of 25. This was a true 5 second shoot, did not touch, did not light it. However, it was run thought my favorite APP--camera bag, used the Helga filter.

iPhone Shots from the Road

(Top L) David Fireworks, (Top R) StandSpace
(Bottom Left), (Bottom Right) Alien Florida Palms


All photos (c) Matt Larson, 2009

iPhone, Camera Bag, Lolo Effect

4th of July on the Riverwalk

Tampa's Riverwalk, iPhone, Camera Bag, Helga
(c) Matt Larson, 2009

iPhone Captures Plain White T's!

Sound Check!

It was great meeting the members of Plain White T's Wednesday in the studio of Daytime! (NBC, News Channel 8) in Tampa. The band did two songs and were a huge hit. Great guys too! I gave Tom Higgenson my Flickr card so hopefully he'll stop by the blog and leave a comment. I didn't know they were coming to visit Daytime! so all I had was my iPhone with me.

One day soon, I'll post my old rock photos of some great 70 & 80s bands (Kiss, Frampton, Mother's Finest, Led Zeppelin, etc.) ... I sure miss those days of going to concerts and taking pictures.

The Plain White T's were great all around ... their personality, putting up with numerous sound checks, the delays, etc. It was during those times their true good nature and character showed ... truely a great group of guys and I wish them well. Going to get the CD this weekend!

Those of you in Tampa, Watch Daytime! today (Friday) ... you won't be disappointed.

Live! taping for Daytime!

(c) Matt Larson, 2009
iPhone Photos
Camera Bag, Helga Effect

Much Needed Rain Today!

Rain, (c) Matt Larson, 2009

iPhone, Camera Bag App, Lolo Effect

A Front Yard Landscape on Super Bowl Sunday

iPhone, Camera Bag, Fisheye; (c) Matt Larson, 2009

I captured this shot in our front yard on Super Bowl Sunday. We had tickets the big game but could not attend because of a little family emergency. I was fine until the they said, "It was the BEST Super Bowl EVER!"

I recorded the game and hope to see it soon.

Radcliffe Bailey, Artist

(c) Matt Larson, 2009, iPhone, Camera Bag, Lomo

Had the opportunity to meet and hear Radcliffe Bailey speak
tonight at the Polk Museum of Art. It's a must see exhibition if you're in or around the Lakeland area ... check that, make it in or around Florida!
Thank you Radcliffe for a great evening of art and conversation!
Thank you Todd Behrens, Curator of Art, for the invite!

Apple's "Camera Bag" App

I'm playing around with Apple's "Camera Bag" app that I downloaded on my iPhone. It's kind of cool once you get the hang of it. I can see where it's handy for bloggers to give your photos a little snap. I think there's something for everyone depending on your taste. Here is "Mr. Fix It" done using three of the filters effects.

I'm having fun using these filters with my TwitPic account ... and once posted, the photos automatically post to my blog rail. If you have an iPhone, you may want to give Camera Bag a try. Let me know how you do.

Helga Filter, (c) Matt Larson, 2009

Lomo Filter, (c) Matt Larson, 2009

1974 Filter, (c) Matt Larson, 2009

Highway Landscape

This was shot from the backseat at 60 miles per hour using my iPhone and "camera bag." I'll call it, Highway Landscapes. Enough testing my new toy. It's time to make some serious images tomorrow. Just another reason I love my iPhone. I see another project coming ...

iPhone #1, Matt Larson, (c) 2008

"Camera Bag" Apple iPhone Images

iPhone #2, (c) Matt Larson, 2008

iPhone #3, (c) Matt Larson, 2008

Now that the my Polaroid project is over, it's time to work on something new. Apple iPhone has a new application out called "Camera Bag" so I thought I would download it and give it a try today. It's an application that gives you more lens-like effects for your iPhone as if you were able to actually change lenses. I like the results and it's kind of fun to use. I'll have to play with this some more.

I hope to create a book for the Polaroid project so look for that soon!