SHOT ON iPHONE GALLERY 1 - Drop Top Road Trips

Landscapes, portraits, abstractions, assemblages and details. Some are from past posts. Most are posted here for the first time.

MAY 10, 2022 : This is the Shot on iPhone Gallery flagship post. A compilation of images from US 181, Goliad, Port Aransas, North Padre Island, Rockport, Seguin, The Guadalupe River, Lockhart, Austin, and Waco, Texas and Las Vegas, Nevada.

WRITTEN & PHOTOGRAPHED BY: STEVE HOLLOWAY

Details, Shadows, Shapes and Textures

ROCKPORT, TEXAS. The siding finishes of the Lighthouse Inn photographed in mid-afternoon suggest the surroundings and warmth of a sunny day at the beach plus a sunset bay view.

SHIPLAP SHADOW ABSTRACTION NO 1, LIGHTHOUSE INN, ROCKPORT, TEXAS

SHIPLAP AND HALF-ROUND DETAIL, LIGHTHOUSE INN, ROCKPORT, TEXAS

SHIPLAP SHADOW ABSTRACTION NO 2, LIGHTHOUSE INN, ROCKPORT, TEXAS

HALF-ROUND DETAIL, LIGHTHOUSE INN, ROCKPORT, TEXAS

PALM, WATER, GULLS VIEW FROM ROOM PATIO, LIGHTHOUSE INN, ROCKPORT, TEXAS

Reclaimed Wood Assemblage.

PADRE ISLAND SEA SHORE. The iPhone image of reclaimed wood on the front counter at Island Joe’s Coffee and Gallery became the elements used in the Island Joe’s abstract assemblage. Individual planks were selected, masked, sized, reassembled and adjusted for color and density.

ISLAND JOE'S COUNTER: Source for assemblage.

ISLAND JOES’ RECLAIMED WOOD FINISHED FRONT COUNTER, NORTH PADRE ISLAND, TEXAS

ISLAND JOES RECLAIMED WOOD ABSTRACT ASSEMBLAGE, NORTH PADRE ISLAND, TEXAS.

Beach Elements and Nearby Shrines

PADRE ISLAND SEA SHORE. Details from a vintage hotel, beach scenes and visits to nearby shrines.

BEACH REFLECTION (INVERTED), PADRE ISLAND SEA SHORE, TEXAS

SAND ABSTRACTION, BEACH, PADRE ISLAND SEA SHORE, TEXAS

MARINA BY VIRGINIA'S ON THE BAY, Rockport, Texas.

MARINA OUTSIDE VIRGINIA’S ON THE BAY RESTAURANT, PORT ARANSAS, TEXAS

PALM LIGHT FIXTURE, LIGHTHOUSE INN, ROCKPORT, TEXAS

GULLS IN FLIGHT, ROCKPORT BEACH, TEXAS

OUR LADY OF SCHOENSTATT SHRINE EXTERIOR, ROCKPORT, TEXAS

OUR LADY OF SCHOENSTATT SHRINE INTERIOR, ROCKPORT, TEXAS

GOLIAD MISSION FLOOR DETAIL, Goliad, Texas.

BRICK FLOOR DETAIL, MISSION ESPIRITU SANTO, GOLIAD, TEXAS

Pool detail and abstract assemblage

ROCKPORT, TEXAS. When I shot the pool side detail image, I could see the potential for an image within the reflection. Post production started with isolating the reflection in the water, deconstructing it into sections, inverting, rotating and assembling the elements into an abstract. Look at the lower half of the overall detail to find the area used.

POOL SIDE DETAIL, LIGHTHOUSE INN, ROCKPORT, TEXAS

POOL ABSTRACTION final, Rockport, Texas.

POOL WATER ABSTRACT ASSEMBLAGE, LIGHTHOUSE INN, ROCKPORT, TEXAS

Barbecue Inspired

LOCKHART, SEGUIN & NEW BRAUNFELS, TEXAS. Vintage and contemporary art, signage, historic objects and fixtures found on the walls of Black’s and Burnt Bean Co. Barbecue.

BLACK’S BARBECUE VINTAGE SIGN / DISPLAYED IN BLACK’S ORIGINAL LOCATION, LOCKHART, TEXAS

1836 DODSON FLAG STAR DETAIL / DISPLAYED IN THE WAIT LINE AT BLACK’S ORIGINAL LOCATION, LOCKHART, TEXAS

DODSON FLAG, Black's Barbecue, Lockhart, Texas

THE 1836 DODSON FLAG / THE FIRST “LONE STAR” FLAG FLEW AT WASHINGTON ON THE BRAZOS AS TEXAS’ INDEPENDENCE WAS DECLARED AT THE FIRST CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION IN MARCH 1836 / DISPLAYED IN THE WAIT LINE AT BLACK’S ORIGINAL LOCATION, LOCKHART, TEXAS

HOMAGE TO GEORGE STRAIGHT AND THE VINTAGE CRYSTAL CHANDELIER FROM THE WELL KNOW CLUB OF THE SAME NAME, BLACK’S BARBECUE, NEW BRAUNFELS, TEXAS

STEAMPUNK STYLE LIGHT FIXTURE, Burnt Bean, Seguin, Texas

STEAMPUNK STYLE FOUND METAL LIGHT FIXTURE, BURNT BEAN BARBECUE, SEGUIN, TEXAS

WALL PAINTING, Burnt Bean, Seguin, Texas

WALL PAINTING, BURNT BEAN BARBECUE, SEGUIN, TEXAS

The Waco Bridges

WACO, TEXAS. Eight vehicular bridges crisscross the Brazos River connecting Northeast Waco to the historic dining/shopping district, the Waco Riverwalk, the Dr. Pepper Museum and the Magnolia Market at the Silos.

WACO BRIDGES 1, WEST VIEW OF THE BRAZOS RIVER FROM THE IH 35 BRIDGE / WACO, TEXAS

WACO BRIDGES 2, BUILT IN 1901, THE WASHINGTON STREET BRIDGE AND, TO THE RIGHT, THE WACO SUSPENSION BRIDGE / WACO, TEXAS

WACO BRIDGES 3, THE WASHINGTON STREET AND WACO SUSPENSION BRIDGES AT SUNSET / WACO, TEXAS

Last view, Vegas Street Scenes

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA. I have to be honest, the last thing I expected to see when we were out walking in Vegas was Oldenburg/Bruggen’s giant typewriter eraser.

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VEGAS ART & ARCHITECTURE / SCALE X / CLAES OLDENBURG AND COOSJE VAN BRUGGEN LAS VEGAS, NEVADA

Island Joes Coffee & Gallery 14829 Padre Island Drive, North Padre Island, Texas. Burnt Bean Barbecue 108 S Austin Street, Seguin, Texas. Black’s Barbecue Lockhart Their original location, 215 N Main Street, Lockhart, Texas. Waco Washington Bridge Waco, Texas. Lighthouse Inn 200 Fulton Beach Road, Rockport, Texas. Virginia’s On The Bay 815 Trout Street, Port Aransas, Texas. Our Lady of Schoenstatt Shrine 134 Front Street, Rockport, Texas. Mission Espiritu Santo 108 Park Road 6, Goliad, Texas. Black’s BBQ, Loop 337, New Braunfels, Texas.

NEW! WE’VE ADDED EXTERNAL LINKS TO HELP GET YOU WHERE YOU WANT TO GO. Look for the red External Links (above) added to the hotels, restaurants and destinations we’ve visited making it easier to research and plan your next trip.

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QUICK READ: LIVE ACTION

Shooting Live Action as a Plate Shot

Typically a plate shot becomes a background image you use to add elements to. It’s a technique borrowed from film that lets you build images that would, otherwise, be difficult to capture in one image.

This is a variation on a plate shot.

Gulls in Flight was captured shooting hand held on an iPhone 11 Pro Max with Beastgrip and Bluetooth shutter release in natural light.

The main reasons to change an image’s composition are to improve a subject’s placement and to direct the viewer’s focus in the frame.

The original positioning of the gulls was random and didn’t feel like it directed visual attention to any one subject.

Since the angles and scale of the birds lent itself to using an arc composition the birds were rearranged in post production to create a sense of the birds catching the wind and going up and off to the left. At the same time, it lead the viewer’s eye from the top of the frame down to the predominant bird at the bottom.

You can read post production notes here.