I fought the iPhone, I did not want to get one.  I thought it was a toy without a lot of professional purpose.  I was really stuck on the inability to copy and paste.  Yet, I am a mac user and everyone kept telling me I NEEDED one.  I said, “there is no copy and paste, and, my blackberry is just more pro and efficient”.  Well, needless to say, I was wrong.  First there was the OSX 3.0 software upgrade for the iPhone with copy and paste and then there was the falling out with the phone company I had been using for over a decade….long story short, I dumped my phone carrier and got an iPhone.  I was also wrong about it being a toy.  I have more useful apps on it than “fun” apps.  I can remotely access my computer from anywhere and see and use it from my iPhone.

The real awesomeness of the iPhone is in its apps directed at photographers.  There are depth of field calculators, tons of effects for the crappy phone pics that folks take that make them brilliant and the best of all…….

A company called onOne software makes an app that allows you to remotely trigger your dslr camera remotely.  Everything from changing settings to triggering.  A brilliant tool.  I am not sure about Nikon users, but there is an extensive list of cameras in the Canon family that are able to be used with the app.  It has image preview just like on a dslr.  A must see and well worth the money spent…..check it out below.

http://www.ononesoftware.com/

…then there is always the goofing off.  I know that I am not going to get a stellar useable image from the camera on the phone, but at least I can make it look a little better or pleasing.  Here are a few examples with the app ShakeItPhoto, that’s right, you can actually shake the camera to make the image show up faster….

I know I have not been posting much, that could mean I am lazy or busy, well, it is the latter.  I am trying to decide whether I want to make the jump to video.  What better way to find out then by doing one?  I am working with an excellent young band.  I will post the video here when it is done.  I have completed some of the preliminary shooting but have much more to do before the editing process is in full swing.  Here are a couple stills from the project.

The new Clutch album, “Strange Cousins From The West”, is due out July 7th.  So, here are some more images of Neil Fallon from Rock on the Range.  Probably one of the most pro bands there is and definitely, one of the better lyricists out there…..

Congratulations to the Pittsburgh Penguins, 2009 Stanley Cup Champions. Awesome series and playoffs. I wish I was in Pittsburgh.

….can kick the shit out of your honor student.

The new face of punk rock.

Good storm last night, there was lightning everywhere.  It was pretty awesome….

…bonus image from camping up on the great lake Erie…

He is really easy to photograph, mostly because he is really enjoying himself and it shows.

…mostly Nikki Sixx, damn, that guy is still cool.  Cool as he was when I got Shout at the Devil on Vinyl when I was 12.  I miss major releases on vinyl, gatefold, awesome….I can still smell that smell you got when you opened the cellophane…shot’em from a mile away.  Front of house soundboard, about 75 yards out…..