When I'm in a city environment with my camera phone, I turn it on and click-click-click as I walk along the street. I usually use the "cartoonify" filter on my Samsung Galaxy Note because I love the faux screen-print look it gives.
I take several hundred pictures and then go through them to see what I "caught" just like a fisherman dragging his line in the water.
Sometimes it's just a little section of the picture that I like and I blow it up. For example, this:
came from a small section of this:
Then I take the photos into Photoshop and mess with the colors and exposure, crop in to capture the interesting parts, and apply various filters and effects to the pics to "dirty 'em up." I am in loooove with the poster edges filter.
Manhattan 3/3/16
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| Military Mini |
I often take pictures of windows because reflections can introduce collage-like visual textures in the image.
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This is my favorite of the bunch.
I call it an "in-camera collage" because it's got so much goin' on! |
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| This looks like Beatle shoes crossing the street. Abbey Road from a different angle? |
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| Manhole |
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| Waiting to cross |
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| Morning Trudgery |
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| The Lunch Date |
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| Classic |
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| Lady and Little Dog |
