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.
FEBRUARY 10, 2025 UPDATE: Gallery 1 includes my first experiments combining closeups, details and wide shots to tell a story.
WRITTEN & SHOT ON iPHONE 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 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 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
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 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
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 FOUND METAL LIGHT FIXTURE, BURNT BEAN BARBECUE, 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.
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.
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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.
Create a personal content experience. Newest posts listed first. Enjoy!
The “Where to next?” index at the end of each post lists galleries and stories with new additions shown first followed by the Point of View eBook of how-to guides, process deep dives and early work.
- About Nonlinear Content
- Street [ Photography ] Cha Cha Changes
- Shot on iPhone Gallery 2
- Shot on iPhone Gallery 1
- Road Portraits 1
- Road Portraits 2
Introduction
Become a storyteller
Technology
- 02A Digital evolution.
- 02B Annie Leibovitz.
- 02C From Batman to the iPhone.
- 02D Henri Cartier-Bresson’s Leica.
- 02E Moving from film to digital to iPhone.
- 03A Working with light.
- 03B The scout.
- 03C Shooting during the golden hour.
- 03D Photographing people.
- 03E Details, shadows, shapes and textures.
- 03F Plate shots and reflections.
- 03G Feed your passions.
- 03H People and food, two favorites.
- 03I On the road.
- 03J Wall art (it’s not what you think).
- 03K Transitional images.
- 03L Night photography.
- 04B Assemblages and abstractions.
- 04C Change the composition of an image.
- 04D Color correction vs color grading.
- 04E Create motion with Live Photo.
- 04F Resize images and retain detail.
- 04G Software and skill building resources.
- 04H On device apps.
- 04I Off board resources.
- 05A Two key iPhone features.
- 05B Camera and light kit ideas.
- 05C Copied on iPhone.
- 05D Learning post production.
- 05E Designing with type
- 05F Learning from cinema
- 05G The three lens solution
