Day for Night

Day for Night

'I came to mistrust my desire to explode the picture and supercharge it in some way... what is more important is a feeling of strength in reserve – tension beneath calm'.....Richard Diebenkorn, American Painter, San Francisco

Landscape Gallery Show

This show at the Renaissance Fine Art Gallery will consist of 20 large landscape images from various parts of the world - all are traditional camera images. You can see many of the images on my website - http://harrysandler.com

Vintage Gas Pumps

Vintage Gas Pumps, Indiana

As of late I have been processing my iPhone Photography images using NIK software in Photoshop CS6-Beta. Additionally I use use Snapseed for the Mac quite a bit.

The image today, Vintage Gas Pumps was made using ProHDR and processed using this workflow - iPhone iMage moved over to the Mac and processed using Color EFX 4, Snapseed and Viveza along with curves and sharpening in Photoshop CS6-Beta. I find this opens an entirely new vision for my images and will continue to explore this post-processing technique.

Kenny Aronoff, Drummer

Drummer Kenny Aronoff

Hitting the way-back time machine today. This image from the mid-nineties made in Bloomington, Indiana when Kenny was drumming for John Mellencamp. At the time I was Mr. Mellencamp's Tour Manager and we were making images for a book that would be sold on the upcoming tour. I was in a 4x5 camera phase at the time and albeit this image slightly soft I have always wanted to see it finished - and that has now been accomplished.

Kenny has played with John Mellencamp, John Fogerty, Brad Paisley, Miranda Lambert, Chickenfoot and so many others. He is also a session drummer and I am sure on more then a few albums or CD's in your collection. Check out the Kenny Aronoff website for more information.

Notre Dame, Basilica

Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana

Back a few years I happened to be traveling through South Bend, Indiana and had the opportunity and access to make a few images on the campus. This is one of the images from that day.

Ed's Truck

Ed and Willy's Truck

My friend Ed is a vintage car collector. One day while visiting I said why not photograph the Willy's Truck at sunset - he had just finished getting this vehicle back into prime condition. That is except the brakes - but he said yes and we met up one night at an open field near his home in Indiana. Today's image is that photograph - I post today as I am bringing a few prints (one is canvas) with me on my trip out to Indiana this week...Quite the vehicle.......

When Jesus Left Birmingham

Found this one this morning - circa 1993 - a video still from John Mellencamp's When Jesus Left Birmingham video. The video was made in 1993 in and around Bloomington, Indiana.....If memory serves me well this video was quite controversial - check it out on YouTube.....

Orignal image was made using a Pentax 6x7 and Tri-x FIlm...converted to the digital world with an Imacon/Hasselblad scanner.....

Carmel, Indiana

Carmel, Indiana

On the road traveling to Indiana....Seems like I spend a good deal of time out there these days - who knew! The image today is from the car show in Carmel, Indiana a few weeks back....

My blog is still w=out of whack - going to have to reload every image one at a time....Http://HarrySandler.com is still up and running....And I have added a print purchase page.....

Print Purchase

There is now a purchase prints page on my website, http://harrysandler.com/music-iphone_and_other_neighborhoods/. 

The images on the purchase page are from the current gallery show, Music, iPhone and Other Neighborhoods. The show is currently at the Renaissance Fine Art and Design Gallery in Carmel, Indiana and moves to the 20 North Gallery in Toledo, Ohio in October. 

This show was built to support 1Matters.org located in Toledo, Ohio. There are a wide range of images in the show designed to raise money and awareness of the homeless situation in this country. Click on the link above for more information.

Indianapolis Car Show 2

 A friend called yesterday and wanted to see a few more car images. Here a few more from the Goodguys Car Show in Indianapolis....I was so caught up in the images I forgot to write down the make and model of each car....NEXT TIME......I want one of these....

Antique Car Detail

Three images from the antique car show over the weekend. I really enjoy the shapes on these old cars. They make excellent compositional elements, specifically the straight lines and the round shapes of the front end and tires. The reflective surfaces are an added bonus that really makes it for me.

 

They do not make them like this anymore - the attention to detail simply does not exist.

Image Management:

Canon 5DMKII
135MM Canon prime lens
Lightroom 3

Music, iPhone and Other Neighborhoods

Renaissance Fine Art and Design Gallery

The show is finally open and will  remain at the Renaissance Fine Art and Design Gallery until October 2. The show then moves to Toledo at 20 North Gallery. Keep an eye on this blog or iphoneantics for more information. The show in Toledo will benefit 1Matters.orghttp://?p=1581 and their work with the homeless.

I was up early and made this image just before sunrise.

Carmel Indiana - Car Detail

Car Detail, Carmel, Inndiana

Opened the Music, iPhone and Other Neighborhoods gallery show at the Renaissance Fine Art and Design Gallery this weekend in Carmel, Indiana. Friday night there was an artist presentation with the official opening on Saturday night. The show will remain in Carmel until October 2 when it moves to Toledo, Ohio and the 20 North Gallery opening on October 7.

There was an antique car show happening today just outside the gallery so naturally today's post is a bit of classic Automobile detail. Unfortunately I was a bit rushed and never quote caught the kind of vehicle this was....stay tuned for more images from the car show.

Central State Asylum

 
This image is what is currently left inside the Men's Recreational Room at the Indiana Hospital for the Insane aka Central State Hospital.

I wonder what that contraption with the hood is/was - some sort of hair dryer maybe.....need to get back to Central State before they demolish the buildings...

Photographed with a Canon 5DMKII, 21MM Zeiss Lens

Abandoned Hospital

Electrical, Central State Asylum

Long week finally coming to an end. The gallery opening went very well. Renaissance Fine Art and Design has a new location in Carmel on the corner of Range Line Road and Main Street. The new space has very large windows making it easy to see what is currently on display, and, being on the corner makes it hard to miss from 4 directions. Congratulations to Kathleen  on the move.

The Apple Store Music and iPhone Presentation could not have gone better.  It was the first time for me using the iPad2 and it worked perfectly. I was able to work on the iPad and see it on a screen, in this case a very large apple monitor. The only thing missing was the ability to watch the stylus actually touching the screen but a win win as one no longer needs to use a projector.  The personnel at the Apple Store could not have been more helpful.

After the Apple Store a friend took a few of us to the Indianapolis Hospital for the Insane, Central State. This hospital was originally established in 1827 and opened its doors in 1848. The hospital has been abandoned since 1994. I could have spent a few days on this location and do plan to return next time in Indianapolis - so many stories in these old walls.....More images coming...

Image captured using an Alpa Camera, 47MM Schneider lens and a Phase One P65+ medium format digital back.

More Hipstamatic

Hinkle Fieldhouse - Indianapolois

The other night in Indianapolis I captured some live music images with the Hipstamatic Camera application with the IPhone 4. The app was not as sharp as I would have liked (low light of course) but I did enjoy the overall feel of the images after some post processing. Hipstamatic gave the images a truly live feel, grain and all...and the angle i had helped a good deal - a bigger then life feel.

Hinkle Fieldhouse - Indianapolis

John Mellencamp

John Mellencamp, Indiana University

Been out in Bloomington, Indiana working on the new John Mellencamp Tour which started last night. Here are a few images from rehearsal...

JM, Indiana University

Old Time Rock and Roll

I was looking through  Ektachrome slides this morning and found some old rock and roll, circa 1970's images. During that time period I was shooting a lot of music images in New York City venues like The Academy of Music, Madison Square Garden and some of the smaller clubs.

The image of Black Oak Arkansas, above,  was done for Circus Magazine - they actually sent me out to Arkansas to visit Jim Dandy et all at their compound - yes compound -  they all lived together in a bungalow type environment. 'Jim Dandy to the Rescue'.........

The image below was captured during a video shoot in Indiana for John Mellencamp - the song was Human Wheels which was filmed in 1993 in and around Bloomington, Indiana. I was John's Tour Manager from 1984 through 1999 and always had a camera nearby for these moments.

I am hoping in the near future to get all of these older film captures scanned and cataloged.