The Little Queen City

 

 

The SEE Science Center in Manchester, NH features the LEGO Millyard Project.  The project represents Manchester's Amoskeag Millyard as it might have looked circa 1900. The Amoskeag Manufacturing Company was commonly recognized as the largest textile manufacturer in the world by 1915.

City streets complete with a parade, railroad yards, the Pine Island Amusement Park, textile machines and worker housing is all part of this amazing display that is the largest permanent LEGO installation at minifigure scale in the world.

Images made with iPhone 4s and Snapseed.

Hometown by iPhone

I had occasion to spend several days in my hometown recently. I hadn't done that in a long time. It's funny how quickly it all became so comfortable and familiar again. It was a busy time and I never broke out my DSLR, but I did shoot frequently with my iPhone. Climb aboard for an iPhone tour of Northern New Hampshire.











Berlin,NH
iPhone 4s, SnapSeed

NYC by iPhone

iPhone Salvage

Portland Architectural Salvage in Portland, Maine is an amazing place to roam through. The three story, mill style building has everything you would expect and many things you'd never imagine. If it's vintage and cool, you'll find it here... recycled parts furniture, molten glass light fixtures, garden statuary, period bathroom fixtures and house parts dating from the last 150 years. The building is also blessed with really great light. I stopped by recently and soon I was absorbed in making photographs with my iPhone.

Thinking of Buying a Camera?

People often ask me what camera to buy.  The answer is pretty simple right now... buy a phone.  The iPhone 4s.  I'm serious.

Last week I was in Arizona and because of time and mediocre light, I only made a handful of images with my DSLR.  But, I frequently shot with my iPhone.  It's easy, high quality and as Chase Jarvis says, "the best camera is the one that's with you".   You take your phone everywhere.  The iPhone isn't just a great camera, it's a great ecosystem for people interested in photography with all sorts of applications that feature different cameras with various cool effects and photo processing tools.  Software you find for the iPhone costing from  $.99 to $4.99 would be $100's of dollars for a computer.  It's amazing really.

So, unless your going to make the leap to a $500 camera like the Canon G12 or indulge the joy of changeable lenses with a full blown DSLR or one of the nifty micro four thirds rigs like the Olympus EP's, save your dough.  You need a new cell phone anyway.


iPhone 4s, Pano camera app processed with Nik Snapseed for iPhone



iPhone 4s, ProHDR camera app processed with Nik Snapseed for iPhone

iPhone 4s, ProHDR camera app processed with Nik Snapseed for iPhone

Waiting Wall

Patient in the Wal-Mart bathroom. Shot with a Motorola Droid cell phone camera.