Neal Osborn
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Billy, here is the way I approached the articulated learning curve . . .
1)Learn to tie a simple articulated wooly bugger first. Â Fish it a few times and get a feel for how it moves with the current. Â A good tutorial is here http://www.flyguysoutfitting.com/articulatedbugger.html
Then move on to fun stuff
2)Circus Peanut! Â Over the past two years, this fly has become my go-to articulated streamer because it is simpler to tie than the Sex Dungeon or any of the spun deer hair flies and thus I have more in my box. Â And I don’t curse as much when I loose one to a snag. A great tutorial is here, Part One http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHdYxFlUX20 and Part Two http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfGPqLKE5pY&feature=related
3)Sex Dungeon – still the sexiest articulated fly around. Â Not many online tutorials per se, but you can piece the method together by watching the following tutorials and learning Kelly Galloup’s techniques for loosely spinning deer hair and then following Charlie Craven’s Sex Dungeon variant tutorial. Â The Sex Dungeon is basically a Circus Peanut with a Zoo Cougar spun deer hair head (I said basically, that’s my own interpretation anyway).
– Kelly Galloup on spinning dear hair heads – this a Zoo Cougar tutorial, one of the best online imho. Â http://www.theweeklyfly.com/2009/08/03/kelly-galloup-s-zoo-cougar-37-59
– Another Kelly Galloup tutorial – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWq95R0vv24
– Charlie Craven’s Sex Dungeon variant tutorial – http://www.charliesflyboxinc.com/flybox/print.cfm?parentID=151
The sky is the limit with articulated patterns! Â Once you learn the basics, your creations can really become a work of art.
Hi Kevin, I sure hope you had the iPhone on vibrate during that hunting trip, LOL. Â I love the vignette with the bird hunters. Â
I have been teaching iPhoneography at the local photography clubs and find that it is an invaluable tool. Â Interestingly, the amateur photographers seem to be the quickest to take up the technology; probably because they focus on it’s strengths and don’t realize it’s weaknesses. Â I agree with what you said, “the one camera that’s always with me . . .” attitude is surely a positive spin. Â In the “digital” age of blogs/Twitter/Facebook, one often just needs a quick and dirty artistic shot or two to document a trip. Â But for making art and/or money, nothing beats a DSLR and RAW!
By the way . . . WOW . . . your fishing and hunting photographs are awesome! Â I couldn’t right-click and link this photo from your site, but EVERYONE CHECK THIS OUT http://www.kevinemery.com/Fishing/Grip-and-Grin-1/12108749_j8SR2#1182964841_Gc7fM-A-LB
I love it Dusty! Â Dogs are tough but after a while you will learn to “anticipate” the shot and hit the capture button just fractions of a second ahead of time to avoid blur. Â
Also remember that the iPhone camera is basically a prime lens at f 2.8. Â Thus depth of field, while not it’s primary function, can be employed creatively. Â
Another piece of advice – import your iPhone photos into your post production software (I believe you are using Aperture still?) and use the noise reduction function liberally to clean up the grain and grit in your pictures. Â I do this as a batch process all at once during import and add some sharpening. Â That plus a bit of saturation boost will make the pictures pop.
Dog photos, imho, are best taken on cloudy days or early in the morning because the iPhone has a poor range of only a few stops.
Dusty,
The best “camera” app (i.e. an app that is actually a camera) is ProCamera. Â It lets you independently set the focus, the white balance, the horizon, and the metering mode. Â It supports geo-tagging. Â And it has an expert mode to set manual settings. Â It is the only iPhone camera I use now.
As for the best “photo apps”, there are tons. Â I use Best Camera, 100Camera, and Camera Bag frequently to add effects on the fly. Â Most of the serious effects are done in Lightroom or Photoshop after import from the camera.
Some examples from ProCamera.
