Fun Photos vs. Work Photos

The last couple of weeks have been a flurry of activity here in the Italian Dolomites, both personal and work. We have had a number of assignments around which we have spent time doing our own thing at the usual frantic summer pace; mountain running and cycling.

All our images get downloaded into a computer to an incoming folder, and from there they are separated into either a Work or Fun category. Fun being primarily from the iPhone or outtakes from photoshoots.Work is work; clean, sometimes produced, sometimes from the hip.

Today I began cleaning out the folders as we have processed the jobs and the workflow is complete. There, side by side, was two weeks of work vs. fun. Beyond the quality of the pixels themselves, I was happy to see that we have brought together everything we do, our work is much the same as what we do anyway. I thought it interesting to compare them.

Fun iPhone…

Work Digital SLR…

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70 Comments

  1. Posted July 1, 2010 at 2:35 pm by photography free 4 all | Permalink

    Beautiful shots! Interesting comparison.

  2. Posted July 1, 2010 at 2:43 pm by holy007lotus | Permalink

    nice nice!!

  3. Posted July 1, 2010 at 2:45 pm by shurubici | Permalink

    I luve ur photos. Congrats

  4. Posted July 1, 2010 at 3:09 pm by belleofliberty | Permalink

    Great photos! More power to you. They couldn’t pay me enough to climb those mountains to take those shots.

  5. Posted July 1, 2010 at 3:11 pm by Melissa | Permalink

    Love the cow! Great photos…

  6. Posted July 1, 2010 at 3:17 pm by forgettingmyfears | Permalink

    Wow. Amazing shots. Makes me want to travel again!

  7. Posted July 1, 2010 at 3:27 pm by Raul | Permalink

    I always enjoy great photos and I really like these! I really love the backdrops!!

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  8. Posted July 1, 2010 at 3:29 pm by Daniel | Permalink

    love the cow, I think you guys love the cows as well, you take enough shots of ‘em
    Beautiful work, as always!

  9. Posted July 1, 2010 at 3:31 pm by JessieStark | Permalink

    How lucky to be doing something you love! these are fantastic.

  10. Posted July 1, 2010 at 3:33 pm by moro89 | Permalink

    Great photos… I loved that photo which showed you eating macaroni… very impressive :)

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  11. Posted July 1, 2010 at 3:42 pm by prafeston | Permalink

    What a great post! Really shows us photographers that we can make a living doing what we love to do! Thanks!

  12. Posted July 1, 2010 at 4:00 pm by zookyshirts | Permalink

    Spectacular stuff. Neat to see the work vs. fun photos. My favorite is the second one from the bottom, with the two hikers in the foreground walking under a rock outcropping. Great photos, man!

  13. Posted July 1, 2010 at 4:07 pm by andrieys | Permalink

    Very nice, great shots.

  14. Posted July 1, 2010 at 4:13 pm by TheIntentionalSage | Permalink

    Hiking through those beautiful places must have been a wonderful experience. Assuming this is not something you do often, I don’t doubt that you’ll remember an adventure like this for years to come.

    With Love and Gratitude,

    The Intentional Sage

  15. Posted July 1, 2010 at 4:27 pm by hearttypat | Permalink

    oh my oh my! ur photos look great! I need tips!

  16. Posted July 1, 2010 at 4:41 pm by thecodger | Permalink

    I bet they had to cook those spaghetti noodles according to the “high altitude” instructions. You don’t have to do that around here.

    The Codger
    http://thecodger.wordpress.com/

  17. Posted July 1, 2010 at 5:00 pm by CharmedLo | Permalink

    Wow! Beautiful pictures.

  18. Posted July 1, 2010 at 5:04 pm by jackson rodgers | Permalink

    I like your pictures. So what is the difference between “work” and “fun”? Both look pretty cool to me.

  19. Posted July 1, 2010 at 5:09 pm by shutterboo | Permalink

    Those are great – the air just looks fresher there!

  20. Posted July 1, 2010 at 5:21 pm by Lakia | Permalink

    These pics are super nice

  21. Posted July 1, 2010 at 6:44 pm by James | Permalink

    Either way they are really good!

  22. Posted July 1, 2010 at 6:52 pm by SuccessLadder | Permalink

    Great post, very informative. Keep up the good work, Thanks.

  23. Posted July 1, 2010 at 7:14 pm by onepillawayfromchaos | Permalink

    Breathtaking photos! Thanks for sharing!

  24. Posted July 1, 2010 at 7:32 pm by Mackenziesmith | Permalink

    cool!

  25. Posted July 1, 2010 at 7:40 pm by Becoming Dead | Permalink

    Love the first “Fun iPhone” photo.

  26. Posted July 1, 2010 at 8:14 pm by Katie Silcox | Permalink

    All amazing photos – work or fun regardless. I visited the Italian Dolomites a couple of years ago in summer time and they provided some of my favourite travel photos to date!

  27. Posted July 1, 2010 at 8:45 pm by Zoe | Permalink

    Great pics! I love the cow!

  28. Posted July 1, 2010 at 8:47 pm by Joshua | Permalink

    Great shots – the comparison is interesting – especially with that third iPhone photo – at first glance, I’d think it’s from an SLR.

    I might have to get an iPhone 4 after all in order to be a companion to my Nikon…

    • Posted July 1, 2010 at 9:35 pm by patitucciphoto | Permalink

      Thanks to everyone who posted a comment, fun to read – hopefully our pics inspired.
      What I learned was that it is not about the image quality, it is about the feel of the image that is most important – so no matter if you have an iPhone, a point and shoot or a big, expensive pro body, just make lots and lots of photos of what you enjoy and what inspires you.

  29. Posted July 1, 2010 at 9:38 pm by erased | Permalink

    Nice photos! I especially like the close-up of Betsy (cow) lol but all the shots are beautiful :)

  30. Posted July 1, 2010 at 10:03 pm by mjaldon | Permalink

    Fun photos. Thanks for sharing

  31. Posted July 1, 2010 at 11:04 pm by sarah | Permalink

    اريد الاشتراك ممكن

  32. Posted July 1, 2010 at 11:04 pm by sarah | Permalink

    اتاخ تنكتناتتللع

  33. Posted July 1, 2010 at 11:05 pm by sarah | Permalink

    salut

  34. Posted July 2, 2010 at 2:20 am by dira | Permalink

    I like it.. hopefully i can stay there, to anlyze what kind of dolomite.. :)

  35. Posted July 2, 2010 at 2:39 am by Hiroki Takai | Permalink

    Great photos!
    I especially liked the 2nd and 3rd pictures from top. It’s because I enjoy how there is an athlete with the background of mountains.

  36. Posted July 2, 2010 at 2:40 am by Koki Yoshida | Permalink

    ok nice photos and nice donky
    i guess liked it a lot
    keep them coming…

  37. Posted July 2, 2010 at 3:04 am by evan164 | Permalink

    I like the idea of having fun while on the job. If a job isn’t fun than why do it? haha Good job :D

  38. Posted July 2, 2010 at 4:18 am by littlelamblx | Permalink

    I prefer your fun photos!!!!! :D

  39. Posted July 2, 2010 at 4:29 am by goldenpast | Permalink

    sweet photography skills!

  40. Posted July 2, 2010 at 6:38 am by shou4i | Permalink

    Really beautiful pictures. I hope that I can be there once

  41. Posted July 2, 2010 at 6:46 am by Craig Pulsifer | Permalink

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  42. Posted July 2, 2010 at 7:00 am by mosneagul | Permalink

    Dolomiti sono bellissime!

  43. Posted July 2, 2010 at 7:07 am by Songbird | Permalink

    What amazing shots!! And scenery you do not associate with Italy more with Switzerland type of places….thanks for posting these!

  44. Posted July 2, 2010 at 8:01 am by chandra pratama | Permalink

    This is the first blog created guwe

  45. Posted July 2, 2010 at 8:14 am by aimegud | Permalink

    very nice pix! i wanna go there! and tnx god for his wonderful creations!

  46. Posted July 2, 2010 at 8:58 am by armandogt | Permalink

    awesome pictures! cheers!
    http://imaginarybeing.wordpress.com/

  47. Posted July 2, 2010 at 11:08 am by Simon Sim | Permalink

    nice and beautiful blog :)

  48. Posted July 2, 2010 at 11:29 am by resolution26 | Permalink

    both pictures seemed fun pictures 2 me :-p anyway they were all so beautiful; i love landscape photography

  49. Posted July 2, 2010 at 12:13 pm by Lulu | Permalink

    wow stunning!
    breath-taking

  50. Posted July 2, 2010 at 12:31 pm by Jia Jia | Permalink

    wow. Those pictures are really beautiful. Stunning :) Good Job!

  51. Posted July 2, 2010 at 1:25 pm by yunaviv | Permalink

    that’s amazing! :) great job there!

  52. Posted July 2, 2010 at 1:39 pm by Oscar Belmont | Permalink

    I lived in Italy and used to drive quite often on E45 Verona – Bolzano – Innsbruck but I didn’t know these beautiful mountains exist. The 6th and the 10th are really really amazing. These could be better than many postcards. Or are they postcards?

  53. Posted July 2, 2010 at 1:51 pm by Dispatch5.0 | Permalink

    I run myself and these photos really capture the beauty of running. Sometimes people don’t understand why people run, but these photos do a good job of showing how peaceful it really can be! Great job.

  54. Posted July 2, 2010 at 2:34 pm by force factor | Permalink

    Do you post process the iphone imagse or use some kind of effects app?

    • Posted July 2, 2010 at 5:50 pm by patitucciphoto | Permalink

      I use Photogene, Tilt Shift Gen and Camera Bag, do most in the phone and post to our Twitter feed on the fly

  55. Posted July 2, 2010 at 3:27 pm by greysqrl | Permalink

    Hi. Lovely photos, I love the fun iPhone pics. :) Very nice.

  56. Posted July 2, 2010 at 3:33 pm by hanerysang | Permalink

    Great comparison, nice to see that picture quality with iphone wow

  57. Posted July 3, 2010 at 4:44 pm by Imaginarium of Pau | Permalink

    I love the photos, whatever category it belongs, it was great. Nice!

  58. Posted July 3, 2010 at 4:48 pm by babytyche08 | Permalink

    Great Pictures. These are something definitely places to visit to take some time off.

  59. Posted July 5, 2010 at 1:52 am by kanaeee | Permalink

    Great photos!
    The scenery is very beautiful. I would love to visit these places!
    It’s interesting how you compared the fun photos vs work photos.

  60. Posted July 5, 2010 at 6:37 am by Zhuper's Blog | Permalink

    Do you post process the iphone imagse or use some kind of effects app?

    • Posted July 5, 2010 at 7:36 am by patitucciphoto | Permalink

      We primarily process them in camera, 95% of the time, but occasionally I’ll twaek something with a desktop using PS

  61. Posted July 5, 2010 at 8:59 pm by tawbh | Permalink

    A total of wonderful pictures

  62. Posted July 6, 2010 at 12:52 pm by krisblucher | Permalink

    They all look like fun photos to me! I very much enjoyed the shot of the cow and the guy eating – nice distortion from the wider angle there.

    How did you get to shoot in croatia? I loved croatia while I was there, but I was there to lay on a boat and relax, not shoot. I’d probably prefer to be shooting though!

    • Posted July 6, 2010 at 1:05 pm by patitucciphoto | Permalink

      Kris, we just went to Craotia for a fun trip, do some climbing, make some photos, relax. The place is superb. We actually have a new post up at our DolomiteSport about it: http://dolomitesport.com

  63. Posted July 6, 2010 at 7:58 pm by Robert | Permalink

    Great shots. Photography is more within the eye of the camera holder – some see a photo and need to snap the picture, others just take pictures. Well done whether work or fun.

  64. Posted July 9, 2010 at 1:28 pm by watch movies | Permalink

    Nice photos. Great post. Thanks for sharing

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