Greetings, this blog is dedicated to my life in photography. I want to make this a place to stop and relax. In the hope that this will help in these trying times
Saturday, July 4, 2015
Friday, July 3, 2015
Gentrification
These photos were just shot in the old meat packing district of Manhattan. The area has undergone a revival on steroids and is now one of the city's trendiest. The Whitney Museum of American Art has just moved here into a new building. Needless to say the area abounds with places to eat, galleries and trendy stores. This is also the beginning of the Highline a wonderful place to visit and enjoy some respite from busy city life.
Thursday, July 2, 2015
The power of the lens
A camera can be used for many purposes. Unfortunately, today it's being used increasingly to curtail our privacy. Here I attended an affordable housing demonstration in Manhattan a few years ago. The images were to be used for Catholic Charities, my client in support of making housing available to low income tenants.
Wednesday, July 1, 2015
Tuesday, June 30, 2015
Dignity
A photographer has the responsibility to preserve a subject's dignity. One must engage the subject and never take surreptitious shots especially with long lenses. In this manner the subject's dignity is preserved or even increased. The conversion to Black and withe gave additional power to this image.
Monday, June 29, 2015
Lost souls?
I shot these images a few days ago while visiting some friends in Northampton, Long Island. After a nice pranzo or lunch, we walked to the beach. The images are rather eerie and appear those of lost souls wondering endlessly for rest or whatever souls seek when they wonder if they wonder at all or if souls exist at all......
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These shots were As I go through my old cd's to re burn them, I keep fingid many great shots with the S1. It always amazes me what that ...
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There was something right about the skin tones of the D 1-X. Only the Fuji S2-Pro did better. The Nikkor 35-135 F 3.5-4.5 was used.
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Yes indeed, old photos from Sicily. I will be posting new ones very soon. The above photos were shot with Tri-X and with the Canon Ft and...