It’s been a little while since my last post, but I assure you this one is worth the wait. This one is a three parter. In part one we will deal with lighting and capture considerations pertaining to, you guessed it, photographing flat art. Part two will deal with technique. Finally, part three will deal [...]
Archive for January, 2009
Photographing Flat Art Work With Digital Part 1
Posted in How to, Lighting, Technique, tagged 50mm lens, anita dhekne, continuous light, elinchrom, impact, Lighting, lighting technique, lowel, lowel tota light, monolight, pack system, photographic lighting, photographing art, photographing art with digital, photographing flat art, photographing paintings, prime lens, profoto, Strobes, strobes for photgraphing art, tota light on January 29, 2009 | 2 Comments »
NYC Lomography Gallery Store Opening!
Posted in Photo Event, tagged Analog, analogue, Colorsplash, Diana, Diana Edelweiss, Diana F+, Diana F+ Deluxe Kit, Film, Fisheye, Fisheye Underwater Case, hacked diana, Holga, Holga Pinhole, Horizon, Instax 200, lomography, Lomography bag, Lomography Gallery Store Opening, Lubitel, NYC Lomography Store, workshop on January 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
You guessed it! Of course we went to the NYC Lomography Gallery Store Opening! How could we resist? It was a splendid gathering of toy camera lovers drooling over the newest, coolest Lomography gear! To make the night even that much better, drinks, food and music were provided. We knew Lomography could throw a pretty [...]
F295 NYC!
Posted in Photo Event, photographers, tagged Gabriel Biderman, F295, f295 symposium, fine art, david hockney, john berger, margaret adams, camera obscura, cyanotype, Jo Babcock, Jill Enfield, Tom Persinger (founder of F295), Martha Casanave, Michelle Bates, Jesseca Ferguson, France Scully Osterman, Keith Taylor, david brommer, imagon, photo intaglio, christopher james, bostick and sullivan, ilan wolff, hill country, new york camera club, polaroid impulse, polaroid on January 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Photographic processes have evolved so much over the course of this century, allowing creative individuals to experiment with any type of camera and output. If you had asked me about 6 years ago if I thought photographs were a fine art, I would have probably replied no. I thought heck you just point the camera [...]
Modifying the Diana F+ Part 2 – Test Shoot
Posted in Technique, Uncategorized, tagged 89b filter, color film, Diana, Diana F+, elinchrom, Film, film photography, hacked diana, infrared film, Photography, portrait photography, radio slave, rollei infrared film, shooting infrared, skyport, studio lighting, studio strobes, toy camera on January 21, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I would have made a terrible scientist. Anyone who knows me can attest to that statement. I have a habit of wanting to try many things for the first time, at the same time. This usually ends with me pulling my hair out, and taking a more pragmatic approach. This test shoot was one of the rare [...]
Modifying the Diana F+ Part 1
Posted in How to, Uncategorized, tagged camera, custom camera, Diana, Diana F+, film camera, film photography, flash photography, hacked diana, lomography, plastic camera, pocket wizard, sky port, toy camera, toy camera photography on January 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I remember 10 years ago when digital imaging first started to make inroads into mainstream photography. I was having a conversation with a photographer friend of mine who was extolling the virtues, and future of digital photography. I rolled my eyes at him and swore that I would never give up wet process. Two years [...]
Financial District
Posted in Analogue Fieldtrips, Destination, tagged Bicycle, City, customize Diana F+, Diana, Diana F+, F295, Facebook, Film, Financial District, Financial District NYC, Gabriel Biderman, Holga, Irish Hunger Memorial, Metro, Nature, new york city, North End Ave, Photography, Polaroids, Project Tandem, Strobes, Vesey, World Financial Center on January 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Click on image to view gallery!!!! Ah yes! The wonderful Financial District, the area we have all seen under such scrutiny this year! No bailout plan was going to keep Michael and I warm on this cold Analogue Field trip. To be honest, I don’t think Michael and I even thought once about the economy [...]
NYC Photo Openings
Posted in photographers, tagged digital photography, Artslant, Massimo Audiello, Alison Brady, Claire Oliver, Janet Biggs, P.P.O.W, Teun Hocks, An Uncertain Nature, Vanishing Point, New Works, William Kentridge, Digital C Prints, Canon 5D Mark II, Nikon D90, digital, gallery, NYC galleries, Chelsea, animation, drawing, gallery opening, Leslie Porterfield, Flash, Quicktime, Final Cut Pro, imovie, adobe premiere, gelatin silver print, oil paint on January 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Thursday windy, chilly night blew a good friend and I into Chelsea to view the hottest and latest craze hanging on the walls of galleries! The streets had art lovers briskly walking with much anticipation to get to their gallery of choice. The night prior I had checked artslant.com for photography openings/receptions taking place. [...]
Digiscoping in St. Augustine
Posted in Destination, Technique, tagged beach, bird photography, digiscoping, digiscoping fuji s5 pro, digital photography, egrets, florida, spotting scope, st. augustine, St. Augustine Alligator Zoological Park, swarovski ats-80, swarovski spotting scope, zeiss diascope 85, zeiss spotting scope on January 8, 2009 | 1 Comment »
A few months ago I was fortunate to travel to St. Augustine, Florida for a show. Amongst the gear we brought with us where two spotting scopes; a Zeiss Diascope 85 T*, and a Swarovski ATS-80 HD. Also included where the necessary adapters (Zeiss, Swarovski) to mount them to a 35mm or digital slr camera. I [...]
The Cloisters
Posted in Destination, tagged architectural photography, digital photography, fort tryon park, medieval art, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York City, new york city, The Cloisters, The Cloisters Museum New York City on January 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
On Saturday Angelia and I decided our next adventure should be The Cloisters Museum in Ft. Tryon Park. The Cloisters is easily accessible via the A train. A short ride to 190th followed by a quick bus ride on the M4 will get you there in no time. The Cloisters occupy about 4 acres and [...]
New York Botanical Garden
Posted in Destination, tagged digital photography, Fuji FinePix, Grand Central Terminal, Haupt Conservatory, Henry Moore Sculpture, Macro Photography, Metro North, New York Botanical Garden on January 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
First, I would like to wish everyone a Happy New Year. I hope everyone brought in the New Year the way they wanted to. There really was no better way to bring in the New Year than with my camera in hand and nature’s finest elements surrounding me. On January 1, 2009, Michael and I [...]




