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I just like the design a bit better... smartphone app, etc.  Please migrate with me!

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tulips and pansies...

Recently I had the opportunity to shoot behind the scenes at the fashion/fundraising event to benefit Village Care called Tulips and Pansies. The amount of time, skill and passion put in to the headdresses and fashion is amazing and all for a good cause. Some of the participants had personalities as big as the headdresses.

saying goodbye to the 5d?

Before the break....

Well... 6 years, later it may have had all it can take. I cant count however many thousands of frames I put through that little tank over 5 continents, but these images may be some of the last. I'm happy it happened where I'm at my happiest, shooting on the street in NYC, but the timing was not great. I've taken a bit of time off from shooting with a digital camera, and shooting with my old Rolleiflex, and this was the first day I brought the camera out again. It had a freshness to it that I haven't experienced in a long time. 

We'll see if Canon will fix it, but if not, what's next? In the meantime, should I shoot more with the Rolleflex, the Mamiya 645 pro (polaroid back?), or my 35mm film (Nikon f100)? Should I bust out my old LG cell phone and make more low quality train movies?

After the break...

what we did before working today...

A Royal celebration, some free time, extra lights and 2 awesome people (Deulon Lesure, and Cathryn Mudon).

newish scans, old camera...

Ok, sometimes I get carried away with retouching, but I had the desire today to post some images shot with my '30s Rolleiflex, and couldn't stand getting rid of dust anymore. Please forgive the spottiness. I really want to send my digi camera in for repairs and get back on the street with this old machine, maybe I'll bring it to my next test tomorrow...

 

 

at night...

When I'm done working... I usually work. If I'm shooting during the day in the studio, I like to shoot a bit on the street to clear my head, and throughout Winter, New York is full of steam vents and more than a bit of mystery.

On White: Can't sleep

Sarah, 2011

The week before I started the On White project, I just couldn't sleep. I was thinking about lighting ideas, that were a little out of the ordinary, use minimal gear, and could be easily repeated. I had the setups two from previous posts nailed down in my head, but I wanted one more. Finally, I came up with this setup at about 3 AM.

Pete, 2011

Dan, 2011

On White: Black and White

Tom, 2011

Simple lighting; sunlight, scrim you can't really beat it. 

This part of the "On White" series is, besides being about it's simplicity of form, is about the simplicity of light, and going back to where I started, black and white.

Katie, 2011

Will, 2011

another thing I'm ready for...

Baseball...
'nuff said.

On white...

Matt, 2011

The next few posts will be from a group of studio portraits I've been working on. This winter it's been hard to for me to shoot on the street, but I'll spare you the excuses. FYI, little to no retouching has been done to these images.

Minha, left - Henry, right, 2011

One of the reasons I like this setup is the subtlety of the gradation in the background. It's also very easy to tweak the highlight tones to achieve a cool or warm look.

More to come...