I am a working photographer, trying to adapt, like many of my colleagues, to the rapidly changing landscape in the profession we love. Today I would like to get a straight answer to a simple question: something that could help me terminally understand the current state of photography business better than any elaborate or academic […]
I have been trying for a long time to get permission from NY City and State authorities to set up shop, offering my photo portraiture services in city streets and parks. Well, their final word is that such a permit can’t be issued, because it does not exist ! Of course, based on The Second […]
I discovered the aluminum Rilex Press Camera in one of my usual quests for vintage photographic equipment which I purchase not to collect and keep on a shelf, but to put back to use, as I find post-modern technology from a bygone era very conducive to create new visual work. The minute I saw […]
I have been shooting X-Ray film with some very happy results lately. Compared to my light-insensitive medium of choice (in-camera photographic paper negatives) X-Ray film gives me the luxury of SPEED !! Its 80 ASA truly feels like 8000, compared to the 3 (!!) of photo paper.There are drawbacks too: X- RAY film has emulsion […]
In photography, as in all creative expressions of life, it is very difficult to achieve something remarkable. If, by whatever means, you do, then you’ll be facing an even more daunting task: to figure out how to achieve something remarkable the second time around! What I mean to say is that your second (and perhaps […]
I am all for the “democratization” of photography. I am a keen teacher of what I have learned in thirty years as a photographer. I am very glad to see an ever increasing number of people getting interested and involved in photography. But.. Photography, along with being the greatest passion of my life is also […]
Living in New York City I used to have a plethora of labs to choose from to develop my film. Today all my favorite labs have gone. Luckily, there are still a few labs left, but , unless my clients are willing to pay (and wait) for me to get my film […]
Today, being Christmas, I had a lovely day with my better half, experimenting with something we had never done before (shooting HARMAN (Ilford) Direct Positive Paper in the 4×5 camera) and then having fun doing something I hadn’t done, personally, in over a decade (processing the images in my own bathroom). Direct Positive Paper […]
I am not revealing anything new when I say that the World Wide Web order is divided between Leaders and Followers. Many think of the Web as the most powerful culture equalizer and facilitator ever invented, permitting borderless communication amongst humans and a limitless, free of charge, exchange of data, hence translating into […]
Whenever I am shooting for a client I use a small arsenal of lights, modifiers and digital cameras in order to fulfill my professional promise of high quality results at a very fast pace. With my hard news background I am particularly aware of a client’s stringent deadlines, and I am proud to affirm I […]