As we are all on the edge of our seats, rooting for America's win over Germany, here's a pic to help boost the American spirit. What can be more American than a barn out in the wild west?
While channel surfing I stumbled across a photographer telling a harrowing tale of a treacherous hike over dangerous terrain to capture his very popular photo of a famous arch in Canyonlands National Park, Utah. I lingered on this channel for a while because I am familiar with this location having been there many times during our workshops. I was confused however, my experience was quite different. On this same trail, our group had no problem traversing the near fatal short walk from the parking lot. We survived the flat ground and lack of incline, even our ninety year old attendee made it with ease. The trail was one of the easiest in the park, so either this particular photographer was exa
Today being the first day of Summer, we decided to celebrate with one of the most Summery pics we could muster...A Boca Raton Golf Course! Whether you'll spend the day golfing, at the beach, hiding away from the heat at home, or something else, a little Summer fun is always in order.
A picture of Peter in his older days. I'm not sure which makes this picture nostalgic, the younger Peter, or the old camera.
When photographers think of Hasselblad cameras they often think: "Who actually buys these cameras?" and "Why are they so expensive?" or “Can't I buy a decent camera for just a few hundred bucks?” The simple answer is that you get what you pay for, but to help paint the picture, here’s a helpful little analogy. For a pasta dinner, you can go to the grocery store and pick up a box of pasta and a jar of sauce, adequate, mildly satisfying, but nothing memorable. Now take that same pasta dinner prepared by a master chef with the best ingredients at their peak of freshness, put together in an ideal environment with skill and excellence, then you have a meal to remember for a lifetime. Yes, the din
This story is in celebration of the World Cup soccer Mecca, Although it takes place quite a long way from South America. Away from Florida we traveled, To the Philadelphia Union Stadium that dazzled. A 360 panorama was our mission, To shoot in the middle of soccer action. Time was short, ninety seconds in fact, We knew soon we’d have to act. The Star-Spangled Banner rang in our ears, For a short while the stadium silenced from cheers. Quickly we set up the Hasselblad and Roundshot, With the clock we fiercely fought. The camera slowly turned, Our stomachs were upturned. As we heard the second “home of the brave,” Our situation turned less grave. The Roundshot proved be a hero, Equipment was p
This shows the before and after shots of of the c. 1945 Boca Raton Army Air Field to the 2012 FAU campus, done for the Boca Raton's Historical Society's exhibit: Boca raton Then and Now. We took the 2012 photo while in a doorless R44 helicopter at an elevation of 5,000 feet. To capture the changed area we used a Hasselblad H4D-60 mounted on top of a Gyro Stabilizer. The hard part was trying to match the exact location of the c. 1945 shot to the 2012 one, but in the end we pulled it off. When looking at the pictures side by side, you can actually see the roads were built on top of where the old runways used to be.
It's been about a month since Peter, Addie and myself returned from our Bryce / Zion workshop and we are just about finished editing all the panoramas we shot. Bryce Canyon was a dream location for panoramic photography, at every angle there was a new shot to be taken. Zion was equally beautiful, but we had a few more tourists to shoot around. While at Paria View in Bryce, I almost sacrificed myself for a great shot (not really, but it makes for a better story). I trekked out on a narrow slope, steep drops on both sides, gusts of wind threatening to push me off, and for those who know me those gusts must have been pretty strong; until I finally had to sit down to get the perfect shot. It was
