Be Back Shortly

Hi Everyone, I have been offline for the last few days and just wanted to say hi. Between Photo East Expo here in NYC and preparation for the workshop I have been totally swamped.  There was no time to get any new articles posted, but there is new material coming this way. One awesome thing [more...]

James Nachtwey

Reflected Light A photographer on the street needs to be resourceful.  Without the aid  of assistants or studio lighting, we  must find light sources in unlikely places.  Once we discover that  a building can be a reflector, it  allows us to break the monotony of flat shadows caused by the sun.   Fill Light Broad [more...]

Workshop Update: Ilford Galerie

Free Prints for You Shooting great images is only  half of the fun.  Its not until we make a print that we can truly  appreciate a photograph.     Ilford Sponsorship: Better than Candy I am very excited to announce an addition to the Halloween Workshop [ NYC ].  Ilford Galerie decided to sponsor the [more...]

W. Eugene Smith

The Picture that Changed It All When in the course of human events…no  wait thats a different speech.  In our lives there will be a handful of photographs  which flip the light switch of creativity. These “Ah Ha” moments forever change the way we view picture making.     My Hero is an Alcoholic, Druggie [more...]

Walt Whitman

Through Danny Lyon Last week, I slept on ceremonial Hopi Land in northern Arizona. Prior to leaving, photographer Danny Lyon and I sat in a park on Mulberry Street.  He said something that stuck with me. But it was not until I travelled half way across the country that his Walt Whitman quote sank into [more...]

Halloween Workshop

Finding Calm In Chaos I am not sure why this did not come to me  earlier, but Halloween is the perfect time for a Street Photography Workshop.  Its  one of the few holidays where everyone  wants to have their pictures taken.  This  makes it a perfect time to hit the streets  and work on spotting [more...]

Leicatime Half Case

My New Case Today the FedEx lady surprised  me.  I was not expecting any  packages today, but much to  my surprise there was a delivery from Rome.  It could mean only one thing… Leica M9 Half Case Last month while in Rome, my girlfriend and I dropped in on Luigi Crescenzi (the story is here).  [more...]

C-Lab Closed Down

New York Can Be A Dangerous Place On Saturday, I went downtown to drop off a few rolls of BW film to be developed. The sign on the door read “The C-Lab is CLOSED.”  Is this for real? New York City is a Strange Place The streets of New York can be so bizarre.  Today [more...]