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On Photographing People in Public
The vast majority of my street photography is people-based. I like taking streets photos of found objects as a spontaneous sort of still-life as well as some architectural-type stuff, but primarily,...
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Wandering Wandering Wandering Manhattan
I’m beginning to think that my endless wandering around the city taking pictures is a perfect metaphor for (and reaction to) the existential crisis that formed in my brain when I was 5 years old. So...
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Big Camera, Little Camera
Up until late November, I did my street photography almost exclusively with a Fuji X100. Now I love the X100 for street photography. It’s super-light, dead quiet, and gives great images. It has its...
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In Pursuit of Magic: Another Photo Dump…
I did a ton of shooting last weekend and wanted to share the fruits of my labor. Some ‘experts’ say you should only show your best stuff, but I’m not sure I believe in that concept, because I see my...
View Article“So God Made a Farmer” Commercial – Brilliant Photography!
To me, Chrysler’s “So God Made a Farmer” commercial for its Dodge Ram Trucks was the star of the Super Bowl commercial roster. The commercial is comprised of gorgeous still photographs from the likes...
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New York City Post-Nemo
So Winter Storm Nemo hit NYC this past weekend. There was a decent amount of snow but it wasn’t nearly as bad as what happened up in Boston. I spent Saturday morning taking pictures around Bay Ridge,...
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Valentine’s Day, NYC
So it’s Valentine’s Day, and for reasons I won’t go into, I’m alone again. But, I figured I’d turn a negative into a positive and use it as an excuse to do a quick little photo essay on the day. I...
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My Pentax Ad… and Other Stories From the Street of New York
Take a look at that girl and that camera and tell me it shouldn’t be an ad for Pentax. Today I took another quick stroll around the city with my main photo partner to see what’s what and who’s out....
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Pitbull, Coats, Young Love
Is that Pitbull? And his lady friend? It’s scary that it’s March already. I feel like I’ve done some good work this year and I’m happy that my shooting enthusiasm level is actually continuing to climb...
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Go Go Marriage Equality!
Just my little visual contribution of an equal sign to the whole marriage equality debate. To all my LGBT brothers and sisters out there, I’m on your side. As MMA legend Genki Sudo said, we are all...
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Stegosaurus Still Life, and a New Direction
Over the past month or so, I’ve fallen in love with still life photography as a means for self-expression. I haven’t shot any street photography since then, and I doubt I’m done with that genre, but...
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The Trayvon Martin Case – My Visual Reaction
I can’t believe it’s been three months since I last posted an update to this blog. Maybe that’s a good thing, as I’ve been spending a lot of time making a whole new body of still life work. It’s a...
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Photographs Lie
A portrait is not a likeness. The moment an emotion or fact is transformed into a photograph it is no longer a fact but an opinion. There is no such thing as inaccuracy in a photograph. All photographs...
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Is Having No Point of View a Point of View?
I was once told that some of my work had a strong element of ambivalence to it. The Mirriam-Webster Dictionary defines ambivalence as follows: 1: simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings...
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Photo Set – 2013 NYC Marathon
Today, I staggered out early to shoot the 2013 ING NYC Marathon from my neighborhood of Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. Instead of shooting it in a straight-up reportage/documentary style, I jerry rigged up a...
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Rainy Day, New York City
It was an ugly day in New York City today but it was also kind of beautiful. There was enough rain and fog to add some visual drama, but not enough to actually disrupt my shooting. I’ve walked over...
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Kings Thai Boxing – My First Experience Shooting Combat Sports
Last weekend, I got my feet wet shooting combat sports. I’ve been a huge fan of mixed martial arts since around 2006-2007, but it never really occurred to me to photograph it. Then, I went to the Glory...
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Take On Muay Thai XXIV Photos
Last Friday, I ventured out to the Resorts World Casino in Queens, NY to photograph the Take On Muay Thai XXIV event. I had a really great time at the event. The venue staff was very friendly and...
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