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Jun

14

2013

in progress: Unmet

places / the city

One of the perks of self-employment is that I’m no longer forced to backburner series ideas for lack of time. So when I decided it would be cool to take long exposure shots of various rooms and exhibits at The Met with the hopes of photographing an “empty” museum, there was nothing to stop me from just grabbing my tripod, ND filters, and hopping a train to 86th street.

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Capture

a new snapsation

There's a new site in town called Snapsation that is trying to be the latest site to connect photographers and clients. Photographers set up profiles [...]

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20130503-01

you gotta start somewhere*

I had originally intended this entry to be about buskers; about how I'd always had a soft spot for them and always loved them as photo subjects, about[...]

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juliathumbs

tricks of the trade

Last month, Stina asked me for some tips and suggestions on how to make good portraits of her relatives at an upcoming reunion (I say “make̶[...]

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holi2013_07

holi high

I'm sure some of my family would cluck their teeth that I opted for this celebration over the traditional Easter Sunday Mass, but I'm only human. Hour[...]

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grandpa

q&a: family portraits

A friend shot me this question on Facebook, and after the site ate the second half of my two-part reply, I decided to just make a post out of it (at l[...]

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20130312-01

the bare necessities

In "Things I Kept Meaning To Do But Never Started" news, I have instated a new house rule that anyone visiting my apartment for the first time must le[...]

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Recent Posts

  • • in progress: Unmet · Jun 14
  • • a new snapsation · Jun 6
  • • you gotta start somewhere* · May 7
  • • tricks of the trade · Apr 24
  • • holi high · Apr 1
  • • q&a: family portraits · Mar 13
  • • the bare necessities · Mar 13
  • • “We’ll fix it in post” · Feb 15
  • • 300 francis drive · Jan 31
  • • into the woods · Jan 10

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