A vision evolving.
While in the process of this particular exploration I’m finding there is a lot of failure. Not failure in the sense of exposure or composition, but failure in concept and vision. And, there’s certainly no value in putting images into my book simply because I did it. Right now, I’m developing the concept [...]
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Commercial Photography, Commercial Photography, Greenmarket in the Studio, Organic, Personal Photography, Photography, Portfolio, Slow Food, Union Square, Vegetables
Greenmarket in the Studio #10
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Greenmarket in the Studio #7
Standing over three feet tall and looking like Ethel Merman belting out, “No Business Like Show Business,” this stalk had over 70 Sprouts clinging to it. And the leaves at the top? Well that’s just a giant Brussels Sprout, kinda like a head of cabbage, really. And those leaves, they’re about 14 inches across. Huge.
I [...]
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Shooting from the Hip # 28
Another shot from last week’s rainy Wednesday.
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Shooting from the Hip # 27(Rainy Days)
Last Wednesday it drizzled pretty much all day. A little rain isn’t going to keep me from pulling out my trusty G10 and shooting. Rain brings out deeper tones and saturated colors while giving a specularity to things we normally associate as being visually flat, especially root vegetables which are covered with a dusting of [...]
Commercial Photography, Food, Greenmarket in the Studio, Organic, Portfolio, Slow Food, Union Square, Vegetables, slow food
Greenmarket in the Studio #6
A Chinese lady came up to me in the Union Square market last Monday morning, pointed down and asked, in broken English, how much? I don’t have a clue what gave her the idea I worked at this particular kiosk at the market, but it gave me pause to look down at a group of [...]
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Shooting from the Hip #25
Some things look completely different from different angles. You wouldn’t expect that from French breakfast radishes since they’re more or less symmetrical and, unless you’re a radish, can tell the difference. So, here are two shots, taken less than two minutes apart. Diffused sunlight through the vendor’s white tent fabric and shot from this camera [...]
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Greenmarket in the Studio #5
Now that I’m moving onto this dark thing…
Black backgrounds are so completely different to shoot on. The black just wraps itself around the subject matter. Where white is wholesome, clean, crisp and elegant, and never loses my subject, black is erotic, deep, surrounding and foreboding (but not in a creepy kind of way), and can [...]
Shooting from the Hip #22
It’s been a long week and I’m off to Boston to do some cycling and check out the markets. There are some plans in my back pocket for new portfolio pieces and those should be under way next week some time. I’m thinking about moving on to a black portfolio, the white book is pretty [...]
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Shooting from the Hip #20
Shoppers love to touch food. They touch for freshness and to smell and to taste. They touch for the sake of feeling something that is as essential as the air we breathe. They are the unseen human presence in my market images and constantly changing the landscapes I capture here.
What happened in front of my [...]
Commercial Photography, Food, Greenmarket in the Studio, NYC, Organic, Personal Photography, Photography, Portfolio, Slow Food, Union Square, Vegetables, slow food
Greenmarket in the Studio #4
Finally, my first Union Square produce photo shot in the new studio.
I was waiting to get settled before capturing these images of wax beans (crappy name, but that’s what the sign said), also known as yellow, heirloom or golden beans, and almost missed my chance. Except for the folks with the big ORGANIC banner, none [...]
