11-7-14 I photographed the cast of The Tempest at La Mama theatre
When American Friends of British American Drama Academy (AFBADA) holds a fundraising event, I always try to shoot it. When it’s a performance, it’s fantastic to see the show and then shoot the actors and actresses after the show!
10-27-14 Halloween, the BEST time to shoot photos!
I love Halloween! It’s become one of my favorite holidays; the only time during the year when US society basically says “Hey, dress up in whatever you want, you won’t get judged!” And talk about wild, check out all the similarities it has with the ancient pagan holiday Samhain!
10-10-14 2009: The Year of Online Photo Magazines
I just stumbled across this cool post written by photographer Andrew Gibson back in 2009. It’s on Smashing Magazine about the Top 40 Online Photography Magazines in 2009. I’m embarrassed to say, I didn’t even realize there were photo magazines online!
Here are some titles I thought looked interesting, which were still live:
10-9-14 James Maher offers 14 tips on life as a NYC freelance photographer!
I just stumbled on a great blog post from professional New York freelance photographer James Maher. He’s got a list of 14 tips of how to be a successful freelance photographer, and I have to say his advice rings true.
10-8-14 Rollei 35 Camera Research and Information
Now that I’ve returned my Nikon FE (I’ll write about that soon), I’ve delved into my research of Rollei 35 “compact” or “sub compact” cameras.
Here’s a good discussion about the Rollei 35 on Flickr.
10-3-14 My First Photo Assignment for BigWheelMagazine.com
Getting to review and shoot the LIGHTS show on Tuesday was a real break for me as a writer/photographer! Before that, I only wrote/photographed concerts for the awesome punk website BigWheelMagazine.com Thinking back on my work with BigWheel, I realized I wanted to post those reviews on TheWanderingHumorist.
9-30-14 Lights plays Pinktober at Hard Rock Cafe for Breast Cancer Awareness
If Llana Del Rey is the Queen of Darkness and Robyn is the European Queen of Ice, Lights is the Princess of Day! As soon as Lights was onstage at Hard Rock Cafe (I didn’t realize they had a nice stage) it was “Muscle Memory” and we got energized. Next, there was “Running with the Boys” and right after Lights told us “That’s the first time I’ve heard people singing along to one of my songs.” I can see why they’re doing it. Her music is bubbly synth dance pop that makes you feel good. It’s like a happy combination of Llana Del Rey, Robyn, Ellie Goulding and cool synth pop/rock with a touch of M83. Lights’ wide toothy smile, while reminding me of a Disney TV star, is also… well, friendly and charming. And her performance tonight was done with love. And that always means something. You can’t help but like her.
*Be sure to check out my photos at the end of the review…
9-30-14 Scanning 35mm negatives with sprocket holes
I’m psyched I just started scanning with the Epson Perfection V600! So far, it’s great! Having successfully scanned two photos, some 35mm negatives and several slides, I’m curious now about scanning negatives with sprocket holes:
How to scan negatives with sprocket holes included (This film bracket looks useful DigitaLIZA:
http://www.lomography.com/magazine/tipster/2011/05/28/scanning-sprocket-holes-using-epson-scanners
Time to scan!
-The Wandering Humorist
9-25-14 Interesting 35mm Travel Cameras
As I continue to research 35mm photography cameras, I hit upon the subject of “Travel cameras”. They’re really small and light. So not only would they be fantastic for travel, but they’d make fantastic street photography cameras! Here’s my list of my current favorites. I don’t own any of them, but I looked them up for several hours. I was looking for small, light and really nice optical quality: