February 20, 2007

Fedora Fashion

Details: ISO: 400 | Exposure: Not recorded | Focal Length: 180mm

Portraiture made simple: a hat, a face, a look.

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February 19, 2007

The Stranger

Details: ISO: 100 | Exposure: not recorded | Focal Length: 180mm

A stranger observes the various protests at Speaker's Corner, Hyde Park, London.

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June 5, 2006

Intimate Moments

Details: ISO: 100 | Exposure: 1/500 at f/5.6 | Focal Length: 82.5mm

It's amazing what you can see if you just pay attention to the world around you. Here, a newlywed couple, having just emerged from the church in which they were married, share an intimate moment while waiting for their wedding photographers to set up the next shot.

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January 2, 2006

Going To The Dogs

Details: ISO: 100 | Exposure: 1/320 at f/5.6 | Focal Length: 82mm

A man and his dog waiting for a table for lunch on Lincoln Road, Miami Beach.

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December 24, 2005

Capturing The Moment

Details: ISO: 1600 | Exposure: 1/100 at f/4 | Focal Length: 35mm
Noise Ninja used to reduce high ISO noise, converted to black and white using Convert to B&W Pro.

The father of the bride assists as the bride and groom cut their wedding cake.

A friend asked me what I look for when photographing people. He had noticed that I don't generally ask people to pose for a picture. Although I hadn’t given the question much thought for a very long time (more than 30 years), the first answer that came to mind was that I prefer capturing people as they are. The more I thought about the question, however, the more I realized that the real answer is much simpler. What I really enjoy doing is trying to capture the moment. Like a memory, a photograph can be a moment frozen in time. It becomes a vehicle for transporting us back to a place and time, and with a little luck, gives us a sense and understanding of the moment.

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December 20, 2005

Concentration

Details: ISO: 1600 | Exposure: 1/250 at f/2.8 | Focal Length: 600mm

Eyes fixed as if in a trance, this member of FIU's marching band concentrates on the music during the pre-game show of the FIU v. Middle Tennessee football game.

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September 9, 2005

Gather Around The Leader

Details: ISO: 100 | Exposure: Not recorded | Focal Length: 18mm

The Florida State University Marching Chiefs gather around their director, Dr. Bentley Shellahamer, during a late-summer practice in Tallahassee, Florida.

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September 8, 2005

Preparing For Battle

Details: ISO: 100 | Exposure: Not recorded | Focal Length: 300mm

A Marching Chief--the name for a member of Florida State University's marching band--applies war paint to another Marching Chief prior to a football game.

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September 6, 2005

Buttonman

Details: ISO: 100 | Exposure: Not recorded | Focal Length: 24mm

An entertainer in a London parade.

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August 24, 2005

Strutting Your Stufff

Details: ISO: 100 | Exposure: not recorded | Focal Length: 35mm

A participant in Coconut Grove's annual King Mango Strut, Miami, Florida.

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August 18, 2005

Stunned?

Details: ISO: 100 | Exposure: Not recorded | Focal Length: 400mm

A group of Muslim women on the Temple Mount, Jerusalem, Israel, finally notice the camera pointed in their direction. I've wondered now and again whether they were giving me a look of disapproval or were simply stunned.

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August 17, 2005

Expression on the Thames

Details: ISO: 100 | Exposure: Not recorded | Focal Length: 300mm

One of the competitors in a regatta on the Thames River dons an unusual hat prior to the race, London.

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August 11, 2005

Protest

Details: ISO: 100 | Exposure: Not recorded | Focal Length: 35mm

A pro-Aristide protest in Miami in 1991.

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July 30, 2005

Youthful Spirit

Details: ISO: 100 | Exposure: Not recorded | Focal Length: 180mm

Children exhibiting their patriotism at a parade, London, England.

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July 19, 2005

Shyness

Details: ISO: 100 | Exposure: Not recorded | Focal Length: 180mm

A young girl hides from the camera in a park in Stockholm, Sweden.

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July 1, 2005

Character

Details: ISO: 100 | Exposure: Not recorded | Focal Length: 24mm

A participant in a parade, London.

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May 21, 2005

Sports Portraits

Details: ISO: 200 | Exposure: 1/1000 at f/4 | Focal Length: 300mm

The UM women's tennis coach looks on as her team struggles in the regional tournament against California.

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May 5, 2005

Private Moments

Details: ISO: 400 | Exposure: Not recorded | Focal Length: 180mm

A young couple caught in an embrace on one of the benches in Kennedy Park, Coconut Grove, Florida.

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April 28, 2005

Impromptu Portrait

Details: ISO: 100 | Exposure: Not Recorded | Focal Length: 35mm

One of my favorite ways of taking pictures of people: waiting until they no longer notice the camera.

In some cases, this is easy. The natural excitement of the moment may cause people to not even notice that someone is present with a camera. Aside from such events, however, getting people to relax and ignore the camera can prove to be as much of an art as making the images once they've forgotten about the camera.

Rangefinder cameras help this. They are generally smaller than SLRs, and tend to make less noise (largely because there is no mirror popping up for the exposure and dropping back afterwards). They also have the added advantage of allowing the photographer to see the image at the moment the shutter opens. Notwithstanding that I've used SLRs for more than a quarter century, the rangefinder camera occupies a place in my heart.

This is a good example. I was walking through an Orthodox neighborhood in Jerusalem, Israel, with a man who had grown up there but no longer lived there. He was trying to show me the neighborhood bakery. At one point, we ran into this local who upon seeing my cameras started to walk the other way. When the man I was with struck up a conversation regarding the location of the neighborhood bakery, the local stopped for a smoke and a chat. During the chat, the local became comfortable enough that he didn't notice me with my Leica snapping pictures of him, including this impromptu portrait.

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April 23, 2005

Express Yourself

Details: ISO: 100 | Exposure: Not recorded | Focal Length: 35mm

A protester expresses his views in a typical Sunday morning at Speaker's Corner, Hyde Park, London.

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April 21, 2005

Laughter (Emotions)

Details: ISO: 800 | Exposure: 1/80 at f/4 | Focal Length: 28mm

I've always been amazed at how when people express various emotions, the camera can catch a glimpse of who they really are.

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April 19, 2005

Enjoying The View

Details: ISO: 200 | Exposure: 1/200 at f/6.3 | Focal Length: 35mm

A worker takes a moment to enjoy the view from twenty floors up.

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April 15, 2005

Dancing (Being Yourself)

Details: ISO: 1600 | Exposure: 1/125 at f/4.0 | Focal Length: 18mm

The best images of people are made when they are no longer aware of the camera and they can just be themselves.

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April 4, 2005

Through A Child's Eyes

Details: ISO: 200 | Exposure: 1/250 at f/5.6 | Focal Length: 57mm.

How do you see the world through a child's eyes?

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March 19, 2005

Simple Pleasures

Details: ISO: 400 | Exposure: Not recorded | Focal Length: 180mm

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February 23, 2005

Life Imitating Art?

Details: ISO: 200 | Exposure: 1/250 at f/7.1 | Focal Length: 18mm

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February 1, 2005

Humor

Details: ISO: 100 | Exposure: not recorded | Focal Length: 180mm
Original slide scanned and noise reduced with Noise Ninja

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January 28, 2005

Harmony

Details: ISO: 100 | Exposure: 1/250 at f/5.6 | Focal Length: 180mm
Original slide scanned and noise reduced with Noise Ninja

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January 26, 2005

Moments

Details: ISO: 100 | Exposure: 1/125 at f/8 | Focal Length: 180mm
Original slide scanned and noise reduced with Noise Ninja

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