Grace Farms; Old fashioned Liberalism Reclining in New Canaan
One day we took a trip out of NYC to visit Grace Farms, located in the very biblical sounding New Canaan. Grand Central Station was impressive and as always manic; the train journey not. A lot of people complain about the service in the US but I like it and starting from Grand Central is…
Carlo Scarpa, the Most Famous Architect You Never Heard Of?
I had never heard of Carlo Scarpa until I started planning a trip to Italy with my girlfriend, an architect from NYC. She is a big fan of his work. Am I just being lazy? For sure. However, it’s also true that I just don’t have much patience for all verbiage that gets written or…
Dar Roumana, a Gem Hidden in a Labyrinth
Dar Roumana is within the Medina of Fez. I had been to Morocco one time before, also for work. That was in Casablanca, working for Harvard, you can read about it here. I wouldn’t say I am a fan of Casablanca, my disappointment compounded because I loved the film. The reality is that it’s very…
Photographing Warehouses and Workers for Bunzl
These jobs came via a UK based agency called AAB Design. The first job was for Bunzl. Their warehouse and offices are near El Prat Airport, I was there to photograph the space and the workers. The second time was maybe 2 years later, near Cabrera de Mar. The company was Cemelin and Bunzl had recently…
City Light; Those Magic Hours When You Can Take Your Studio to the Streets
I would like to take the idea of ‘Magic Hour‘ and turn it into Magic Hours. Maybe ironically, what I am suggesting might fly in the face of something sacred to many; that moment when the natural light is just perfect (and alas fleeting) for beautifully lit portraits. My magic hours are when the natural light, by chance…
Linear Curves; How Making Your Images Look Really Dull Might Be the Way to Go
This is the title for my article about linear curves and HDR in Capture One Pro 8/9 on the website PhotosApps.Expert. Read the full article here.
Homage to Catalonia? (A Touch of Gaudí in Texas)
A little side job I had whilst in Texas (for a wedding shoot) was to photograph the house that Zack built (He was the groom and designed it as well). I stayed there for about a week and in a few sessions took photos for a book they wanted to make. It was an enjoyable…
Apartments & Interiors
I love doing architecture and interiors because it is a completely different process to photographing people; each can perhaps act like therapy for the other if you are feeling a little burnt out or jaded. These pictures were for a friend who wanted to rent his apartment on an exclusive site, I was flying out…
Sagrada Familia, Never-Ending Story
This was for an article in the Metropolitan magazine. I knew nothing about the story or the person nor had I ever met the writer. The pictures were taken in the summer but the article did not appear till October. I am not a big fan of the Sagrada Familia, to tell the truth, I…
Argentina, Chacarita Cemetery, Cap Fed
I returned to Buenos Aires this April after being away 4 years. I was lucky with the weather and on the few occasions I took out my DSLR it always seemed to be perfect, most of the shots here have not had a great deal done to them, the most drastic effect being a tonal…