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Vanda Orchid Bloom, 40 x 53

Since moving to the Blue Star Arts Complex in April, the studio has taken part in the First Friday celebration by having an open house. After the first one in July, we realized that our photographic art needed to be on display and we set about creating big prints for show and for sale. We started an Orchid project which had its first showing in the August First Friday, with a private showing on the First Thursday. I went on a three-week architectural photography tour (highlights here)  and we are now preparing for the next showing this Thursday, September 6 and Friday, September 7.

The studio is converted into a gallery and is open to the public. We are thrilled to be part of Fotoseptiembre USA and we hope you will come look at our fine art photographic prints.

We just received the Digital View Camera that had been on order and in research for the past few months. Unlike modern DSLR’s, this is a totally modular system. View cameras have been around for over a century and they can do things that current modern camera’s can’t. The lens is carried on a front “standard” and the film or in this case the image sensor back is carried on a rear standard. A bellows connects the two so a dark tunnel exists between the lens and the sensor. The sensor is moved out of the way and the image is projected onto a ground glass that shows it upside down and backwards.

For architectural or product photography, this is a game changer. Images of much higher quality can be produced, plus the depth of field can be fine tuned as needed and perspective can be corrected in the camera. Of course the latter can be done to some extent in Photoshop but it is not as nice as getting it right the first time.

If you know of a spectacular home or building that needs incredible imagery, or if you know of a company that needs product photography that would ordinarily have to be outsourced to a big market like New York or LA, consider working with a local expert.

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