Ballerina

 

 
Here is a preview of yesterday morning's photo shoot with beautiful ballerina Michelle. After today's massive headache (probably due the lack of sleep..), I took a look at the images shot yesterday. I quickly selected a couple, and decided to post them here on my blog.

If you like to see more images go here.

I would love to see any comment!

Take a look at this! Sting and ballerina Alessandra Ferri..

Inspirational photographer Joyce Tenneson.

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Today I had a chance to attend a seminar and lecture where Joyce Tenneson, one of the most respected photographers of our time, presented her latest book entitled The View.
Tenneson has asked photographers around the world to submit photographs of a view that has somehow, and for some unknown reason, become unforgettable and meaningful to them in a deep way. Rather than simply beautiful landscape photographs, Tenneson is seeking to uncover something about universal perception - what it is about certain places or photographs that for some mysterious reason, speak to our heart in poignant manners.

Several years ago, Tenneson started investigating whether or not there had been any research done on why certain locations strike awe in the viewer, and why these locations are different for each person. For example, why is one person inexplicably attracted to the desert, or the mountains, or the ocean and what are the psychological forces behind this attraction? Tenneson found there was very little research that shed light on this phenomenon. This inspired her to organize and edit a book that includes not only photographs, but also short statements from each photographer describing the personal significance of that particular view. She plans to have the View Project expand to an interactive website where people from around the world can submit photos and share views that have deeply affected them as well.

I found it very inspirational, and a great chance to learn from a great photographer and a great person.

CREATIVELIVE.COM: worldwide free creative education

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Hello Friends! I'm happy to announce today that over that past year Chase Jarvis has been working together with super-tech friend Craig Swanson to bring you the world's first LIVE creative education internet channel. And the best news? It's FREE. That's right, it's free to watch any and all live feeds from some of the world's best creative instructors. Tune into creativeLIVE.com and check it out. Calendars, courses, archives and more.

On the photography side of things, It'll be exciting to see in quarter one featuring Vincent LaForet, David DuChemin, Zack Arias, Scott Bourne, Art Wolfe, and many others. Wanna learn how to have vision in photography? They've got the instructor. HD Dslr Cinema, they've got it. Lighting? They've got it. Software? They've got that too. And if they don't have it? Tell them and if there's demand, they'll create it for you.

Chase Jarvis is not an instructor, but it's been a huge goal for the past year to connect the community with many of his friends who ARE instructors and ARE amazing at what they do. The goal here is to help democratize creativity.

In addition to all the photography gurus and course, they've got design classes, painting and other fine art classes, and programming classes up the wazzu. You'll find classes in Adobe CS5 (that's right the NEW Abobe suite), Aperture, Lightroom, FINE art iPhone programming, Android programming, HTML programming and more.

How can they give away many of the world's best instructors for free? Well, here's how: You only pay for classes if you want to see them beyond their original LIVE performance. If you miss some classes, see something in the archive you like, or want to download it and put it on your iPod, iPad, or wherever, you can pay to download the class for a fee that's minuscule in comparison to what that instructor normally charges. No streaming, no bologna. You get the file. They use money from downloads to pay the instructor and cover their time and costs for producing and distributing the content.

Chase and his friends are looking to help make the creative world a better place. A rising tide floats all the boats.

To check out calendars, classes and more, and to register for email/rss updates, please visit creativeLIVE.com.

Thanks Chase!

Marie & Nate's wedding

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I had a blast last Friday working with great New York wedding photographer Gulnara!
It was my first time working with her as an assistant..

Great learning experience!

I actually also had a chance to take a few shots!

It has just been a great pleasure.
Marie & Nate make a beautiful couple!

You can see more images of the wedding by clicking here.

Congratulations again to them!

Amazing online learning tools!

>Today I just want to let you know about 'lynda.com', and 'kelbytraining', two amazing tools for anyone interested in creativity and learning using all the Adobe, Corel, Apple, Microsoft products, and many others.

You pay about $20-$25 a month, and you have unlimited access to all the courses.
Whether you are a photographer, a web-designer, a videographer, painter, you have everything you need to learn the latest techniques, and all the different aspects of your field of interest.

Kelbytraining @ www.kelbytraining.com :

Lynda.com @ www.lynda.com :

Have fun!

Thank you iPhone!

>Here, posting from my little iPhone station!
Internet will be down until Monday (..grrr Verizon!), so I am testing how well my iPhone can act as my 'vice workstation'.
I would say, this little wonder of technology is just as important for me as the 'Air Force One' is for the President.

I was even able to copy and paste a HTML code for an image into my posting!

Beautiful day here in New York!

Enjoy!

Creativity and its consequences

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There are pictures that when you stop and look at them, they grow, and you can go places in them.
I have hundreds of folders in my computer for just raw visual impact.

I don't know, but It seems like in the new era of media that I am increasingly more interested in becoming a more versatile, and more rounded artist up. Still photography will always be the core, but there is just too many interesting things going on right now.
I guess, I am starting paying attention to the web and web 2.0, that phrase has been kicked and beaten to death, but I guess I was intrigued by social media early, and finally started the blog a few days ago. I think this is really another creative outlet for me, and I hope It will grow.

Social media is not going away, I think it will change a lot in the next couple of years, but it is interesting how that integrates with a creative person or with creativity in general.

I think I am most well regarded for fashion, beauty, and portrait pictures, but I really enjoy walking the streets of New York by myself with my camera.
I try not to limit myself from what types of pictures I take, and I don't want to be pigeonholed as a particular type of photographer.
I am really moved, interested, and intrigued by so many things. Without it, I would go insane.

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My first blog!

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I don't really know where I am supposed to start here, however I am pretty excited to start a blog about my photography! So far I have gotten my website , my Facebook page , and even a YouTube channel, and now finally a blog!

I hope all of this will go the right direction..

I am a freelance photographer based in Harlem, New York.
Photography has been my passion for many years, but only recently I have started working 'professionally', and get various assignments that have taken me to work with fashion, and beauty photography mostly.

The direction I can see myself taking is indeed towards fashion, beauty, and lifestyle.
However, action and sport photography is something I am very excited to explore and learn more about.

Some of my greatest idols are Joe McNally, Chase Jarvis, Platon, Drew Gardner, Annie Leibovitz, Henri Cartier-Bresson just to mention a few.

Well, I hope you will enjoy my blog, and I hope to see you folks in many!

ciao