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hollywood portraits photographers auction

June 16, 2010

well it seems we, you and i, missed an education here but we can still take a look at the catalog of images here.

Auction of the World’s Largest Collection of Original Vintage Glamour Photography

Jean Harlow

JEAN HARLOW

CALABASAS, CA.- George Hurrell’s iconic portrait of Jean Harlow on a white bearskin rug created for Vanity Fair magazine now spearheads the largest auction of Glamour Photography in art history. The original camera negative, as well as a custom print of this incomparable photograph is regarded as Hurrell’s most important portrait and is estimated to sell for well over $20,000. The multi-million dollar Michael H. Epstein and Scott E. Schwimer collection, which contains tens of thousands of the best examples of Hollywood fine art, will be auctioned by Profiles in History March 26-27, 2010. Worldwide bidding begins at 12:00pm (noon) PST both days.

i’ve always loved hollywood portraits and have a few books of them myself. this auction of George Hurrell works and his life always amazes me. how i’d love to be able to produce work like this. to think these images were printed way before photoshop was born.

there were postproduction skills such as photographic printers, guys and gals, though maybe it was an all boys club, who only did printing. the softness of the faces, another lost art of filters, maybe a good lecture to visit next photo expo. but what ever the effect just makes my knees weak.

for more info on this collection see here.

thanks to art knowledgenews.com

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new female nudes

June 5, 2010

just fooling around the other day with a new aspiring female model that another photographer had booked for this shoot  inviting me along to share expenses . dave and i have worked together in the past on projects but i had never worked in his studio before. i have a way of taking over a shoot if it’s just left to my devices and dave has no problem letting me do whatever it is that i do.

female headshot

having fun

i try and shoot using one light while dave uses 3 or 4 lights, hey we are all different and there is no one right way of working. but i think for these shots i need to have a backlight for separation. but because of the low ceiling height and the size of dave’s strobes hanging one would not work, so i a though this morning about making a 45 degree reflector for my white lightnings. it should be simple enough, ding! where have i heard that noise before? was i when i bought the xr7 which still isn’t on the road yet?

female nude

pattern

this is where i get bored just popping off photos , how many naked women remain interesting to just look at. i am sure it’s different for everybody but i have a woman at home that i am particular about. so here i used a cloth with large weave to project this pattern.

female nude

standing naked

so as i kept tripping over her boots i asked her to put them on, at least i’d know where they were. then adding a chair always looking for interesting patterns.

boots 1

nude female

boots 2

then i got bored again as dave continued to shoot and dug around for a new location in the studio picked this one as a homage to helmut newton at least i like to think so.

female nude

nude leaning

while this image is far from perfect, way too much spill on the background, i had nothing to control the spill with, oh well lets shoot and see what happens. time is money. i guess when i find another interesting model i’ll revisit this location.

so i really don’t have much time to update my web site nor do i want to because i am not really fond of it. i post my new stuff here.

jene

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B&H Insights: a new blog with some useful information

June 5, 2010

B&H Insights Blog

In a perfect world you don’t need a filter. Your lens, even the most basic of kit lenses, comes pre-coated to minimize flare and color aberration. And when not in use, every lens comes with a lens cap that protects the front element of your lens and never ever unknowingly falls off your camera as you stroll down the boulevard. But we don’t live in a perfect world so forget about all of the above. (And by the way, I think you just lost your lens cap)

Unlike film cameras, which are limited to an ever-dwindling choice of Daylight, Tungsten, or B&W film stocks, most all digital cameras can be programmed to a number of (usually) accurate preset color parameters. Custom white balance is a simple, menu-driven chore for most digicams, and there’s no shortage of affordable, easy-to-use white-balancing devices.

And while I’m a big proponent of getting things right the first time, in-camera, it’s still reassuring to know you can tweak your efforts days, weeks, months, or years after the fact in Photoshop, especially if you shoot RAW or better yet, RAW+JPEG. As for color and other ‘creative’ filters, many of these filters can be easily mimicked electronically using any number of digital filter kits we carry at B&H. So the question of the day is, in a digital world, who needs glass filters?The simple answer is … you, me, and everybody else running around with a camera. And the reason we need filters is because most unfiltered images fall short of what they can and should be in terms of clarity, contrast, saturation, and overall detail. But before we get into the details, let’s cover a few of the basics.

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Opportunities RFP for Chashama Windows program at Donnell Library

June 5, 2010
Exhibit Across from the MOMA
chashama–giving artists the space to create
(New York NY)
Since 1995, chashama has championed the movement to repurpose vacant properties in New York City; recycling them into temporary artist studios and gallery spaces, while simultaneously invigorating the surrounding community landscape with an influx of culture, creativity and business.
chashama invites you to submit a proposal to our Windows at the Donnell Library program, for the 2010-2011 season. The Donnell Library is located at 20 West 53rd St. across the street from iconic Museum of Modern Art. We are interested in proposals large enough to fit all seven windows or as small as one windowpane.
Deadline: Rolling.
We will consider applications in the order in which they are received. However we only have 8 openings available.

Required Application Materials:
*Completed application form (pages *4 through 7 of this document).
*1-2 page project proposal.
*1 page (or less) technical requirements.
*Resume/short bios of key participants.

*Work sample ‘slide list’ or list of cue points with descriptions that provide context for the images.

*Work sample (images of previous work, may be on CD)  note: paper CD/DVD sleeves are preferred to cases.
To apply, visit http://www.chashama.org/downloads/donnell_rfp.pdf and follow the instructions.
Mail Materials to:
chashama
ATTN: Donnell Windows
201 East 42nd Street, 32nd Floor
New York, NY  10017

Website: www.chashama.org

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