Photo Shoot at the Maritime

Today I was invited by photographer Mark Mann to see them use the FP100 4x5 film in his Graphlex for a fashion shoot.  He captured some amazing images!  Here is a quick look behind the scenes up in the penthouse.
http://www.markmannphoto.com/

Shooting the Blues

Sometimes things just click.  The other day at a photo shoot in an alley this scene just popped when Kezi stood by an old warehouse window.

NORML Photo Shoot @ Root Studios

This weekend I was part of a great photo shoot with some of the women involved in the NORML organization.   loved the clean set and the way the light was coming onto the set before we began.

To see what NORML is all about

Weekly Email 10-8-10

This week a few shots made me look twice at the way I am used to seeing camera files from my point and shoot.

These 2 images really pop in most aspects and they were done with my F300EXR.  The chip is really surprising me.  The color is amazing and the night shot at 8 seconds is impressive.

Building Cleaning

The other day while walking the streets I noticed some guys cleaning a building and how amazing the results are.  Here you see the before and after.

Instax Moment Then and Now

The other day while I was at lunch with the family and shooting the Instax Mini my cousin pulled out his Instax shot I did in August 2009 he had in his wallet.  So we recreated the shot with the FinePix F300EXR and here they both are!

Weekly Email 10-1-10

Walking the streets in NYC you never know what or who you are going to see.
This week as I walked down Sixth Ave I saw a few people standing around a guy who at first you don't even notice as a person since he doesn't really have any normal features you'd expect to see on a person.

I stopped of course take a pic and wound up talking to him for about 10 minutes.  I asked him about the "issues" of being in public when you do have a unique appearance.  He said he doesn't go out too much and that he realizes the situation but it was something he always wanted to do.  The tattoos took him about 16 years he says.  He's a retired computer programmer and made his money working on mainframes a couple decades ago.

I was standing there as people would stop and ask for a photo and he would ask for $1 from them - I paid also which seemed reasonable for the hassle of stopping often for people to shoot a shot.  Now here's the kicker - this spry guy is 85 years old!  He really is in great shape and I asked him how do you do it ??  85 - wow.  He said the key to life is to always have a plan or thought to take you to the next thing.  He doesn't like boredom.   So even taking a walk around the block which could take him a long time with all the oooo's and ahhhh's he presses on.

Digging for Treasure

This week I went over to a friend's place to take a look at some old coins.  We were hoping to find some gold coins from the 60's or earlier - but only found silver.  While we were digging through the stash his mom came down to supervise and it was quite a scene.

This Bi-Centenial Silver Proof set is only worth about $15 and we just didn't have the payday we had hoped for!

Weekly Email 9-24-10

Seeing Jerry Seinfeld perform live was a great pleasure.  For about 45 minutes he kept the crowd laughing and discussed the obviously funny things in life.  I wish I could lay out some of the lines - but of course they would be lost here in text. 

Of course no night with celebrity is without the classic grip and grin photo where Jerry has to greet all the movers and shakers of the event - and then of course the photog needs to jump in at some point and say - Hellllloooo Jerry.  Everyone was dropping lines and i can only imagine what his appearances are like hearing your character repeated back to you all the time.  He does it well.  This was from a great event - the Celebration of Courage event for research in children's cancer.
http://www.hopeandheroes.org/

Waxing Gibbous at 95%

Tonight the moon is shining bright as it nears it's full phase and the last day of summer.  Shot with a 700mm lens and a pretty hefty crop of 20% of the frame or so.

Weekly Email 9-17-10

This was one of the best weeks for camera action.  I had so many amazing subjects to shoot so I'm not quite sure what to pick.

The 9-11 anniversary led to many emotional scenes and beyond the static shots of the beams I did a GIF which shows darkness falling on downtown NYC.  Click the link to see that in motion.

Then I was lucky enough to see The Wall performed by Roger Waters.  Truly and amazing experience and thus you need a shot from that show.  During the concert they built the wall then tore down the wall and the GIF link shows the wall and all the color and crashing.

Then it's Fashion Week in NYC so there are tons to choose from!   Look at the faces of the folks in the crowd.

There were also more shots from the courthouse construction project across the street and lastly the issue in NYC with the new voting forms which I can validate are ridiculous in their design and function.

Have a great weekend.


The Wall video from concert
http://gallery.me.com/brandonremler#102250

The WTC Beams

http://gallery.me.com/brandonremler#102256