tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72358832246528416222024-03-05T08:26:51.771-05:00Essdras M Suarez - Photographer - BlogThis is my visual catharsis, my artistic outlet you might say. One of the not-so good things as a photojournalists is that 70-80% of what I shoot never sees the light of day. This where I get to show you what I think is worth looking at and if I can add to your photographic skills along the way. Well, that just makes me karmically rich! enjoy!photogravitashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11975484716253048711noreply@blogger.comBlogger217125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235883224652841622.post-13314414492434362842016-05-02T13:07:00.002-04:002016-05-02T13:44:16.384-04:00On million eyez<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;">
<span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: 16.0pt;">Last week I went to Israel to
give a couple of slide-show presentations at the Jaffa International Photo
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<span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: 16pt;">I was also there to be filmed for some site-specific content videos for million eyez. I got to work with an amazing cinematographer by the name of Roee Keren. Eventually when you see the videos on our site and when you think of these as good videos. Remember there was a great camera man behind the camera, an amazing producer/ director, and a great support staff behind this endeavor. Mine just happened to have been the easiest job: Being in front of the camera. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: 16.0pt;">Anyway, back to the festival. While there, I had the opportunity of meeting some very
talented photographers such as <a href="http://www.mugurvarzariu.com/">Mugur Varzariu</a>. A Romanian photographer, a very- successful former strategic marketing and brand management consultant who
gave it all up to tell the story of the Roma people. A task he first
accomplished by using his words and later by successfully adding his camera to
the story-telling process. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: 16.0pt;">Varzariu, who by his own reckoning acknowledges to
have never had any formal training in photography, has been known to work
upwards of 18 hours a day for days on end while covering a story. He said,
"<i>I might not know much about photography but because of my work ethic, I'm
sure I could bury many photographers in a mountain of images.</i>" And then he
added, "<i>I only click the shutter when the moment moves me.</i>" A statement that becomes obvious to anyone looking at his work. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: 16.0pt;">I was lucky enough too to sit through a
slide- show presentation by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton%C3%ADn_Kratochv%C3%ADl">Antonyn Kratochvil</a>, one of the original founders of
VII photo agency. His very powerful and entertaining collection of images was
full of celebrity one- on- one portraits. All of these done in his own very unique follow-no-rules-but-
very- successful kind of way. This irreverent virtuoso of the camera peppered
his presentation with a string of funny and intimate anecdotes of the time
shared with his subjects. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: 16.0pt;">Being the chief photographer has all of a sudden turned me into a tech guy involved with a start up?? I guess you can teach an old dog new tricks after all. The good news is that at its core, I'm still doing the same thing: being a passionate photographer who loves what he does. I never thought,
I'd get the chance to be part of a project designed to completely change the
way photos are published on the internet. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: 16.0pt;">The best way to describe <b>million eyez is to imagine
a content platform that brings photographers and writers together.</b> A platform
that allows for the photographer's images to be published in the venues of their own choosing.
And very importantly: a platform where the photographer gets to keep the copyright of their images. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: 16.0pt;">Right now, we photographers, have pretty much been
left behind. Once we release an image into the ether of the Internet; we
usually don't know where it'll end up or how it'll be used and within what
context. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: 16.0pt;"><b>Million eyez is all about giving back to the photographers the control over their images.</b> <b>It is about helping the photographers leverage their exposure where it matters the
most: at the heart of the story, in the main arenas and where things are being
discussed. </b> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: 16.0pt;"><b>Million eyez is the platform, I wish I had 20 or so
years ago when I was getting started.</b> It is an all- ready- and- easy- to- use platform where photographers can get their work
published based upon the merit or quality of their images. And not based upon what awards you
have won, or how long you have been in the industry. <b>If you are good, your
images will be published and in the outlets where you want your work to be
published.</b> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: 16.0pt;">Among my duties is that of helping the creators of
million eyez make the whole photographer experience not only worthwhile. But to make sure photographers are given back control of their work,
something we have lost as the industry has evolved. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: 16.0pt;">Part of what I'm doing with million eyez is sharing the expertise I've acquired from being a photojournalist for over two decades.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: 16.0pt;">During this past visit, I was filmed while explaining my thinking
process as I photographed a scene or event. These situations varied from
something as simple as shooting a street scene or interacting with people or covering an event or activity. On the latter, I got to photograph a horse show
at a 2,000- year old hippodrome in the historic port city of Caesaria less than hour
north of Tel Aviv. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: 16.0pt;">I am eagerly looking to the horizon and thanking my stars for being lucky enough to be part of million eyez as we help shift the current paradigm on how photos are being published on the internet. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: 16.0pt;">For now, check out some of the images I made as well some behind-the-scenes photos sent to me by a couple
of camera- totting great characters I met while in Caesaria. As well as some from my million eyez colleague, Carmit Hirsch, who was the director, producer and all- around in- house genius. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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All these images are all about making the best of any situation when it comes to photographing a place and its people. Not having the golden light or the perfect moment should never be an excuse not to press that shutter. You can always rely on good composition and interesting angles to carry the day until that perfect moment happens in front of your lens. In the meantime don't forget the maxim I live by when I have a camera in hand: "<b>Keep shooting, keep moving, keep adjusting</b>"<br />
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<span style="font-family: "\22 times\22 "; font-size: 21px;">Tech stuff: Cameras: 2 Nikon D4 and my iPhone 6/ Lenses:17-35mm 2.8 zoom and a 70- 200mm 2.8 telephoto zoom/ ISO; 64- 1200/ WB: Sunny, Cloudy and Auto/ File quality: JPG FINE + RAW</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #444444; color: white; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 10.5pt;">I just stumbled upon an interview <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tx6VXOCHjc">In the Photographer’s
Studio: Essdras M Suarez</a>, I had three years ago when I was still with the
Boston Globe. And it’s lead to do some soul searching of my current situation. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #444444; color: white; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Spoiler alert: The gist of this piece is: I'm a
lucky, lucky guy who is very happy and very grateful. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #444444; color: white; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 10.5pt;">In this interview, I talk about being frustrated
about newspapers not covering the big stories anymore. This being the result of
a changing industry caught in an economic downward spiral. More newsroom jobs
are being eliminated regularly and the leaders in the industry are constantly
trying to figure out a way to re-invent the newspaper business. Like the recent
memo written by Boston Globe editor Brian McGrory: “<a href="https://dankennedy.net/2016/04/07/globe-editor-mcgrory-its-time-to-rethink-everything-we-do/">It’s
time to re-think everything we do.”</a> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #444444; color: white; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 10.5pt;">I truly hope my former industry finds a way to
survive these trying times. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #444444; color: white; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 10.5pt;">However by reading news like this one, I can’t
help but to feel at ease with my decision back in 2014 to take a buy out to
leave I job I truly loved as a staff photographer for the Boston Globe. After leaving the Globe I had been in the newspaper business for about two decades. First with the now defunct Rocky Mountain News and then with the Boston Globe.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #444444; color: white; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 10.5pt;">But I saw the writing on the wall years before,
around 2008, and immediately started planning to eventually make a change when
the time was right and when all the chips would be in place. I instinctually
knew that I needed to adapt if I wanted to survive what was to come. Now I
can't help but to be thankful for having taking what seemed back then as the
uncertain step of leaving a "sure" thing. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #444444; color: white; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Leaving my job was something I don’t believe I could’ve
done if it were not for the support of my wife, Sara Suarez, of 25 years. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She, who is blessedly wise and the possessor
of keen foresight. She, who believed in me from my early professional beginnings
when I myself didn't know what I had to offer to the world. She, who knew
before I did that I could indeed accomplish whatever I’d set out to do, Even
before I had an inkling of the depths of my own abilities, she’s always been
there believing in me. Love you mi Amor. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #444444; color: white; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 10.5pt;">With my <a href="https://www.roadscholar.org/find-an-adventure/21768/portrait-of-cuba-a-photographic-journey">Cuba:
A Photographic Journey</a> program photo workshops program through Road
Scholar, I've already accomplished one of my goals: That of helping other
"photojournos" teach photo workshops, thus, helping them share their
vast experience and to spread their knowledge as well as offering them a possible
new way of making a living. The number of colleagues I'll be able to help keeps
growing. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The plans for expanding into
other photo-workshops destinations is already well on its way. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #444444; color: white; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 10.5pt;">My goal of helping other photographers achieve
their full potential, and that of helping new photographic talent be discovered
is slowly but surely taking shape through <b>millioneyez</b>, a collaborative
platform between bloggers and photographers. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #444444; color: white; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 10.5pt;">A couple of years back, I was lucky enough to
be introduced to the founders of this Israel- based world-changing startup. As
their chief photographer, I’m helping them re- shape the format of how photos
are being used to tell a story. We are helping create new venues where photographers
can showcase their work where the issues are being discussed. We are creating
and fostering new publishing outlets where undiscovered photographic talent can
be introduced to the world in a way where their rights as visual artists is
respected and honored. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #444444; color: white; font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Alas, I find myself today in the privileged position
to be able to say: If today were my last day on earth I’d be okay with that. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #444444; color: white;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 10.5pt;">Thanks for all the blessings and may we be
granted the wisdom, sense of appreciation and humility to continue to grow and expand
as human beings. </span><span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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It's always a two-way street when it comes to being a teacher. If you watch your students carefully enough, you as the teacher gets to learn as much as the students. More than once on that day I was shown an image that made me feel I wished I would've been the one who made that shot. Its amazing how people can be standing shoulder to shoulder and still be able to come up with such different versions of the same situation. Especially after you start pointing out to them what to look for.<br />
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Here are some of my pics from that day and I also included one from Tarrytown Train station up North near Westchester where we were staying.<br />
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Oops, almost forgot: TECH STUFF: Two Nikon Camera bodies D4 and D3s. Two lenses: 70-200mm 2.8 AF ED and an old 24mm. 28 silver ring Nikkor. (I demolished my to-go wide angle zoom 17- 35mm 2.8 recently; thus, the throwback lens). ISO 64- 800. WB: Cloudy and Sunny settings MODE: JPG ( I know, I know you must think me a heathen but unless I'm on a commercial assignment I still prefer jpgs since this is the fastest way one can shoot. It doesn't bog down the buffering unless its an extreme situation. And as I've said it before: When you've ruined as many hundreds of thousands of images as I have you eventually get pretty good and not making that many mistakes)<br />
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photogravitashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11975484716253048711noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235883224652841622.post-74384682875925709742015-08-13T11:32:00.000-04:002015-08-14T09:29:18.214-04:00On trying to achieve "Fly on the Wall" status<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;">I
came across an article on a group in FB called Ethical Photojournalism. It
talks about VICE magazine sending a couple of photographers to cover <a href="https://medium.com/vantage/taking-liberties-taking-shortcuts-and-taking-advantage-of-people-1d5f5bea4c55"><span style="color: #0000e9;">Appalachia</span></a>. One lives in Appalachia and
calls his style of photography autobiographical. The other photographer is
Magnum's Bruce Gilden, who's been quoted as saying during an interview, "<i>you
need to be sneaky to get the shot</i>..." I personally don't agree
with this approach. I'd like to think I'm more along the lines of: Treat thy
neighbor as yourself. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;">One
way or another, this got me thinking about what I was taught in journalism
school about aiming to become the proverbial <b>Fly on the Wall</b> when it
came to documentary photography. However, as much as we'd like to
think that we are achieving this maxim of photojournalism, the truth is we all
carry within us our own built-in prejudices and preconceived notions.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;">When
we do manage to straight-out document a scene and or a subject without
affecting the outcome these instances turn out to be the exceptions and not the
rule. That is not to say it never happens but alas is rare when a photographer
can continuously achieve such purity of documentary photography. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;">It
is my belief, It is during spot news situations when we are reacting
reflexively and “shooting from the hip” where we are are most likely to
find our purest documentary style.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;">I'm
including an example of mine below where I wasn't thinking but reacting
instead. This was covering the ousting of Haiti's president Jean Bertrand
Aristide in 2004. A couple of other journalists and I, were running towards
Cite de Soleil where we'd heard shots fired. I veered away from my group distracted
by some commotion on a side street.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;">I
ended up stumbling upon civilians trying to help a soldier who'd been shot in
the foot. They were trying to carry him to safety while a soldier in the back
guarded their escape. Had I been thinking more clearly I'd have move my camera
a fraction of an inch higher and I'd have gotten the full image of the soldier
returning fire in the background. But alas, I wasn't thinking, I was
reacting. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;">Point
and case of reactive shooting is that of Boston Globe’s John Tlumacki’s image
of the 2013 Boston Marathon Bombing and the fallen runner and the three police
officers. After publication his editors looked at the time line between the
first bomb going off and the moment when he shot this image and only seconds
had passed between both actions. Now THAT is pure documentary.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;">But
even at this highest level of pure documentary photography, Tlumacki’s
considerable acumen of experiences as a professional photographer still played
a role on how he shot this image. Maybe not at any conscious level but all
those years of shooting played a role on how he shot that image the way he so
superbly shot it on that day and on that moment.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;">But
when covering extreme situations such as wars and disasters become our norm,
then the human brain tends to adapt to help us cope with such realities. It is
at this point where once more our own perspectives, opinions and points of view
end up affecting our photography. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;">So
now lets extrapolate. If our brains can adapt so we can get used to covering
horrible situations, then imagine what happens when we are given an assignment
before hand.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;">The
moment we find ourselves having the time to figure out "the how" of
covering a story or subject, that is the moment where our own personalities and
life experiences start getting involved in our decision-making processes when
it comes to making photos.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;">We
do not live outside of the laws that rule our universe. We were all first sons,
daughters, fathers, mothers, brothers, sister, etc, before we became
photographers. There is no escaping our humanity.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;">After
all we are all humans. And as such, we are nothing but extremely complex
apparatuses made up of millions of inter-acting parts unique-to-the individual
and held together or “sparked” to life by – call it what you may- a spirit, a
soul, or an energy force.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;">But
one way or another all of these variables will end up playing a role in the way
we do all things. This includes photography. Therefore it can not be considered
a great leap of deductive reasoning to think our experiences and personalities
will at the end affect the outcome of our images. Thus by just being there and
observing we are affecting the outcome of a situation.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;">If
not, what do you think our personal style of photography truly is? Why do you
think someone with the personality of Bruce Gilden creates images like the ones
he made in Appalachia?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;">On
a lighter note: If you want further proof of our capability of producing
built-in biased photos, then take a look at this:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"><span style="color: #0000e9;"><a href="http://themindunleashed.org/2015/06/new-mind-blowing-experiment-confirms-that-reality-doesnt-exist-if-you-are-not-looking-at-it.html">Mind blowing experiment confirms reality doesn’t exist if
you are not looking at it.</a></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="http://themindunleashed.org/2015/06/new-mind-blowing-experiment-confirms-that-reality-doesnt-exist-if-you-are-not-looking-at-it.html">http://themindunleashed.org/2015/06/new-mind-blowing-experiment-confirms-that-reality-doesnt-exist-if-you-are-not-looking-at-it.html</a></div>
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--> I have come to the conclusion my new life as a photographer after having been a staff newspaper photographer for 20 years is going to be split between teaching photo workshops nationally and internationally and doing commercial assignments with the occasional editorial assignment thrown in there for good measure.<br />
<br />
I've also become aware of lucky I truly am for I now hold
a privileged position: I'm now solidly booked through mid 2016 after only seven months of being offered a buyout by the
Boston Globe.
Especially with photo workshops in Cuba through Road Scholar where I now have waiting lists
for most of my trip dates.<br />
<br />
So for that, I am very thankful. But I was raised to believe it is not good
enough just to do well for yourself but whenever possible you should try help others do equally well. So I figured: What better way of doing this than by expanding my photo
workshop destinations and by adding other world-class-award-winning photojournalists and photographers that share my passion for photography and teaching?<br />
<br />
I'll be helping others who now find themselves in the awkward position of knowing all things photography but possibly finding themselves out of work in the coming years. I'll be adding to my team master visual-story-tellers with a knack for sharing their life-long photographic knowledge acumen. <br />
<br />
That's why I'm now in the process of looking for new destinations
for photo workshops. So I can bring in new photo instructors and share with them the joys and rewards of teaching I now get to experience on a regular bases. <br />
<br />
Anyhow, thus the Mayan Riviera.<br />
<br />
When I was first approached by a tour operator about the idea of adding
this area as a destination, I was a bit leery. He'd try explaining the appeal
of the area several times but to no avail. So once he realized he just wasn't
getting through. He finally said to me, "I'm just going to have to show
you."<br />
<br />
Before I arrived in Cancun, I was feeling pretty bad. I just wasn't sure
how I was going to gently let him down. This guy is honest to God one the nicest and most
genuine person I've ever met. So I thought, he'd take it very hard when I'd have to tell him the way my associates and I best taught
photo skills is in real-life scenarios and not in a "theme park."<br />
<br />
But alas, I never had to utter such speech. From the first day I arrived to Xcaret, the word "WOW!" became a constant in my vocabulary. I've always
known how photogenic a place and/or its people truly are by the amount of
shooting I do while on location. The more I shoot the better the photo opportunities. And in the
Mayan Riviera I kept shooting, and shooting and shooting... <br />
<br />
Everywhere I'd turn there were great situations happening, great
characters, and great scenes begging to be photographed. There were so many things I wanted to photograph, so much variety of visually appealing details everywhere I looked. By the end of my
visit, I had no doubt this is a great place for a photo workshop.<br />
<br />
I can think of very few places around the world where you’d have this
caliber of accessible archeological attractions such as Chichen Itza, Coba-
just to name a few- with their jungle-covered pyramids as well as thousand-year
old stone carvings called "stelae.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">"
</span>A landscape dotted with naturally- occurring geographical features such
as underground rivers, and an abundance of see-though-water-filled-sink holes
known as “cenotes.” A cornucopia of wildlife ranging from all-things marine to jaguars, exotic birds, and adorable coatimundis (long-snouted mammals the size of small dogs from the family of the
raccoons.)<br />
<br />
Colonial-style small town pepper the area where the pace of life has not changed in hundreds of years; thus, rewarding
photo-philes with timeless imagery waiting to be captured with their cameras.<br />
<br />
A theme park depicting the many cultures found within Mexico as well as
visually- rich re-creations of Mayan traditions such as a sacred ball game known as “juego de pelota.” A
game played by Mayans descendants where the only part of the body allowed while hitting the ball is the hip and where in ancient times the winning team was the one
who was sacrificed to the gods?? To ritual ceremonies re-created on
floating rafts just the way they were originally performed thousands of years ago.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
<br />
I can see this place lending itself to future workshops not only
specializing in travel photography but also in a myriad of other photographic specialties such as nature, portraiture, food and macro photography…etc. The possibilities are
truly endless.<br />
<br />
<b>Not only is the area filled with visual candy for the photo aficionado
but it also offers something else, I’m now learning to appreciate: A plethora of
participatory and enjoyable activities for those non-photo-interested
significant others that might want to tag along with us the crazy photo people! </b><br />
<br />
Among these: zip-lining over the jungle canopy during day and night runs which might end up taking the adventure traveler through fire rings and ending in underground caves. To the excitement of driving off-road vehicles at night through the tropical forest. Or floating on rafts in underground rivers under a ceiling of thousands-of-years old stalactites. Swimming with dolphins, with manta rays or simply donning a life vest while floating or snorkeling for hours on end. All of these accompanied by gastronomic delights to be photographed and/or consumed. <br />
<br />
<br />
TECH STUFF: This time around I decided to take
two of my camera bodies: D4 and D3s. However I added to my regular lenses, 17-35mm 2.8
and my 70- 200mm 2.8 and a 1.4TC, a 60mm 2.8 macro and a 500mm 4.0.<br />
<br />
I also
brought two strobes with me: An SB 800 and the versatile SB 910. I added to this kit an SU-800 Commander to remotely
control the latter as well as an external battery pack, SD-8A, in case I'd needed the extra power for shooting inside the underground cave system<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times;">I thought after having worked for newspapers for two decades that I'd miss the daily hustle and bustle of being a photojournalist but interestingly enough that has not been the case. </span><span style="font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times;">I really haven't had much time to ponder upon the fact I no longer have a job. It seems I've been too busy to even notice. I've been doing lots speaking engagements, photo contracts, and teaching street-photography photo workshops, and I've even taught a couple of classroom-style photo workshops on "Creating Sophisticated Images." </span><span style="font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times;">But most of my time has been spent working out logistics and promoting the <a href="http://www.roadscholar.org/n/program/summary.aspx?dID=1-7RU7U5"><span style="color: #0000e3;">Road Scholar</span></a>: <a href="http://www.roadscholar.org/n/program/summary.aspx?dID=1-7RU7U5"><span style="color: #0000e3;">Cuba a Photographic Journey</span></a> photo workshops. </span><span style="font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times;">Just this past week, I finished my first Havana-Trinidad Cuba trip. This one was extremely important because it set up the structure and format to follow for other future photo workshops to Cuba. And most importantly because I got to travel with my good friend and Pulitzer prizewinner photographer Cyrus McCrimmon. </span><span style="font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times;">Back when I had just started to work for the Rocky Mountain News in Denver, CO Cyrus was one of my mentors and we fast became best of friends. He is not only a talented photographer but he is also a great human, salt of the earth, and a pure-soul kind of guy. </span><span style="font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times;">Ours had been a trip in the making for 18 years. Right before his son, my godson, Sebastian, was born; he and I had planned to travel to Cuba for the pure enjoyment of making photos. </span><span style="font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times;">However one day I asked him, "So CyDaddy, how are the preparations for our trip to Cuba coming along?" He just stared back at me with his mouth half open looking like a fish out of water. In that moment I knew his wife Had to be pregnant because I knew that would've been the only way he was not going to make that trip. And I was right. </span><span style="font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times;">So after almost two decades, our trip finally came together. I had the opportunity to bring him along because my workshops on the island have been such a resounding success that I now have a waiting list for many of the upcoming departures.</span><span style="font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Times;">So when it came time expand the teaching staff with like-minded shooters of the highest possible caliber and who love photography and have a love for teaching, it was only natural for me to reach out to my original mentors. All of them are world-class photographers and the majority are Pulitzer prizewinners too. <o:p></o:p></span>Cyrus is the first of the chosen few talented photographer/ instructors we will be adding to our team. </div>
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<span style="font-family: Times;">I’ve always considered myself blessed for having had the opportunity of learning from some of the best in my industry. Photographers like Cyrus, who have proven their mettle over and over again when it counted the most, in real life covering real events. But most important of all, they are professionals who were never stingy with their knowledge and who were always ready to answer all of my photographic questions.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times;">This team is completed by a great Cuban photographer named Joel Hernandez who works as an assistant with us while we visit the island. He is kind, soft spoken, with shoulder-length curly black hair framing a handsome and welcoming face. Participants love his teaching methods and by all reckoning he has the patience of saints.</span><span style="font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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These are members of the team I’m bringing to this program and I hope you give me the chance to show you how good they truly are at passing on their knowledge. I can promise you will not regret it and you will have a blast.</div>
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<i>Deborah C, “I just returned from Cuba where Essdras was our amazing photo leader. I learned more in one week than I’ve learned in a long time.” <o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i>M-j: “The best week ever - so much warmth - so much shared - a dream trip where one can learn from 4 incredible professional, giving and talented photographers - we were blessed - thank you for an unimaginable week - and putting the joy back into my photography - bless you Essdras!”<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i>Rosemary G: “</i><i>Thank you for exposing us to such a variety of scenes from Cuba… everywhere we looked there was something begging to be photographed.</i><i><span style="color: #222222; mso-ascii-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Cambria;"> <span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">I felt safe and appreciated everything that you and your team did to make our time in Cuba memorable.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times;">The above images were taken between May 20th through 28th of 2015. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;">This is an open letter to my fellow photographers
who are thinking about becoming full-time freelancers. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16pt;">My first suggestion is for you to keep shooting
every day. No matter where you are going or what you are doing always have a
camera with you. Be it going to the grocery store, or taking relatives on a sightseeing
trip, on a plane, or boat, or walking, </span><span style="font-size: 21px;">while running errands like taking your watch to have the battery changed. While spending time away for the holidays. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;">Remember great pictures are happening out there
right now everywhere, every time and you will not be the one who makes these if
you do not keep an open eye and do not carry the gear with you. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;">Anyway, I digress from my main point. What I truly
wanted to do is to give you a glimpse of how dedicated and focused one must be
if you do decide to try to make it as a freelance photographer on your
own. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;">This is my schedule for the past couple of months
ever since leaving the Boston Globe. And it is pretty accurate of what I do
when I'm not traveling, or on an assignment, or teaching a photo workshop.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;">I wake up around 7:30AM and turn my computer on
right away. I have breakfast while answering emails and then for the next 4-6
hours I keep answering emails, writing up new photo-project proposals as well
as checking on other proposals I might already have out there. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;">For non-stop blocks of time of one to two hours.
I'll keep bouncing back and forth between writing emails, contacting
prospective clients, and even making some cold calls to area
publications. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;">I'll take a break and step away from my computer
for 5-10 minutes to rest my eyes every hour or hour and a half or so. I'll come
back and try finding out contact information for camera clubs of all sizes in
order to propose presentations and workshops. I will also call the big
photo workshop juggernauts in the industry and approach them with ideas. I will
call magazines with story ideas. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;">I will contact my journalist friends and ask them:
What are you working on? I will call old bosses and say hi to them...
just in case they need something shot in my area. I will look into the
logistics of upcoming projects. I will call airlines, hotels, local experts,
friends in the area, etc. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;">I will call magazines to set up face-to-face
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;">This last point is very important since a lot of
what you'll end up doing is not only selling your work but yourself as an
easy-to-work-with talented photographer. It’s a maxim of sales: People buy from
people they like. If your prospective client likes you, you've won half the
battle right there. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;">I looked up the definition of what I
consider to be my approach: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;">The Shotgun
Method: the hasty use of a wide range of techniques that are nonselective and
haphazard." </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;">But I disagree with the word "haphazard" found in the definition. If all these things you are doing relate to a specific subject-
photography and the business of photography- then it cannot be
dismissed as haphazard. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;">Anyway, I am true believer when you have that many
things up in the air something has got to hit. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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get to caught up on the things that do not pan out, on
our failed attempts. And you know why is that? Because you’d already have
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Recently as I waited to get a haircut, I found myself perusing through a stack of magazines and I stumbled upon a Matthew Mccounaghey interview. Apparently he is supernova hot in Hollywood right now. And one of the many reasons, he attributes his current streak of success is that he is now in his 40's. And as he so eloquently put it, "In your 40's you get to tailor it."
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This phrase resonated with me. It reminded me of a trip I took many years ago here to Washington, DC to meet with the then director of photography for the National Geographic, Kent Kobersteen.
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Kobersteen is simply best described as a mensch. He is affable, warm and fair. And most important of all while at his post as NG photo director, he took the time to sit down with emerging talent to offer his appraisal of their photographic skills as well as imparting the occasional bit of wisdom of life in general.
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I remember arriving at the NG headquarters and being in awe of the iconic 17th &M address. From the back of my cab looking through the window, I remember being filled with excitement, hesitation and trepidation. As I stepped out of the cab and walked to the building, I felt as if every pore in my body could detect the slightest variation of temperature, the slightest change of wind direction. In other words, I felt scared and alive!
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After a short wait, I got to meet Kobersteen in person. My half Panamanian- half Cuban heredity had up until that day served me well by bestowing me with the gift of gab. However on that day, I remember stuttering a simple, "Hello."<br />
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He must’ve realized how nervous I was because he graciously came out from behind his desk shook my hand, put his other hand on my shoulder and guided to me sit down. He was also probably thinking, “This kid is about to pass out.”
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We made the perfunctory polite exchanges, inquired about common acquaintances and alike. Soon enough I found myself out of common things to talk about. I said a silent prayer and with trembling and sweaty palms handed him my portfolio.
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For the most part he remained quiet. Every once in a while he’d nod at this or that image. However, I do remember him becoming animated over this one image of commuters in a train.
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He said something along these lines: “Now this is more like it. This image is sophisticated by its layering, it has a tridimensional quality and its a good attempt of capturing the normalcy of daily life by the use of an interesting visual perspective.”
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“What?” I thought to myself.<br />
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Those words went right over my head. I barely grasped what he was talking about. To me it all was barely a cohesive sequence of nouns and adjectives strung together. At the time, I attributed my confusion to English simply not being first language.
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And in the classical manner of an all-knowing twenty something year old, I bypassed the core of his statement and simply focused instead on the part where he said, “Now this is more like it...”<br />
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Even though, I tend to fool myself into thinking my mind is a steel trap able to capture the slightest detail of a conversation and the visuals to go along with it. However, when I think about that day, the only visual that comes to mind is me sporting the goofiest, broadest, silliest of smiles while thinking “YES! I’m in!”
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However, reality settled shortly thereafter as he then handed me my portfolio back and said, “You are not ready yet but stay in touch.”
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I thanked him and I as I turned around to leave while feeling crestfallen, befuddled and perplexed, he called me back and added, "The average National Geographic shooter is mid forties."
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Being in my 20's this sounded downright blasphemous!
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Now that I’m in my forties, I finally understand Kobersteen’s statement about the average age of the magazine shooter.<br />
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Two decades of experiences have granted me the quiet kind of professional wisdom only learned through first-person experiences. The kind that seeps through your consciousness, methodically, unannounced and without boastful expressions of its importance.<br />
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One good day this knowledge becomes part of who you are. And unbeknownst to you, it grants you the command of word and authority only possessed by those who know their craft and have had a lifetime to learn it. And if you are among the lucky ones, this knowledge is accompanied by clarity of sense and of purpose.
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I know now my purpose in life is that of helping others become better observers and documenters of the world around us. I am here teach them how to shift their visual paradigm.<br />
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Thanks for the time and advice Mr. Kobersteen.
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“Every person we meet awakens a different beast within us.” - Unknown<br />
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<br />photogravitashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11975484716253048711noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235883224652841622.post-56029376714491779612014-12-18T01:06:00.002-05:002014-12-18T01:09:21.519-05:00Road Scholar's Art Revolution and Photo workshop in Cuba Dec. 2014<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_cgsvQCtfZnW9QNY5HaZbuUoRPVNgEzdfXXeRIKjcflm9qXN1MqyfvMoq2DfoqfHEV-lYMFmbhJlb4axA5AibgFSkhLnxsCuQM1n1_tnF-1mw32zh9XQxmJs5CzdBE9Jx70MOYI1U9Sfb/s1600/suarez_RS_PDCC_001CUBA_December_2014.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_cgsvQCtfZnW9QNY5HaZbuUoRPVNgEzdfXXeRIKjcflm9qXN1MqyfvMoq2DfoqfHEV-lYMFmbhJlb4axA5AibgFSkhLnxsCuQM1n1_tnF-1mw32zh9XQxmJs5CzdBE9Jx70MOYI1U9Sfb/s400/suarez_RS_PDCC_001CUBA_December_2014.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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These images are from my latest trip to Cuba a week or so ago. On this occasion, I was leading a group of photographers from the Plymouth Digital Camera Club and others on a Road Scholar Art's Revolution and photo workshop trip. This was my seventh visit to the island. The first time I visited it was in the middle of the "Special Period" in 1992. That time I had gone to Cuba with Pastors for Peace to document Rev. Lucius Walker's annual US government- embargo-defying trip to the island nation.
Growing up in Panama, I was raised by my Cuban grandparents and uncles. I'd always heard the names of relatives in Cuba but I had never met them in person. So in 1992, I showed up un-announced at their doorstep and despite finding themselves in the middle of one of the toughest times for Cubans, they opened their doors and welcomed me with open arms. As they have continued to do so ever since. But even I'm pretty sure that even without having had family there, I'd have still fallen in love with this magical place.
There's something spell bounding about Cuba and of its people. Any photographer who's visited the island would tell you that in Cuba the colors somehow seem more vivid, the textures more lively, and the people friendlier.
So on this a historic day as today is when the US and Cuba have decided to re-establish diplomatic relations I would like to share some of what I see when I go there.
TECH STUFF: My trusty Nikon camera gear: A Nikon D4 and a D810. Two lenses 17- 35mm 2.8 and 70- 200mm 2.8... and a ton of memory cards. photogravitashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11975484716253048711noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235883224652841622.post-8760092963910676322014-10-16T10:00:00.000-04:002014-10-16T10:05:10.864-04:00New Boston Ballet's Swan Lake Production rehearsal<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivtO5qCH95Kec27wZYRS8UsNg7PTSGEdO5_nd-4aZYmKgOnTAdTG-Tbhw2Hj7hKCw0VVU4J3DYk7MuhCzpXrh9WXs_JgwfCYLvKcO8dAgXeD4kr6tVMW8QhOKCVmLhxn12S3fjvB7Asi5m/s1600/new+swan+lake+fb5.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivtO5qCH95Kec27wZYRS8UsNg7PTSGEdO5_nd-4aZYmKgOnTAdTG-Tbhw2Hj7hKCw0VVU4J3DYk7MuhCzpXrh9WXs_JgwfCYLvKcO8dAgXeD4kr6tVMW8QhOKCVmLhxn12S3fjvB7Asi5m/s400/new+swan+lake+fb5.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrQYimNRf6llMyI9NsuuLXJEQ9hXN5FonpJZmxiylv_XacbP5enEXJRDZjMNJbZFfxlamvTZ-kay_1Xkd9HJwgY1KJO1BvKzqKXiP8_VOLqkNtGIXTEPVzQfrg_KEBncGRo8kTRYF_VJ5_/s1600/new+swan+lake+fb3.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrQYimNRf6llMyI9NsuuLXJEQ9hXN5FonpJZmxiylv_XacbP5enEXJRDZjMNJbZFfxlamvTZ-kay_1Xkd9HJwgY1KJO1BvKzqKXiP8_VOLqkNtGIXTEPVzQfrg_KEBncGRo8kTRYF_VJ5_/s400/new+swan+lake+fb3.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvo2_Cttf2s54k6iKCO1-2xY-Qufp0jcTu0nTBOrbO24xhiVvUqmbQ5wYq_l9CoEMWb3Ibq586B_y-LOVIkZ-PRCBtUEl35nAUWQoBvfnww6zqWiCfZSpAx06GWl6fVRGPv-QuDHCV6zlu/s1600/new+swan+lake+fb4.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvo2_Cttf2s54k6iKCO1-2xY-Qufp0jcTu0nTBOrbO24xhiVvUqmbQ5wYq_l9CoEMWb3Ibq586B_y-LOVIkZ-PRCBtUEl35nAUWQoBvfnww6zqWiCfZSpAx06GWl6fVRGPv-QuDHCV6zlu/s400/new+swan+lake+fb4.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHRIDVNif4nhw-R0YhZ0jg7LEQYTxqb8OVbYsYtGmTKx72TVd6xnetyDXL6UbOxSzDncC7Y6lsEBquEKSju-Xev-_FeXdQ8mkNH9MDikWAivhX7u1gXe5FJmRfTdQ2RZTfSDD2UtXk5vuv/s1600/new+swan+lakefb1.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHRIDVNif4nhw-R0YhZ0jg7LEQYTxqb8OVbYsYtGmTKx72TVd6xnetyDXL6UbOxSzDncC7Y6lsEBquEKSju-Xev-_FeXdQ8mkNH9MDikWAivhX7u1gXe5FJmRfTdQ2RZTfSDD2UtXk5vuv/s400/new+swan+lakefb1.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOUrG5npnAMiZFvSi5CIME9yFjE0ZubSmn_sXHPVJkuLuQvO6K3Da2sKT7icUWXGqoea37rX32Jii967CUiYOETQTDbG8Js3i0TIj5V65GU9DxnLBn9j3Tn3CeaS_gxjuQfyLsJHijC4vW/s1600/new+swanlake+BB+FB2.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOUrG5npnAMiZFvSi5CIME9yFjE0ZubSmn_sXHPVJkuLuQvO6K3Da2sKT7icUWXGqoea37rX32Jii967CUiYOETQTDbG8Js3i0TIj5V65GU9DxnLBn9j3Tn3CeaS_gxjuQfyLsJHijC4vW/s400/new+swanlake+BB+FB2.jpg" /></a>
Boston, MA 101614 Rehearsal for the new Boston Ballet's production of Swan Lake. (Essdras M Suarez/ Boston Globe Staff)
BEHIND THE SCENES: Because I knew these are my last weeks as a newspaper photographer, I have been begging the photo desk for assignments that are meaningful to me and this is one of them. And as always, I enjoyed it tremendously. Spending time photographing these amazing athletes with their limitless grace, and effortless gravity- defying feats is not by any means a chore. However, yesterday was a bit of a chaotic. This rehearsal was opened to members of the media so about six different other outlets were there at the same time. So not only do you have to do your job to create an accurate- and - creative visual depiction of the activities going around you but on top of that you also have to make sure you don't get other shooters in your frame.
TECH STUFF: 2 Cameras Nikon D3s and Nikon D4/ 2 lenses: 17-35mm 2.8 and a 70-200mm 2,8 with a 1.4 TC/ ISO 800- 1,000/ WB: AWBphotogravitashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11975484716253048711noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235883224652841622.post-56547744090950670182014-09-09T22:40:00.000-04:002014-09-09T22:48:37.062-04:00Street Photography workshop in NYC for the NY Botanical & Zoological Photographic SocietyNYC_0907214 This past weekend, I had the pleasure and honor of speaking and teaching a workshop to the NY Botanical and Zoological Photographic Society. We walked around the High Line Park in Chelsea and a bit around Chelsea Market. NYC this weekend was perfect for this endeavor. Even though I usually don't get to make that many photos, I would call keepers, while teaching these kind of workshops; this time around I couldn't help myself and join in the fun since there were photos everywhere you look. I even got lucky and while trying to make a point about exposing for the highlights I managed to get a great portrait of Connie, one of the NYZBPS members, and then when I found a broken mirror lying on the ground and while explaining how getting low makes your images more interesting.
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During my workshops I try to teach people how to see and how to create a certain degree of order within the confines of our viewfinder from the chaotic maelstrom of every day life. And as long as you apply this rule it will always work out :<b> KEEP SHOOTING, KEEP MOVING, KEEP ADJUSTING</b>
TECH STUFF: Two Nikon cameras; a D4 and a D3s/ Lenses: 70-200mm 2.8 and 24-70mm 2.8/ WB mostly Sunny and some AWB/ ISO 125- 800/ File type: JPGs. photogravitashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11975484716253048711noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235883224652841622.post-69873035770640419842014-09-01T20:35:00.000-04:002014-09-01T20:35:36.567-04:00Deutsche Bank Championship TPC Norton, MA<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWSzFHwZsYiH1A4HV47-0yXiQl1SQuX8R6A5yjwn7jdlNxtxO20G9QJ_eJLkBOWOwWOrhgcjEiEC9CDp6UGDP82Gyj6eICpJIPPO6M1eWy9rG2Op0LmZUSHWmCP6mVWHWptu6kQjILPz4N/s1600/deutsche+fb1.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWSzFHwZsYiH1A4HV47-0yXiQl1SQuX8R6A5yjwn7jdlNxtxO20G9QJ_eJLkBOWOwWOrhgcjEiEC9CDp6UGDP82Gyj6eICpJIPPO6M1eWy9rG2Op0LmZUSHWmCP6mVWHWptu6kQjILPz4N/s400/deutsche+fb1.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiur5RGPIummmRlpy8TVlzhlKX3N3TfAdqK6MMZTB2i-cL-AzJloNh31oVsd3KUmTrwWW6tIKsnh2pYrrES1MtU0dSA9Uc63tLzIH3RoeBJTnD9xKJl_p0idQqFlXiq7CRa7yN6_c_JtCBb/s1600/deutsche+fb2.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiur5RGPIummmRlpy8TVlzhlKX3N3TfAdqK6MMZTB2i-cL-AzJloNh31oVsd3KUmTrwWW6tIKsnh2pYrrES1MtU0dSA9Uc63tLzIH3RoeBJTnD9xKJl_p0idQqFlXiq7CRa7yN6_c_JtCBb/s400/deutsche+fb2.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Rdja4g0r_e4cdE4TYGAEHu99GH7CEqmslew_k5SU2mLAKCLWKWVzGvodzoJY3dVGEzNp2TJ_UDZPRkp9_8VWMs10FPgy7hxMvFrwrOhDEhRlwFv7ZhxK0vc7cCeeKdkfoFqXTk9OPasl/s1600/deutsche+fb4.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Rdja4g0r_e4cdE4TYGAEHu99GH7CEqmslew_k5SU2mLAKCLWKWVzGvodzoJY3dVGEzNp2TJ_UDZPRkp9_8VWMs10FPgy7hxMvFrwrOhDEhRlwFv7ZhxK0vc7cCeeKdkfoFqXTk9OPasl/s400/deutsche+fb4.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR-KTTvNjXpRd8y9IH-IL4kYvf92HVYGwaqMOolwntWAfyM0AA6aVaAbHq-07OiXEUWdZ8JDSjLShUDsWvLpI7lMnkWXGWXI43-kxu6lNCVXjCkYwSl0n2ukwo0iPexMHX5LCSjRym_3eV/s1600/deutschefb+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR-KTTvNjXpRd8y9IH-IL4kYvf92HVYGwaqMOolwntWAfyM0AA6aVaAbHq-07OiXEUWdZ8JDSjLShUDsWvLpI7lMnkWXGWXI43-kxu6lNCVXjCkYwSl0n2ukwo0iPexMHX5LCSjRym_3eV/s400/deutschefb+3.jpg" /></a>
Norton, MA 090114 Scenes from the Deutsche Bank Championship at TPC on September 1, 2014. (Essdras M Suarez/ Globe Staff)
BEHIND THE SCENES: I am not a fan of covering any sports. Therefore, I usually don't know what is going on during most games , competition, tournaments, etc. One of our crack sport photographers called in sick this weekend and I was assigned today to photograph this golf tournament. I thought I had done a pretty good job getting images like these and I even thought I got the guy whom I thought had won the tournament... much to my chagrin I was later informed by my photo desk that I had not even photographed the winner. Live and learn.
TECH STUFF: Two cameras: Nikon D4, and Nikon D3s/ Two lenses: 70-200mm 2.8 and 500mm 4.0/ ISO 200- 320/ WB: AWB, sunny and cloudy. Amount of images shot in a day: 1,335.photogravitashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11975484716253048711noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235883224652841622.post-48586554111922022652014-08-08T21:29:00.000-04:002014-08-08T21:33:14.116-04:00North Atlantic Right Whale story<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi599iJQpihDA0pAYcWD8BUbBFsX-Bw2-HYBJvSCyc5c3zZQ01MoTzmNC27LLriT3Lub-Ohf043fkl1henIiS-1drz_bXyTGrcQXR-edVg1BF2Gtkp2McX8LNG5VkUqJmYszuuBwtPkmtrv/s1600/mia+whale2fb.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi599iJQpihDA0pAYcWD8BUbBFsX-Bw2-HYBJvSCyc5c3zZQ01MoTzmNC27LLriT3Lub-Ohf043fkl1henIiS-1drz_bXyTGrcQXR-edVg1BF2Gtkp2McX8LNG5VkUqJmYszuuBwtPkmtrv/s640/mia+whale2fb.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjntcBBbIHwwohAXLGHpByHWAilp-hXYYxJ6sqD3E0k5ISTBLDaSac0Qi0BzHNhczqcKK9ZRzyeetpzRbarp9O7bXFFT4SVyS6V2RoO16tp54s0P-Z2UiRKUuG4a4dcJgWaSE6br5vqCgzI/s1600/whale+for+blog.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjntcBBbIHwwohAXLGHpByHWAilp-hXYYxJ6sqD3E0k5ISTBLDaSac0Qi0BzHNhczqcKK9ZRzyeetpzRbarp9O7bXFFT4SVyS6V2RoO16tp54s0P-Z2UiRKUuG4a4dcJgWaSE6br5vqCgzI/s640/whale+for+blog.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtSunhmLdxVu79Xvyv8K1vdlwHufX2eiX8PQYAhYC9mXVPwLHZUJokLeBaMzwgm4-d9L6HtCaevsmsXqxraYVA0CC9YZV-U1z1TQPMpkoHRIPE8TRfgeZkO4MYDKp5t6tRQWbH8L2_sxOo/s1600/whale+for+FB3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtSunhmLdxVu79Xvyv8K1vdlwHufX2eiX8PQYAhYC9mXVPwLHZUJokLeBaMzwgm4-d9L6HtCaevsmsXqxraYVA0CC9YZV-U1z1TQPMpkoHRIPE8TRfgeZkO4MYDKp5t6tRQWbH8L2_sxOo/s640/whale+for+FB3.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim5Oz-rqu2bwKI4V4LbfEqC3w5XNJh1_ioPYtXQ0l_Xdlyp33YHUISH78QLgVewgbkqiBL1jzuplZMW-R32SFldmCInf2xTRMJY_d1qCxHdTIIULZBC_ZbuZTmuJ24iNtzeqYwUU3TS8JE/s1600/whales+for+fb2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim5Oz-rqu2bwKI4V4LbfEqC3w5XNJh1_ioPYtXQ0l_Xdlyp33YHUISH78QLgVewgbkqiBL1jzuplZMW-R32SFldmCInf2xTRMJY_d1qCxHdTIIULZBC_ZbuZTmuJ24iNtzeqYwUU3TS8JE/s640/whales+for+fb2.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji_0z_mfD0PraQo1p-kALDkViBEmqUL8LJBmBPyDvoEMei8egdrCDRnCOFhK2xz_qfBGAg8AYnhPzQYt6wy0JyGo1CiQR1sTgjwFJ2sT38RAB_OC0fILsoOyMS7ZpXpu3ElYPAH3gE11eJ/s1600/whales+for+fb4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji_0z_mfD0PraQo1p-kALDkViBEmqUL8LJBmBPyDvoEMei8egdrCDRnCOFhK2xz_qfBGAg8AYnhPzQYt6wy0JyGo1CiQR1sTgjwFJ2sT38RAB_OC0fILsoOyMS7ZpXpu3ElYPAH3gE11eJ/s640/whales+for+fb4.jpg" /></a></div>
Grand Manan, Canada August 7, 2014 I had the opportunity to travel to Grand Manan Island in the Bay of Fundy across from New Brunswick, Canada for this story, which focuses on a famous marine biologist and his quest for saving the North Atlantic Right Whales. He told us, he had not been to the Bay of Fundy area for several years and the last time he'd been there they'd only seen few Right whales. However at the end of our 14-hour day out there, he told us how lucky we’d been with the weather and with the large numbers of whales we got to see. He and his wife told us, we might've seen about 60 cetaceans and out of that many creatures about 50 of them were Right whales. I have a ton of images of whale tails (flukes) coming out of the water. However, what called my attention was the scarring due to propellers one of these creatures had. I also couldn't help but notice how much like nostrils those blowholes truly look. And of course I was fascinated withe the "barnacle beards" they sport. The flukes, and the barnacle patterns is what helps scientist differentiate one from another.
TECH STUFF: two Nikon bodies: D3s, D4/ Three Nikon lenses: 500mm AF 4.0, 70-200mm 2.8 with a 1.4TC and a 17-35mm 2.8/ ISO 100-640/ WB: sunny and cloudy/ Format: JPG Fine (PS: the whale images are pretty much full frame)
Behind the scenes: I love my 500 F4 because of all the prime telephotos Nikon has, this is one of the lightest so I can hand hold it. However 14 hours of hoisting that bad boy to my eye took me out of commission. My forearms became very sore, as well as my shoulders and my spine. Being in a boat did not help much. But I wouldn't trade the kind of shooting day I had yesterday for anything in the world.
photogravitashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11975484716253048711noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235883224652841622.post-52055625386109248562014-07-04T11:01:00.002-04:002014-07-04T11:13:55.993-04:00Fourth of July Celebration a day earlier at the Esplanade, BostonBoston, MA 070314 Due to inclement weather forecast for the Boston Metro area, officials decided to move the celebration to the 3rd instead. These are some images from the lauded Hatch Shell show. (Essdras M Suarez/ Boston Globe©)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMFA6Cqfcvvi87eNZ4kY2O5lsjsjzjwH_WqUpR02PkM9rk4nRrpx1TS8ggTf8qPpRLNVpwehmwBO6HK6AcAbbxN_ERN7dqm2mfjfWB5jAWEbyk3QhsUPiSa6Rf4GamC2eZyZ7SjPZX8V85/s1600/hatch+shell+for+blog2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMFA6Cqfcvvi87eNZ4kY2O5lsjsjzjwH_WqUpR02PkM9rk4nRrpx1TS8ggTf8qPpRLNVpwehmwBO6HK6AcAbbxN_ERN7dqm2mfjfWB5jAWEbyk3QhsUPiSa6Rf4GamC2eZyZ7SjPZX8V85/s400/hatch+shell+for+blog2.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgOcaaOB-FVsyeE5egMELt0b8bBNDEv5bPBhyphenhyphenHuGmDLuc_a8IyOYms1rx3sotrMWkiYnbu362VxMtYm_Qiut727afwPkL_U4HM5kZFNEYe7-Sxz-0zJYrhiRp0YNcV_JLCJ6oJPJ0tBpoH/s1600/hatch+shell+for+blog3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgOcaaOB-FVsyeE5egMELt0b8bBNDEv5bPBhyphenhyphenHuGmDLuc_a8IyOYms1rx3sotrMWkiYnbu362VxMtYm_Qiut727afwPkL_U4HM5kZFNEYe7-Sxz-0zJYrhiRp0YNcV_JLCJ6oJPJ0tBpoH/s400/hatch+shell+for+blog3.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2zqy3PFWhYOy1OmYOJSTUUBai4lWt1pxnG2AKiLwyW83e9r6Mmf4himpfgqXckP2qGEt_rjvMh4R-fkiPXvD0iLMdl14qL4aGgMouuGw-gbA63wZtHdW0bx9w88m6cXSbt9YOWlSOSyCd/s1600/hatch+shell+for+blog4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2zqy3PFWhYOy1OmYOJSTUUBai4lWt1pxnG2AKiLwyW83e9r6Mmf4himpfgqXckP2qGEt_rjvMh4R-fkiPXvD0iLMdl14qL4aGgMouuGw-gbA63wZtHdW0bx9w88m6cXSbt9YOWlSOSyCd/s400/hatch+shell+for+blog4.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOCYiVI0oGDjqI6hlp46qU27DnaDMIiWlScsegaBIQdZR_5nS4ytTgxkEYaF_ebaRdmXXAGTpbS6BKXuC26lsoyunRvWscs9iOHj6fjf1gkkXJevbw8_KBK6BlSoxEhyJb7MJP3aYJM16g/s1600/hatch+shell+for+blog5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOCYiVI0oGDjqI6hlp46qU27DnaDMIiWlScsegaBIQdZR_5nS4ytTgxkEYaF_ebaRdmXXAGTpbS6BKXuC26lsoyunRvWscs9iOHj6fjf1gkkXJevbw8_KBK6BlSoxEhyJb7MJP3aYJM16g/s400/hatch+shell+for+blog5.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoGl0Y-5pY4YbY7UxydlAPYo7GpRBgCAuZo4xRZ_LkiGU7cn_MF9RaUCCZou1N9ocZjMFJ7AGcsyrLNF47Su0ePbkCAv7W4rnz_ogoH0pifoM1vECwcpg2UDBekFDZUbVSW3MnQb9_baQb/s1600/hatch+shell+for+blog6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoGl0Y-5pY4YbY7UxydlAPYo7GpRBgCAuZo4xRZ_LkiGU7cn_MF9RaUCCZou1N9ocZjMFJ7AGcsyrLNF47Su0ePbkCAv7W4rnz_ogoH0pifoM1vECwcpg2UDBekFDZUbVSW3MnQb9_baQb/s400/hatch+shell+for+blog6.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN1aw_0vsPmckK5ZMXjxbllcYmz0vZDacXEfZ77avgD7cqJ4aLuzN100S3ouhqwM6XMnVi6VTTvD2y6QtgR3jb1lhm6BJ281tGC0CqLvWK07zPBdeSKDPU4UFypVQWulxgNkPi483wmH8e/s1600/hatch+shell+for+blog.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN1aw_0vsPmckK5ZMXjxbllcYmz0vZDacXEfZ77avgD7cqJ4aLuzN100S3ouhqwM6XMnVi6VTTvD2y6QtgR3jb1lhm6BJ281tGC0CqLvWK07zPBdeSKDPU4UFypVQWulxgNkPi483wmH8e/s400/hatch+shell+for+blog.jpg" /></a></div>
<b>Behind the Scenes:</b> These images were taken within feet of each other. I was down on my knees in between the stage and the barricades. From here I a had clean shot of the stage which allowed to get this shot of the Beach Boys performing. If I looked to my left I'd have a clear view of the woman with the fan and the people behind her. Five feet to my right I had the sailor and the little girl with the hat and tattoos. And even though, I had walked around quite a bit earlier in the day making images, the ones made at the end of the day were simply the strongest visuals.
<b>Points to remember while on assignment</b>:
* Always keep in mind: <b>"The best photo happen is going to happen right in front of you."</b> This is because you have no control of any other photos anywhere else. You need to make the best of what you have in front of you.
* <b>Never stop shooting a situation until you think you have exhausted the possibilities.</b> Explore every possible angle, pay attention to interactions between people. Anticipate emotions and reactions whenever possible. Point and case: The man in the sailor outfit. It was quite obvious to me, he was a gregarious guy by nature. So when the national anthem was being played, I knew he and those around him would make for a good photo. But I also had an inkling when the national anthem was going to be played there might be the possibility of him becoming emotional. So, I readied my second camera (telephoto lens) and for that I was rewarded with the tight shot of him with the flag behind him. This turned out to be my favorite shot of the day.
<b>TECH STUFF:</b> Two cameras: Nikon D4 and D3s/ Lenses: 17-35mm 2.8 and 70-200mm 2.8 with a 1.4 TC/
Mode: Aperture Priority to begin with - using initial exposure as a base line- and then Manual mode in order to control the look of the image (i.e. do you like your images dark? Saturated? on the lighter side, etc)
Quality: JPG Fine/ WB: AWB/ ISO: 800-2,000 photogravitashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11975484716253048711noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235883224652841622.post-12721372737809927792014-03-27T08:15:00.000-04:002014-03-27T08:19:52.194-04:00Fire at 298 BeaconBoston, MA 032614 Firefighters fought a 9-alarm fire, the highest of its type in the City of Boston, at 298 Beacon Street in Boston's Back Bay neighborhood. Two firefighters died in the fire and several others were taken to local hospitals for injuries. (Essdras M Suarez/ Boston Globe©)
Behind the Scenes: Yesterday I was at the Museum of Science doing a very elaborate lighting portrait of a scientist and shortly after setting up the lights and the background I noticed a couple of people pointing towards a plume of smoke in the Boston side of the Charles River. I immediately called my office to let them know but they were already on top of it. I was asked if I could get there but much to my chagrin I had already setup for the portrait and it wouldn't have been a quick thing to disassemble the lighting set up I had created. And the subject had yet to arrive.
He finally came and I did my job as fast as I could and packed up as quickly as I could and then tried to make my way to Boston. Traffic had become pure gridlock and because of lane closures. I decided instead to see if I could photograph it from across the river with whatever limited focal length I might have had in my car. These were the resulting images. I was so far away and I could tell this was a horrible scene. I wished I would have had my 500 mm with me in the car. But as I always tell my students: The best photo is the one in front of you, and the one you can make with whatever equipment you have at hand.
TECH STUFF: Nikon D4, Nikon D3s, 70-200mm 2.8 and 300mm 4.0, ISO 80, WB: cloudy, Speed 1/640, DOF 5.6 and 9.0
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Watertown and Boston, MA 020514 Once more we were hit by a bit of snow and the city came to a stand still. People stayed home and telecommuted for work. However, I enjoy walking around when there is snow on the ground and to let my creativity soar. A lot of times this is easily be achieved by gaining a high-vantage view point. The image of the lonely road and the winter landscape was shot right next to my place on the rooftop of a parking garage structure. The image of Post Office Square where there are some people tossing about snow balls was shot from the 23rd floor of an office building where a friend of mine works. And while on my way back to the car I noticed the bright red roses and rose petals in a window display. So I decided to incorporate both into one image by looking at the reflection of passers by and by waiting for the right person to walk by. Serendipity once more smiled at me and the young woman walking was carrying in her hands a cup of coffee. Because of this her hands were up in front of her, which matched perfectly with ta set of roses inside the flower shop. Tech stuff: Nikon D4 and Nikon D3s. ISO 800. Speeds 1/125th to 1/800th of a second. Lenses 70-200mm 2.8 and a 24-70mm 2.8. WB: Cloudy. Compensation: 1 1/3rd of a stop. Mode: First Aperture priority to get my base line readings and then switched to Manual to better control exposure.
photogravitashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11975484716253048711noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235883224652841622.post-68625214877312914492014-01-21T12:49:00.000-05:002014-01-21T12:49:51.091-05:00Nikon vs Canon/ SpanishOn Nikon vs Canon:
Tito Herrera, mi hermano de Panama, y yo siempre nos reimos de esta discusion. Por que al final del dia es la preferencia personal del fotografo es la que determine que marca se utiliza.
Yo tengo el titulo honorifico que me dio la Nikon de “Nikon Legend.” Pero eso no quiere decir que yo no le tenga respeto y aprecio a la Canon, o a la Leica, o a la Sony, o a la Hasselblad, etc, etc.
Les doy ejemplos:
A mi el Boston Globe me da equipo Canon.
Pero mis camaras personales son Nikon.
Uso Canon cuando hago fotos de comida.
Uso Nikon para fotografiar naturaleza.
Uso Canon cuando tengo que usar mi flash.
Pero he utilizado mi Nikon con el flash cuando he tenido que hacerlo.
Prefiero la Nikon cuando es cuestion de empujar el ISO.
Prefiero Canon cuando tengo que utilizer luces artificiales.
Pero prefiero mi Nikon cuando me toca ir a “cazar” momentos decisivos.
Prefiero el 16-35mm 2.8 de la Canon al 24-70mm 2.8 que tengo de la Nikon…
Y la lista puede seguir por rato.
Este sabado que paso andaba con una Canon en un hombre y una Nikon en el otro. Se me danio uno de mis lentes angulares amplios de Nikon y he tenido que estar usando la Canon con el angular amplio. Miren las fotos adjuntas a este blog.
En otras palabras: Las camara modernas profesionales son herramientas fantasticas que utilizadas por la persona correcta cumpliran su cometido y produciran imagenes de alta calidad.
Siempre habran estupendos fotografos sin importar que equipo utilicen los mismos. Estos fotografos son el resultado de tres cosas: practica, talento y suerte.
La practica: Esta es una cualidad la cual todos tenemos acceso. Esto es lo que yo considero como el “great equalizer” de la fotografia. Y cuanto beneficio “the shooter” le saque a la misma esta limitada solamente por la cantidad de tiempo que el individuo(a) este dispuesto(a) a dedicarle a su arte. Yo tomo fotos por lo menos 6 dias a la semana y lo he estado haciendo ya casi por 20 anios.
El talento: Lastimosamente este es el aspecto del cual menos control tenemos por lo general. O sea o lo tienes o no lo tienes. Either you have it or you don’t. Pero no se desanimen, la fotografia es hasta cierto punto una ciencia y como tal se puede analizar en cuantificar en formulas las cuales puedes ser utilizadas al momento de tomar las fotos. Yo soy un ejemplo claro de este hecho. Yo me considero completamente empirico. Yo no creo nunca tuve mas talent que la persona promedio. Pero me puse dichoso por haber tenido la oportunidad de el haber trabajado con profesionales dentro del gremio lo cual me dio la oportunidad de aprender from some of the best of the best. Esto de las formulas lo he confirmado una y otra vez a traves de mis anios de instructor en cursos de fotografia. Me ha tocado a menudo el enseniarles a muchos fotografos los cuales yo no considere inicialmente que tuviesen mucho talento innato pero luego de haber prestado atencion y luego de haber procesado estas formulas los mismos produjeron imagenes exponencialmente mejores a las que solian hacer antes.
La Suerte: Lady Luck es la mas dura de todos los atributos que poseen los buenos fotografos. Hay quien la tiene y hay otros que no... pero hay un dicho en ingles que dice, "Luck favors the prepared mind." “La suerte favorece a la mente preparada.” Esto quiere decier que muchas veces lo que otros consideran suerte es simple y sencillamente la abilidad del fotografo de identificar el potencial de una situacion y su capacidad de poder anticipar la major posicion, y el momento donde y cuando tomar la foto.
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I reached for the only weapon I had, a flashlight. Rigid and still in bed, I pointed the beam side to side, up and down. I couldn’t find the source of the primal sound.
I took a couple of deep breaths and calmed down a bit, remembering I was on the first night of a two-week photo safari to three camps in Tanzania and one in Kenya.
I couldn’t get back to sleep. The roaring had seemed as if it were right next to my tent. The sound of fighting baboons I had heard since arriving was now replaced by an eerie silence sporadically interrupted by what sounded like a life-and-death struggle.
Tips for photographing while on safari
After a two-hour vigil, jet lag and exhaustion won out and I fell into an uneasy slumber. An hour later my butler woke me up at the predetermined time of 5:45 a.m. with tea.
I asked about the noise and he said, “Hakuna matata. It’s only lions nearby. Their roar travels far away.”
Hakuna matata? No worries? Did he mean not to worry. It’s only lions?
A short time later we went to meet our ranger, Joseph, who helped us into an off-road vehicle. When our party mentioned the commotion we had heard the previous night, Joseph said, “It was probably a kill.” Then he added, “Let’s go find out.”
A kill it was. We came upon about eight lions lying around the remains of a big buffalo. Not much was left except a bright red rib cage attached to some sinew and tufts of hair dangling from a scarred skull. According to Joseph, the kill had occurred only a couple of kilometers away from our camp and a number of lions had been involved.
We got as close as 15 feet to a lioness still gnawing at the carcass while another busied herself with the fallen animal’s tail. The connection with Africa’s wildlife and its majestic landscape felt simultaneously intimate and primal.
I never thought we’d get this close to the kings of the African predators. I had purchased a massive telephoto lens for this trip, which was too big to use in such close quarters.
This experience set the tone for the rest of the trip. Each camp had its own awe-inspiring moments, from the vast accumulations of wildebeests dotting the horizon as far as the eye could see to the fleeting image of a young cheetah running toward the shelter of termite mounds.
The number of wildlife I got to see and photograph exceeded my expectations. On our final day in Africa, at Batteleur Camp in Kenya, we went out one last time before catching the first of a series of small planes back to Nairobi.
When I thought I spotted the remains of a kill just 50-70 feet away from the camp’s gated entrance I asked the guide to stop our vehicle. He got out first to examine the remains: massive vertebrae and a stripped down pointy skull.
“A hyena kill,” he said, noting that the bone had been stripped of all the flesh and nothing left behind, no skin, no antlers. “This was probably one of the baby giraffes we were photographing yesterday,” he said, adding, “between 10 to 15 hyenas all attack at once and devour everything.”
I returned from the savannah with a newfound respect for nature and a yearning to return, cameras in tow, to once more experience wild Africa.
TECH STUFF: 2 CAMERA BODIES: D4 AND D3S/ 2 LENSES: 500MM F4.O AND 70-200MM 2.8 WITH A 1.4TC. THE VARIATION OF SPEEDS AND WB SETTINGS VARIED THROUGHOUT THE TWO WEEK PERIOD.
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Watertown, MA 041913 Massive manhunt for the Boston Marathon bombing suspect took place in Watertown for 20 hours after a shootout was reported in the adjacent town of Cambridge. One of the two brothers was killed during a confrontation with police where more than 200 rounds were exchanged and then the second suspect was arrested while hiding inside a boat sitting in someone's backyard. (Essdras M Suarez/ Globe Staff)
BEHIND THE SCENES: It is very frustrating to be thwarted by police barricades when you know such huge story is developing just around the corner. So I adhered to what I always tell my students to do when shooting: Keep in mind the best photo happening for you is the one you have right in front of you because that is all that you can control. photogravitashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11975484716253048711noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235883224652841622.post-2437649777206214982013-04-21T21:23:00.001-04:002013-04-21T21:23:13.671-04:00Impromptu memorial site in Boylston Street for the Boston Marathon Bombing<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5Xv3SWf-4L317MYWQZIticrp9Nhv8GWTwyJhD5qT2Uvto5i7I_xBEeI75wcFgTE69_FHe32PSw2bgObflrS6L46P5A2Z6l1jABrEcqHss2_8KwJizqUDKI9kdxDC9wPuiCY25p0hO-Z-u/s1600/bombing+memorial+fb4.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5Xv3SWf-4L317MYWQZIticrp9Nhv8GWTwyJhD5qT2Uvto5i7I_xBEeI75wcFgTE69_FHe32PSw2bgObflrS6L46P5A2Z6l1jABrEcqHss2_8KwJizqUDKI9kdxDC9wPuiCY25p0hO-Z-u/s320/bombing+memorial+fb4.jpg" 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Boston, MA 041813 Days after the Boston Marathon Bombing an impromptu memorial was created by those wishing to pay their respects to the victims of the disaster. (Essdras M Suarez/ Boston Globe©)
BEHIND THE SCENES: On this day my assignment was to hang out on this site and to get the best possible images of the site and those visiting the area. These included overall shots. One of these two shots ran six columns across on the cover of the Boston Globe Metro section. photogravitashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11975484716253048711noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235883224652841622.post-40355463428029551832013-04-17T09:59:00.000-04:002013-04-17T09:59:47.515-04:00Boston Marathon Vigil 04/16/13Boston, MA 041613 Vigil at Boston Common in honor of those who perished during the Boston Marathon bombing one day prior. 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BEHIND THE SCENES: I have covered so many events like this one in my two decades as a photojournalist, you would think I no longer become affected by what I photograph. Instead I find myself in a mad frenzy to keep shooting, to keep focusing on composing and finding moments just so I won't time to process the magnitude of the events I've witnessed and photographed. Echoes of Columbine, Newtown, Iraq, Indonesia and so many more are nowadays always present in my mind when I'm confronted with documenting grief. Perhaps that is why I cling so tightly to my mantra of "Keep shooting, keep moving, keep adjusting..." just so I don't have time to think on what's in front of me.
TECH STUFF: Cameras D-4, D3s; lenses: 24- 70mm 2.8, 70- 200mm 2.8 with a 1.4 TC; ISO: 640- 4,000; WB: cloudy and AWBphotogravitashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11975484716253048711noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235883224652841622.post-31107321340493956322013-04-16T23:49:00.000-04:002013-04-16T23:54:37.342-04:00Boston Marathon Bombing Aftermath<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgZS8h1UowYHZKHs4_-my5tBXHUhDgEI9pI65OU06Jg36D5kc2dvwQ9qaM2NhR3im63sXSZkxI6hdBcK9VMX6BMxYYNcsxXWeSn074ivgrh6Ynha0GcpM8ijZnZPxN0kBEuh1GmtvKhZSm/s1600/bomb+marathon+fb7.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgZS8h1UowYHZKHs4_-my5tBXHUhDgEI9pI65OU06Jg36D5kc2dvwQ9qaM2NhR3im63sXSZkxI6hdBcK9VMX6BMxYYNcsxXWeSn074ivgrh6Ynha0GcpM8ijZnZPxN0kBEuh1GmtvKhZSm/s320/bomb+marathon+fb7.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvRs2F9eM_3wticiu8oJ3mdyhcPonBkbo-8gpBZ3plOqf7snK-iBBEaiPbBjaB8fgN-Cvc_66MArDSHO215oZcDslHWCNpNL4NiuIAWRxmfELw9-Wb6hnFuaofxDq913_r4vXAxghKAXmt/s1600/bomb+martathon+FB2.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvRs2F9eM_3wticiu8oJ3mdyhcPonBkbo-8gpBZ3plOqf7snK-iBBEaiPbBjaB8fgN-Cvc_66MArDSHO215oZcDslHWCNpNL4NiuIAWRxmfELw9-Wb6hnFuaofxDq913_r4vXAxghKAXmt/s320/bomb+martathon+FB2.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYWPMjMOCtK0MOEAmgAwep8Vim5ezW24EP8v_ASMl67nW5JJFZtlEq5NQ4mUnC5iYTaOCaUBWfwATF5tALof_YhUo42NAquPnMARnwmzZB3_gOJuoI5BrFZfkcW8QSxVbELybpcvLQqxx-/s1600/marathon+bomb+FB4.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYWPMjMOCtK0MOEAmgAwep8Vim5ezW24EP8v_ASMl67nW5JJFZtlEq5NQ4mUnC5iYTaOCaUBWfwATF5tALof_YhUo42NAquPnMARnwmzZB3_gOJuoI5BrFZfkcW8QSxVbELybpcvLQqxx-/s320/marathon+bomb+FB4.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjJ1Mui2aBjwreQZimlLGrv9FDV4RGkEvPxGrfdjAQoXQtIP_B3R3jCuKszku3mFIBpkhFuZbaHjZ1vTUSm-5G3c7R1r0z4NQ88oVy5KLl9j3mJvnkkiAZvVP212OxKStreLKQN-S6eTvC/s1600/marathon+bomb+fb5.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjJ1Mui2aBjwreQZimlLGrv9FDV4RGkEvPxGrfdjAQoXQtIP_B3R3jCuKszku3mFIBpkhFuZbaHjZ1vTUSm-5G3c7R1r0z4NQ88oVy5KLl9j3mJvnkkiAZvVP212OxKStreLKQN-S6eTvC/s320/marathon+bomb+fb5.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht-FVmvGu3zidigT14C1hFMD_YMjpC7vGaGmLUUe-1tTFxPTuuKO1YWzqa_YS3TSgTIsDEgTq-tByD1JUxzHah_vJeIhnz7iOvYmLPffMnLIS61QIxbsvXKungrW3Bnti7kweiryqIY92F/s1600/marathon+bomb+fb6.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht-FVmvGu3zidigT14C1hFMD_YMjpC7vGaGmLUUe-1tTFxPTuuKO1YWzqa_YS3TSgTIsDEgTq-tByD1JUxzHah_vJeIhnz7iOvYmLPffMnLIS61QIxbsvXKungrW3Bnti7kweiryqIY92F/s320/marathon+bomb+fb6.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7kw9Zt7XIgYWnbIWfSbG0OQ0Fzs40Jabg8mACgP02t_rxvrwtr6EHWz_vKUNrCRf1COQPa5thTx-BGVpWH_TKEqV6iROuyZfmlT3Sw-dE2eE-Pago53Jl5W88hM2GdlR4XrM_DSRgddp5/s1600/marathon+bomb3.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7kw9Zt7XIgYWnbIWfSbG0OQ0Fzs40Jabg8mACgP02t_rxvrwtr6EHWz_vKUNrCRf1COQPa5thTx-BGVpWH_TKEqV6iROuyZfmlT3Sw-dE2eE-Pago53Jl5W88hM2GdlR4XrM_DSRgddp5/s320/marathon+bomb3.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHrvtdNggLeKCVPgbNtfRoZI06jWLuc513u8vJSsVtC929BQ_znFvpd4zfuntsgRH9GHgjlX5LAEctJ-PWmeuxQWnuSF8JjT3bkcxBArf3JOEVHLT-73tKAndDC-d6rDYonsMFYyYdbr6q/s1600/marathon+bombfb+9.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHrvtdNggLeKCVPgbNtfRoZI06jWLuc513u8vJSsVtC929BQ_znFvpd4zfuntsgRH9GHgjlX5LAEctJ-PWmeuxQWnuSF8JjT3bkcxBArf3JOEVHLT-73tKAndDC-d6rDYonsMFYyYdbr6q/s320/marathon+bombfb+9.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzlk0YKAVKQhzxTIBhJie1i4DHoMu1Aq0RTjyL87N5jmLKE02TlBzhQrz7dmYNAPL6TnBEHPxNYtTuJ7KYKAjTObpIsIhM3gsawvddzbsFK0JpIG5MazeuEBj9xX-eYF21EprrX7zTDSpn/s1600/marathonbomb_FB_001.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzlk0YKAVKQhzxTIBhJie1i4DHoMu1Aq0RTjyL87N5jmLKE02TlBzhQrz7dmYNAPL6TnBEHPxNYtTuJ7KYKAjTObpIsIhM3gsawvddzbsFK0JpIG5MazeuEBj9xX-eYF21EprrX7zTDSpn/s320/marathonbomb_FB_001.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvmIE5u8X_wFyVKpZfsRax3YlYbe1Yfb8jVPDzsv2sd1026Dqs4afZe1roDTcaRgL8lbibug2URDsSROyZ0AqpkeFV9LhMfCtenBd3zLFJnESpNbZHiqjr7saYTZxYpbH7dYHsi9YLZt6W/s1600/maraton+bomb6.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvmIE5u8X_wFyVKpZfsRax3YlYbe1Yfb8jVPDzsv2sd1026Dqs4afZe1roDTcaRgL8lbibug2URDsSROyZ0AqpkeFV9LhMfCtenBd3zLFJnESpNbZHiqjr7saYTZxYpbH7dYHsi9YLZt6W/s320/maraton+bomb6.jpg" /></a>
Boston, MA 041513 Two explosions spaced apart by seconds tore through the finish line at the 117th Boston Marathon in Boston. Authorities confirmed three dead and more than 100 wounded. (Essdras M Suarez/ Globe staff)
BEHIND THE SCENES: On this day I had been assigned to be on the women's elite media truck ahead of the female runners. I got to Hopkinton close to 7:00AM. The race itself was the predicted outcome: A Kenyan runner pushed forward and won. Once I arrived at the finish line I saw no reason for me to stick around there since we already had two staff photographers on site. I went back to the office, filed and went home to see if I could catch some well-deserve shut eye. This was shortly after 2PM.
My wife called me a bit after 4PM as I was taking a shower and she asked, "Why are you home and not out there shooting the bombing? I told her I had no idea what she was talking about. She told me what happened and I immediately tried to get back into the area I had just left a couple of hours prior. The city was shut pretty tight so I ended up parking my car a couple of miles away from the epicenter of the blast. I walked in and spent the rest of the day while not being able to get images of the scene aftermath itself. I kept trying to tell the story of how the City of Boston had changed at a moment's notice by showing the heightened security and the reaction of those I encountered. Thus, the two friend embracing after a couple of hours of not knowing each other whereabouts.
The firefighters on this picture were first responders on site. Off the record one of them told me what he saw and how he helped the people. The only thing he told me before being off the record was, "See my pants, that is blood and skin all over them." photogravitashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11975484716253048711noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235883224652841622.post-55510803055637281072013-04-10T10:23:00.001-04:002013-04-10T10:30:25.074-04:00Uncommon Images from Common Circumstances: A bit on the thought process and more<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibS47hbWHokLE91Kn12P4Wgbhap99xe8vNqjQmVYF1BwiKZwbeNqtTi43qKaGY3Vt7M8Aca53wqHJEq_LfKjYO9bL-WetweAijEjGVv62CydR84x4d6vcuJOCQJjsGQfez3T1Ugbg7dTft/s1600/toes+for+blog.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibS47hbWHokLE91Kn12P4Wgbhap99xe8vNqjQmVYF1BwiKZwbeNqtTi43qKaGY3Vt7M8Aca53wqHJEq_LfKjYO9bL-WetweAijEjGVv62CydR84x4d6vcuJOCQJjsGQfez3T1Ugbg7dTft/s320/toes+for+blog.jpg" /></a> I made this image yesterday and it was used large on the cover of the Boston Globe's Metro section. I had previously called my office and asked my editors if they were looking for weather features for which I got a resounding Yes! from them. I've been around long enough doing my job as a newspaper photographer that I know weather is always considered to be "news." Especially here in New England where the weather patterns are so fickle.
Afterwards, I did what I always do when I'm looking for features and hoping to stumble upon something unusual: <b>I got out of my car and walked.</b>
Yesterday, I was already ahead of the curve because I happened to have just finished shooting an assignment near the Boston Common which is a favorite gathering spot for those enjoying the weather. This meant I didn't have to go searching for a visually-rich environment since I was already there. However, there were so many people sun bathing or just simply lounging around that at first it was visual overload. The scene immediately reminded me of what a couple of my Boston University students recently said to me during a photo trip to Cuba: "There is so much going on I don't even know where to begin or what to shoot?" No worries, this is a feeling commonly shared by beginner and seasoned photographers alike.
<b>Instead of yourself become overwhelmed, you need to step back in your mind and assess what's in front of you. Compartmentalize what you see in segments and then asses these based upon what's in them and for their photo potential and uniqueness. </b>
Then you go back to a bit of circular logic: Why am I here: <b>To make photos</b>. <b>And not just any photos but good, better than average photos, and hopefully even great photos.</b>
If you don't take the time to compose and capture interesting imagery you are not doing your job: <b>What is your job?</b> Your job as a visual communicator/ documentarian is <b>to see and document the world from a different perspective.</b> <b>To see beyond what the average person sees.</b>
Allegedly we do what we do because we think we can see better than the rest. We need to strive to prove this to ourselves every single time we press the shutter.
And not all the time will we succeed but if you make trying as hard as you can a common routine you are bound to get better at it. And then others will start noticing that you indeed can see better than they can.
Remember: You want the reader to look at your images and to do a double take. <b>Your goal is to make them spend just a little more time looking and analyzing the images you create.</b> You want the viewer to spend just a bit more on your photos than the other thousands of other photos the average person gets exposed to on a daily basis. <b>You want to create images which move people, images which make people react one way or another.</b> This we achieve by choosing our subject matter, and then capturing moments, interactions, altering angles, perspectives and paying close attention to composition.
Going back to the above image: Yes, we all have seen people lying face down with their feet up out on a park, on a bench, at the beach etc. But if you photograph this scene from a standing point of view, then my friend you have just succesfuly managed to bore the living daylights out of your readers.
This is how I strive not to do this. I follow this mantra every time I have a camera to my eye: "keep shooting, keep moving, keep adjusting..." These are interchangeable actions and their end result is that you force yourself not to take things face value but to go beyond what is in front of you. And <b>then I don't stop shooting this subject or situation until I feel satisfied that I have explored every possible permutation or possibility of the situation at hand.
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Your images have to be interesting otherwise you are not doing your job and you are wasting people's precious time. <b>The worst thing that can happen to you as a photographer is for your photos to be ignored.</b>
TECH STUFF: ISO 100, WB sunny, Spee 1/640th, Aperture 2.8.
photogravitashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11975484716253048711noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235883224652841622.post-58919286263159773742013-01-27T14:08:00.000-05:002013-01-27T14:11:58.291-05:00Snowy Owls at Boston's Logan International AirportBoston, MA 011713 Snowy owls have been spotted at Logan Airport including and recently there was a sighting of a female owl who was captured, tagged and released last winter and who is now back at Logan. This specific owl's GPS recording showed she had traveled over 7,000 miles.(Essdras M Suarez/ Globe Staff)/
BEHIND THE SCENES: After you have been a photojournalist for almost two decades it is great to every once in a while get an assignment which gets you excited about your job. Especially if its one you haven't done before. I have photographed many raptor species throughout the years but never a snowy owl so I was truly looking forward to get out there and see them. I was not disappointed. A USDA officer who patrols the wildlife in the area and an Audobon Society guy drove the write and I to the area along and between the Logan's landing strips. It was truly an amazing experience to be so close to these planes taking off and landing. These two guys were amazing at spotting the owls. Had I been out there by myself, I probably would have confused the white fuzzy things with snow piles. These two guys would look into the distance with their naked eyes and immediately spot the not-so little guys. The below images are of two different owls but as luck has it, we didn't get to see on this day the female with the GPS tracking device. TECH STUFF: DSLR with a 600mm 4.0 lens and a monopod. ISO 800. WB: Cloudy (it was so windy out there I eventually had to give up the monopod and lay flat in a sniper-like prone position just to get the lens to stabilize.) Even though the 600mm is a powerful and portentous lens it was not good enough for this assignment. Given the choice again, I would opt for an 800 or longer lens.
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photogravitashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11975484716253048711noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7235883224652841622.post-51015219767412466402012-12-16T22:33:00.003-05:002012-12-16T22:33:44.372-05:00Sandy Hook Elementary Shooting Interfaith ServiceNewtown, MA 121612 People who couldn't get into Newtown High School on December 16, 2012 to an inter-faith religious service in honor of the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting victims listen to loudspeakers broadcasting the event outside of the venue. (Essdras M Suarez/ Globe Staff)
BEHIND THE SCENES: I had already worked a pretty long and tiring day and I knew there was no chance I could get into the service since president Obama had announced he would be there. I had already sent back plenty of photos for the day but I talked to my editor and we agreed I should still check it out. Once it was announced the president would be attending we knew right away it would probably be a pool situation and would likely be given to the local paper or the AP. Yet, we still decided I should try to go ahead and try to get as close as I could to the high school. Traffic was snarled everywhere and the most direct route to the high school had been closed earlier for security reasons. So I drove out several miles and came back thorough rural roads. I still had to park about a mile or so away from the high school but at least I wasn't the only one huffing and puffing it. I'm very glad I went. Even thought the lighting was a bit tough at times the images available were truly beautiful. I also noticed in the last couple of days how diverse the people attending religious services and just walking around town have been. And it was the same at the service.But what made me the happiest was that many fellow members of the media decided to take the night off and apparently those attending decided to be respectful to the public attending the event. Halleluja to that I say. TECH STUFF: D3 and D3s, 24-70mm 2.8, and 17-200mm 2.8. ISO +6,400. WB Auto.
I will probably back here in the coming days for some of the funerals... I have mixed feelings about covering these.
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