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Month: January, 2009

Fine Art Reference | Christina’s World

I had the assignment to find a historical piece of artwork and create a photographic piece that referenced it. I chose Christina’s World by Andrew Wyeth. Unfortunately, Mr. Wyeth passed away last week at the age of 91. More information on his life and art work can be found here. Here is the original painting. [...]

Portraits of Lisa

I shot these yesterday in the portrait studio while waiting for the model for lisa’s shoot to arrive. I hope that you enjoy them. Cheers, Benjamin      

NYC

I’m editing my photos from yesterday’s trip to New York. I’ve been trying to go to the city as much as possible since I’m planning on moving there after school.  These were a couple that I liked so far. It is not hard to get a picture of Sarah laughing!   enjoy, Benjamin  

M8 shots from the week

A couple of shots from my week. The second one was shot a few minutes ago. I really liked how many layers were in it.     I thought about doing a self portrait with reflections like this. I might still work with the idea. I’m off to bed now, heading to NYC tomorrow morning [...]

Coffee and Snow Storms

I shot these images over the last few days. There has been lots of snow this week.

Fun with friends

I was just looking through some photos that I shot during the break and thought I’d post this one before finishing editing. Hope that everyone is doing well. Benjamin

A scene from Hitchcock’s Imagination

I was in Houston, Tx this past Saturday when just before sundown the theatre district was overtaken with thousands of birds. It was a really amazing site. Apparently every winter the birds migrate to Houston and fly around the area in the evening. has anyone seen anything like this? I would love to spend more [...]

Sad News for Photographers

I just received an email from Laura Brunow Miner the Editor in Chief over at JPG magazine. On January 5th the magazine will be shutting down. “We’ve spent the last few months trying to make the business behind JPG sustain itself, and we’ve reached the end of the line. We all deeply believe in everything [...]