Though it’s not HABS photography, these are rehabilitated historic buildings. Here’s a couple Before and Afters from the hot summer evenings in 2017… Whittier Comstock & Polk and Evanston Court in Pasadena. They always look better at dusk than they do at 100º at noon… Comstock & Polk, Whittier, CA. Evanston Court, Pasadena, CA…
New book about the Isabelle Greene designed Lovelace Garden for HALS
Announcing the publication of the softcover version of the Lovelace Garden Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS) book. http://www.magcloud.com/browse/issue/1228021?__r=229643 144 Pages with lots of photos and including Isabelle Greene's sketches plans for the garden, all the color field photos, the narrative, HABS drawings of the teahouse and garage, and of course PGADesign’s HALS drawings. The…
Getting a HABS/HAER/HALS Photography Quote
I field a lot of calls for HABS, HAER or HALS photography services so I wanted to put the fourteen most important questions for a HABS photography project out there. This will help you get the fastest and most complete estimate and if you’re getting competitive bids, every photographer will be quoting the same project, apples to…
Lighting Workshop April 2, 2017 at LACP
Photography strobe lighting 101 workshop at the Los Angeles Center of Photography April 2017
San Buenaventura Conservancy hopes to find a taker for historic Ventura farmhouse
The owners of a farmhouse built in the 1870s and the San Buenaventura Conservancy are hoping someone will move the James Day home and restore it. Read the article by Tony Biasotti in the Ventura County Star newspaper. San Buenaventura Conservancy hopes to find a taker for historic Ventura farmhouse I’m in the ‘paper' today……
Ventura, California Featured in Preservation Magazine (With my photos)
It’s always nice when my town gets kudos from the media and even better when they use my photos to illustrate the story. A view from the Ventura Botanical Gardens was the lead image, along with Watermark on Main and Paradise Pantry. Historic Ventura, California is featured in the new Summer issue of PRESERVATION…
HABS Photos Featured in Frank Lloyd Wright Book
The HABS (Historic American Buildings Survey) photographs of the Ennis House that I completed for the LA Conservancy’s conservation easement program have been featured in a new book by Pia Licciardi and Leslie M. Freudenheim called Frank Lloyd Wright | The Man Who Played With Blocks. In this “Short Illustrated Biography” published by Royalston Books, my photos are…
Not just HABS/HAER photos but also Teaching … and more Teaching …
It’s a busy year (semester?) so far here at HABSPHOTO.com headquarters. We’ve been juggling a new set of projects like Ascent Apartments, Lockheed Martin Missiles and Space, Mt. San Antonio College, and the San Francisco Presidio HABS projects. But I’m also teaching Advertising Photography (Art 455 B/C) at California State University Northridge (CSUN) this semester. If…
Stephen Schafer now represented by CORBIS images.
My photos are now getting published and are available on the Corbis Stock Photography site starting this week. Its been about a 15 years since my photos were last represented by a stock agency. Formerly my photos were with Uniphoto/Pictor, Adventure Photo and IBID, but they’re all gone now. I don’t miss the chore of…
@ HABS_Photographer on Instagram (Follow Me)
It’s about time … The Kaufmann Desert House on my HABS_Photographer Instagram feed. Yes I’m on IG with the handle: HABS_photographer (remember the underscore)! And it’s not just my HABS Photography, I’ll also be posting architectural photography from my archives and whatever I happen to be working on now. SCHAF PHOTO Specializes in…