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…
Author: HABS HAER Photographer Stephen Schafer
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…
Photography for HABS, HAER and HALS Documentations
HABS and HAER documentation of historic sites explained by photographer Stephen Schafer of HABSPHOTO.com
Salbastião Salgado Movie in Ventura
Please join the Ventura Film Society on Thursday September 10 @ 7:15pm at the Century 10 Downtown Ventura for “THE SALT OF THE EARTH”. Sponsored by Latitudes Fine Art Gallery & Stephen Schafer German director Wim Wenders (Buena Vista Social Club, Pina, Paris Texas, Wings of Desire) confirms his mastery of the documentary form in this…
Photography Hack: Refurbishing a tripod with heat-shrink tubing
A post for photographers that use tripods: My favorite hack for making my battered tripods and stands look like new is electronics grade heat-shrink tubing. Easy to slide over the top sections of a tripod, just remove the leg lock, slide and shrink the plastic tubing with a heat-gun and replace the leg lock (get…
HistoricPlacesLA Launches : Architectural Digest
HistoricPlacesLA; historicplacesla.org via www.architecturaldigest.com Every now & then it's nice to be involved w/ Architectural Digest.
Self Publishing Your Photo Book Workshop in Los Angeles at LACP
A new workshop at the Los Angeles Center of Photography; an introduction to self-publishing your own photo book using digital on-demand-printing.