2014 started out clickin'… Some challenging architectural photography projects sent us around the state of California to photograph apartment buildings and pools in the Bay Area… Elan Apartments, San Jose, California. Shopping centers on the Monterey Peninsula… The Dunes Shopping Center, Marina, California. We spent a couple days…
Author: HABS HAER Photographer Stephen Schafer
San Francisco Heritage News Spring 2014
Built in 1925 and designed by Timothy Pflueger, the 26-story Art Deco tower for the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company was one of the first modern skyscrapers in San Francisco. All photos from the two-day documentation were…
Ventana Magazine April 2014
… it seemed obvious that black and white would be a great way to show off this distinguished residence.
Chicago Theater Photo Lesson
If you're in Chicago with all your camera equipment… …And you can get a hotel room across the street from the Historic Chicago Theater… on the 7th floor… above the 'L' tracks… and you've talked the theater owner into turning on the marquee lights even without a show… and nobody parks a truck in front… and it…
Can You Say Ironic Mr. Jackling?
Steve Jobs' Calif. home gets historic designation Apple co-founder Steve Jobs' childhood home in California gets historic designation… http://finance.yahoo.com/news/steve-jobs-calif-home-gets-140908413.html#!
A Day In The World Book Selection, Oxnard Documentary Photographs
Costco-Oxnard is famous now. ADAY.org book inside spread. Photo: Stephen Schafer. On May 15, 2012 a non profit organization, Expressions of Humankind based in Sweeden, set out to document the world by encouraging photographers of all skill levels to document a 24 hour period on one day, May 15, and upload the photos to be…
Amazingly Unretouched Architecture
A couple of nights ago I had the privilege of doing architectural photography for Ventana Magazine in Ventura's historic Hobson Heights neighborhood. Historic buildings are my favorite subjects but they often need a little help in Photoshop before they are ready for a centerfold. On this night I was fortunate enough to have clear skies,…
Photographing the Holly Trolly in Downtown Oxnard Historic District
The Christmas Spirit was high, Double-decker bus high! Usually my architectural photography is all about holding very, very still. Not this time.
Photoshop Translation (quote)
"I'll fix it in Photoshop™," This quote is usually loosely translated to: "I'll screw it up in camera." Client: Cardkey, Model: Brian Kent, Photograph by www.schafphoto.com
Nikon D800E – For Architecture + a Moiré Hunting Safari (Updated 5-’14)
11 things a still photographer found out about the Nikon D800 and/or D800E when it showed up yesterday. And a link to full size photos on Flickr showing uncorrected D800E moiré.