This is a resource page for those doing Historic American Buildings Survey photography and having a hard time finding the archival negative envelopes and slotted print mount cards that are required by HABS, HAER and HALS for transmission to the Library of Congress. All the specifications for transmittal of archival negatives and prints for the…
Documentary Photography
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
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…
Photography for HABS, HAER and HALS Documentations
HABS and HAER documentation of historic sites explained by photographer Stephen Schafer of HABSPHOTO.com
Ventura Botanical Gardens Photography
Just giving back… here are some photographs that I donated to the upstart Ventura Botanical Gardens for use on their website…
Acronym Day: New HABS HAER HALS album on APT website
Just uploaded a few choice Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) and Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) photographs to the Association of Preservation Technology (APT) website. Stephen Schafer is a HABS Photographer based in Ventura, California. 805-652-1000
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…