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Scanning 4×5 Negatives for HABS/HAER/HALS

Posted on September 21, 2025September 21, 2025 by schafphoto

There’s a really good (ongoing) discussion on the Large Format Forum about camera-scanning 4×5 and 5×7 negatives for HABS, HAER, or HALS. I use a DSLR (or Mirrorless) camera and a copy stand to photograph my negatives and create 30+ Megapixel digital photographs. Follow the discussion here: https://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?157757-4×5-amp-5×7-Negatives-Camera-Scanning-with-Nikon-D800E&highlight=habs

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UNT Lecture on HABS April 23, 2025

Posted on April 9, 2025 by HABS HAER Photographer Stephen Schafer

I'm giving a webinar on HABS/HAER via zoom through the University of North Texas. April 23, 2025. https://library.unt.edu/news/2025/03-19-lecture-habs/   more info link: https://library.unt.edu/news/2025/03-19-lecture-habs/   If you’d like more information about HABS/HAER/HALS photography take a look at our website. HABSPHOTO.com Stephen Schafer, Architectural Photography, Ventura, California Ph: 805-652-1000 E: schaf@west.net  

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CPF webinar about Stephen Schafer, HABS Photographer

Posted on March 12, 2025 by HABS HAER Photographer Stephen Schafer

My Path to Preservation: Insights from a HABS Photographer INFO LINK   Members Non-Members FREEDate: May 20, 2025Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Join the California Preservation Foundation for our My Path to Preservation series, a webinar program with the goal of sharing insights with students, interns, graduates, emerging professionals, and anyone interested in a…

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Lost in America the new book by Richard Cahan and Michael Williams – Book Review

Posted on September 29, 2023 by HABS HAER Photographer Stephen Schafer

Lost in America Book Review: Cahan and Williams, have crafted a book that’s an engaging foray through the demise of lost architecture while at the same time the book is a celebration of the Historic American Buildings Survey itself.

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A Picture Perfect New Year 2023

Posted on January 2, 2023 by HABS HAER Photographer Stephen Schafer

HABS photography of a former Fotomat for inclusion in the Historic American Buildings Survey collection at the Library of Congress.

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Angel Island Immigration Station Hospital PDA Award

Posted on September 5, 2022 by HABS HAER Photographer Stephen Schafer

Angel Island Immigration Station Hospital The Angel Island Immigration Station Hospital of San Francisco is a winner for the 2022 Preservation Design Award for Rehabilitation. We created photographs for Project Lead Mike Garavaglia of Garavaglia Architecture in San Francisco. About the Angel Island Immigration Station Hospital The former Immigration Station Hospital was rehabilitated for adaptive…

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TIMES MIRROR HABS (2019)

Posted on September 2, 2022 by HABS HAER Photographer Stephen Schafer

These are the HABS large format photographs of the Times Mirror Building, constructed in 1970-73 for the Times Mirror Company, and designed by William L. Pereira & Associates.

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HABS and HAER Photographs of Lost History

Posted on July 14, 2022 by HABS HAER Photographer Stephen Schafer

Historic American Buildings Survey Photographs of buildings lost to the wrecking ball or just lost to time.

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Introduction to (landscape) Photography video now available. (Free)

Posted on December 27, 2021 by HABS HAER Photographer Stephen Schafer

… honored to be included in this short educational photography session sponsored by the California Preservation Foundation (californiapreservation.org) and the California Garden and Landscape History Society (cglhs.org).

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MODERNISM WEEK: The Preserving Los Angeles book tour: A Kaleidoscopic Tour of L.A.’s Built Heritage

Posted on December 1, 2021 by HABS HAER Photographer Stephen Schafer

  Ken Bernstein and Stephen Schafer, author and photographer of the Los Angeles Times bestselling book, Preserving Los Angeles, will be sharing an engaging visual tour of how historic preservation has helped transform Los Angeles, and can do the same for other cities.  Extending beyond well-known Midcentury Modern dwellings by renowned architects, Preserving Los Angeles…

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