A few of my HABS* and HAER* donations were transmitted to the collection at the Library of Congress last year (2025). *Historic American Buildings Survey and Historic American Engineering Record.
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LOS ANGELES TIMES MIRROR HABS
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.
Digital Photography for HABS/HAER/HALS (2026 Update)
A Born-Digital HABS Photo Standard is Coming Someday, but not yet. The Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS*), the Historic American Engineering Record (HAER), and the Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS) programs are the way America documents its significant inherited environment. For the last 93 years HABS has documented built America exceptionally well, with honest, unmanipulated…
Mundane but Magical
Scanning 4×5 Negatives for HABS/HAER/HALS
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
HABS Photographer Writes a HABS/HAER/HALS substack
HABS Photography exposed and explained on my new Substack.
HABS HAER Photography transmitted to the Library of Congress
Middle of May 2025 Four more records transmitted to the Library of Congress last week. Three Historic American Engineering Record projects and a Historic American Buildings Survey project. Presidio of San Francisco, Aircraft Hangar (HABS CA-2942) Natomas Ditch System, Rhoades' Branch Ditch (HAER CA-144-B) Southern Pacific Railroad Bayshore Cutoff, Tunnel No. 3 (HAER…
UNT Lecture on HABS April 23, 2025
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
CPF webinar about Stephen Schafer, HABS Photographer
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…
Topanga Ranch Motel Lost to Fire HABS CA-3002
Today, I got an official HABS number from HDP, after looking through some files and finding the negatives. HABS CA-3002. This week the motel was lost in the Palisades Fire.