Book Club Event August 17th, 2021… Link To CPF Page “Preserving Los Angeles" BOOK CLUB hosted by CPFAug 17 @ NoonJoin author, Ken Bernstein and photographer Stephen Schafer as they discuss Preserving Los Angeles: How Historic Places Can Transform America's Cities. We'll be hosting a trivia quiz to challenge our audience with your knowledge…
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Preserving Los Angeles Book
Preserving Los Angeles – How Historic Places Can Transform America’s Cities – A book by author Ken Bernstein, photographed by Stephen Schafer.
Ventura, California Featured in Preservation Magazine (With my photos)
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…
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.
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…
Architectural Photography = A busy 2014
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…
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…
Bixby Bridge HAER (Historic American Engineering Record)
Bixby Bridge HAER… This photo speaks a thousand words, (it’s two 5×7 negatives, so maybe 2000 plus a couple hundred to descrbe the itching and the perfect weather conditions) and it’s a panorama though not quite 360 degrees. I think the photo title should be 1000/360.
HABS Photographer Stephen Schafer Selected for Best of ASMP 2011
I’m excited to be one of twenty photographers chosen… for the seventh annual Best of ASMP 2011… (and the first HABS photographer).
Swiss Family Indian?
The most amazing place to show off Hollywood, the American Dream, the desert landscape, and Native American Culture is the Antelope Valley Indian Museum State Historic Park…Schaf Photo was commissioned by architect John Lesak of Page & Turnbull to photograph the site and show the thoughtful stabilization of the building. After a four-year rehabilitation…