HABS and HAER documentation of historic sites explained by photographer Stephen Schafer of HABSPHOTO.com
Salbastião Salgado Movie in Ventura
Please join the Ventura Film Society on Thursday September 10 @ 7:15pm at the Century 10 Downtown Ventura for “THE SALT OF THE EARTH”. Sponsored by Latitudes Fine Art Gallery & Stephen Schafer German director Wim Wenders (Buena Vista Social Club, Pina, Paris Texas, Wings of Desire) confirms his mastery of the documentary form in this…
Photography Hack: Refurbishing a tripod with heat-shrink tubing
A post for photographers that use tripods: My favorite hack for making my battered tripods and stands look like new is electronics grade heat-shrink tubing. Easy to slide over the top sections of a tripod, just remove the leg lock, slide and shrink the plastic tubing with a heat-gun and replace the leg lock (get…
HistoricPlacesLA Launches : Architectural Digest
HistoricPlacesLA; historicplacesla.org via www.architecturaldigest.com Every now & then it's nice to be involved w/ Architectural Digest.
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.
Ventana Travel Photos 2015
It's always nice to get your pictures in the paper… This month a couple of my infrared photographs from Semester at Sea (Fall '97) were featured in the Faces & Places article in Ventana Magazine. May 2015 Ventana Magazine The first image is a picture of a kindergarten in Shanghai, China … Guzeng concert in…
Teaching Lighting at Los Angeles Center of Photography
I'm teaching the 'Light Anything, Anytime, Anywhere' lighting 101 workshop at LACP this summer, August 1, 2015. Here's the link: LACP
PRE and POST Apartment Photographs
Here's a couple of pre and post photos from a recent project in Los Angeles. What once was a massive rail yard is now housing. Taylor Yard After Taylor Yard Before Stephen Schafer HABS/HAER Architectural Photography www.habsphoto.com Related articles Architectural Photographs PRE and POST
PRE and POST Architectural Photographs
A couple more "Before and After" photos from a local project for Shea Apartment Communities in Oxnard designed by Architects Orange … and yes, it really did rain the day we did the photography. Artisan Apartments, Oxnard, CA in the rain.
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…