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More Getty Center Abstractions

Richard — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 16:38:26 +0000

These images are part of a series taken on visits to the Getty Center in Los Angeles, California over an eight year period.

I’ve done all of my images in this series with a Canon 5D and a Canon 24-70mm f/2.8 L lens and I rented a Canon 16-35mm f/2.8 L lens to see how these images would work out with it and also to take a series of overview shots of larger areas of buildings. The image above was shot at 16mm with the 16-35, the image below was shot with the 24-70.

Getty Center Abstraction with wide angle

Richard — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 21:30:21 +0000

This image is part of a series taken on visits to the Getty Center in Los Angeles, California over an eight year period.

I’ve done all of my images in this series with a Canon 5D and a Canon 24-70mm f/2.8 L lens and I rented a Canon 16-35mm f/2.8 L lens to see how these images would work out with it and also to take a series of overview shots of larger areas of buildings. This image was shot at 23mm so it’s pretty close to the wide end of the 24-70.

Getty Center Abstraction with wide angle 2

Richard — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 18:10:03 +0000

This image is part of a series taken on visits to the Getty Center in Los Angeles, California over an eight year period.

What I learned is that a new lens with a wider angle of view will take some practice to get the most out of. My hit rate on the 200 images I took today was pretty low. Maybe best to just buy this lens as its been on my B&H wish list for about 4 years now.

Getty Center Abstraction with wide angle

Richard — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 22:10:09 +0000

This image is part of a series taken on visits to the Getty Center in Los Angeles, California over an eight year period.

Frames of New York

Richard — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 15:04:57 +0000

New York City. Gary and I walked across the Brooklyn Bridge and into Brooklyn, then back across and up Broadway to dinner at 27th St. and then to Times Square and back to Grand Central. New York is a lot of fun to "hike," even on a relatively hot and humid day.

Note: I rented a few new and different cameras for Gary’s visit so we could actually use them rather than just handling them at the B&H counter. This was taken with a rented Canon 7D and a rented Canon 16-35mm f/2.8L. Lots of fun to play with this stuff.

A Perspective of the World

Richard — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 17:21:55 +0000

My good friend Mamen Saura has put up her first photo website and it’s absolutely stunning. Check it out: A Perspective of the World.

She’s one of the photographers involved with our Wabi Sabi magazine project and her work can also be seen on Flickr.