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iPhone Sunset

noreply@blogger.com (michaelNYC) — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 06:10:00 +0000

This photo was shot a couple of days ago along the Hudson River. Christian had just bought some new sunglasses at the Columbus Avenue street fair. Seemed like a good use of my new iPhone's 2.0 megapixel camera. I think it showed off the sunset reflection fairly well.

-- Posted from my iPhone

Gustav & Hanna

noreply@blogger.com (michaelNYC) — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 01:20:00 +0000

Empire State, originally uploaded by pmarella.

A cloudy, rainy weekend in New York caputured by a Flickr member from New Jersey.

The remnants of Gustav and Hanna both converged on New York City this weekend.

New York, I Love You

noreply@blogger.com (michaelNYC) — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 16:46:00 +0000

Looks like a great movie. Release set for February 2009.

"New York, I Love You"

Thirty years ago today...

noreply@blogger.com (michaelNYC) — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 03:57:00 +0000

Thirty years ago today, a scared 17-year-old kid from outside Pratt, Kansas walked into 1500 N. West Street in Wichita, Kansas and asked for Larry Hatteberg. This was just after Hatteberg had won his second NPPA Photographer of the Year award. Hatteberg was the Chief Photographer for KAKE Television, Channel 10 in Wichita.

August 24, 1978 was a day that changed that teenager�s life. It was a morning filled with watching storyteller Hatteberg shoot a story on a fish farmer near Cheney. Then, as happens in television news, the afternoon agenda changed dramatically with a report of an explosion and leak at a Titan II missile silo near Rock, KS and Hatteberg and the teen headed south in Mobile Unit 4 to cover the story.

The next three days were a whirlwind of driving the blue Chevy Nova and 3/4" video tape back and forth from a grassy corner off Highway 15 to the hill on S. Rock Road where Truck 100 could get a microwave signal back to the Holiday Inn rooftop receive site in Wichita.

When the teen�s Skyline High School class ring and right hand holding a microphone made it on ABC�s World News Tonight with Frank Reynolds, Max Robinson and Peter Jennings� he was hooked! It was a life of television news for him!!

That teenager was me.

Thirty years later, I'm the Director of New Technologies for ABC Television in New York. I can't believe it's been 30 years, but it has. It's been a hell of a career. I'm looking forward to more.

Me on the sidelines of a KU football game circa 1980. KAKE would fly the camera up to me on weekends in the helicopter so I could shoot highlights and then ship the tape and camera back to them via the station's helicopter. Photo by David Evans for his Photo II photo story project.

A busy weekend...

noreply@blogger.com (michaelNYC) — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 04:22:00 +0000

This past weekend was busy with three shoots and a go-see test shoot. I was very pleased with the images that we created.

Friday was Dominic...

Saturday was Karim...

Sunday was Alexander...

And Monday was a test shoot with Jay...

Now I have a lot of editing and retouching to do. Wish me luck!

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Updating the Portfolio

noreply@blogger.com (michaelNYC) — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 16:37:00 +0000

Updating my portfolio at http://michaelnycphoto.com.

Here's the port to date...

Portfolio Montage

noreply@blogger.com (michaelNYC) — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 18:32:00 +0000

It's been a busy first part of 2008. Because of projects at work, I haven't been able to shoot much, but now that spring is here, I'm going to be shooting more.

Here's a montage of some my more recent shoots. Enjoy!

Lorenzo

noreply@blogger.com (michaelNYC) — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 08:25:00 +0000

I had a test shoot earlier tonight with a guy named Lorenzo Jimenez. He had contacted by email after seeing my photographs somewhere.

This was one of the test shots...

Needless to say, Lorenzo and I will be doing a shoot in the near future. Hopefully this Sunday.

Christian

noreply@blogger.com (michaelNYC) — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 05:48:00 +0000

Christian, originally uploaded by michaelnyc.

I think the image speaks for itself! :-)

Recent Shoots

noreply@blogger.com (michaelNYC) — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 23:41:00 +0000

Some photos from some of my recent photo shoots...

A Great Holiday Weekend

noreply@blogger.com (michaelNYC) — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 04:48:00 +0000

Alaink ... from our September 3rd shoot

I worked with some amazing models this holiday weekend. I don't quite believe it myself, but I think I shot over 4,500 photos this weekend. On Monday, I shot for nearly nine hours straight. And I loved every minute of it.

Now I just have a hell of a lot of Photoshop work to do!

Nelson ... from our September 3rd shoot

If you ever want to shoot photos in NYC, READ THIS!

noreply@blogger.com (michaelNYC) — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 02:00:00 +0000

photographers, originally uploaded by seth_holladay.

IF YOU EVER WANT TO SHOOT PHOTOS IN NEW YORK CITY... READ THIS...

The Mayor�s Office of Theater, Film, and Broadcasting, which coordinates film and television production and issues permits around the five boroughs, is considering rules that could potentially severely restrict the ability of even amateur photographers and filmmakers to operate in New York City. The NY Times reports that the city�s tentative rules include requiring any group of two or more people who want to use a camera in a single public location for more than a half hour (including setup and breakdown time) to get a city permit and $1 million in liability insurance. The regulation would also apply to any group of five or more people who would be using a tripod for more than ten minutes, including setup and breakdown time. - (Excerpted from The Gothamist)

If the above troubles you, please take action now. The city quietly released information about the proposed regulations on the Friday of Memorial Day weekend and many of us missed the notice and subsequent hearing. The office is accepting public feedback until August 3, and the rules could go into effect this summer!

New York Times article on the proposal.

Sign the petition by Friday, August 3rd.

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Angel in the Light

noreply@blogger.com (michaelNYC) — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 04:29:00 +0000

I know that lighting is everything. Bad lighting makes you look bad and good lighting makes you look good. And then there are a few times that lighting is just... well... everything...

This image was the result of an accident. As I was shooting Angel and he was looking all sexy, one of my studio flashes didn't fire. I looked at the image in the camera and immediately turned off the key light and kept shooting with just the side/back strobe. This is the result!

I love accidents!

Joel

noreply@blogger.com (michaelNYC) — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 09:18:00 +0000

Just got finished Photoshopping Joel's photos from the photoshoot. He's got such a great look on camera. This was his first shoot. With a little experience, he's going to go far...

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Brooklyn Bridge

noreply@blogger.com (michaelNYC) — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 22:01:00 +0000

Creative as hell and funny! Watch....

Davey Dance Blog -26- BROOKLYN BRIDGE - Ace Frehley - from Pheasant Plucker and Vimeo.

Scary steam

noreply@blogger.com (michaelNYC) — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 00:07:00 +0000

Originally uploaded on Flickr.com by ~ Raymond.

Today's steam pipe explosion on the city's east side reminds us New Yorkers just what a scary time we still live in even almost six years after 9.11. But the television shots of steam, smoke and people running with debris on them brings back those 9.11 memories all too quickly.

Luckily, this looks like it's not terrorism related, but it's still scary.

Hero vs. Celebrity

noreply@blogger.com (michaelNYC) — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 15:40:00 +0000

�I feel sorry for kids today,� the late Red Auerbach once observed. �When I was a kid we had heroes; today kids have celebrities, and there�s a big difference. We used to admire performance. We used to admire class. Now we applaud glibness. Now we admire flair.�
That�s TV news in a nutshell, with its dazzling graphics, mawkish scripts and endless supply of Ken & Barbie reporters. Please. What good are straight teeth and gorgeous hair if you can�t pronounce Worcester, and how important is a pretty face if it�s wrapped around a vacuum where the brain ought to be?

Those couple of paragraphs are from an article in the Boston Herald "Natalie blazed trail with poise" on the retirement of long-time WCVB-Boston (ABC affiliate) anchor Natalie Jacobson.

I thought that Herald columnist Joe Fitzgerald did a great job of summing up television news today, as he says, "in a nutshell."

In looking at the amount of airtime that's been devote to someone like Paris Hilton, it's a little disgusting. She's done nothing and yet she's a celebrity. No one would use the words "class" or "performance" to describe Paris... she's definitely more in with the "flair" and "glib" crowd.

This can't be good.

Angel

noreply@blogger.com (michaelNYC) — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 04:28:00 +0000

I worked with another awesome model on Monday by the name of Angel. He's originally from NYC and now a Buffalo University student that's in the city this summer working at Armani Exchange to make some cash for school.

We had such a great time shooting. We really clicked and talked about all kinds of stuff during our nearly 5 hour shoot... and we shot over 1,100 photos! (a new record for me)

The shots above were from when Angel went to flip up his hoodie and it ended up covering his whole face. You had to be there... but believe me, it was funny. And Angel's laugh is very infectious.

Watch for more photos of Angel soon.

Artistry

noreply@blogger.com (michaelNYC) — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 23:52:00 +0000

I had an amazing shoot today with Jason. He's a dancer with the Balance Dance Theater company. I've never seen a person move the way Jason was able to move his body today during the shoot. It defines the word artistry to watch him move. I only hope my photographs can capture a small part of what he's able to do.

Jason had just completed three nights of performances of Ibomba at the Kumble Theatre at Long Island University's Brooklyn campus. (and I made him get up at 9a for a shoot following his final show!)

I'm editing the 922 photographs that we took during today's session. It's going to be a very difficult edit because we created a lot of fantastic images. I'll post more soon.

Verizon Ad

noreply@blogger.com (michaelNYC) — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 14:39:00 +0000

I had a photo shoot with Joel (above) on Saturday. During the shoot he was using his cell phone as a prop for some of the shots. I made a comment that he looked good enough to be in a Verizon ad, soooo, I put him in a Verizon ad. Photoshop is fun!

And to take it an extra step, using some of the tools in Flickr and a companion site called Big Huge Labs, I was able to put Joel's Verizon ad on some billboards...

Studio 2F

noreply@blogger.com (michaelNYC) — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 22:36:00 +0000

Apartment 2F has now become STUDIO 2F

I've now transformed Apartment 2F into STUDIO 2F. Hmmmm... might be a name for a website, or a blog or a new company! :-)

The living room now is a studio complete with a portrait background (yes that same cheesy portrait background that they used for all your school pictures!). I've got a black background (if you slide the couch over next to the portrait background). And if you take down the black cloth... it turns into a freshly painted white background. I can also shoot against the white wall in my bedroom without having to take down the black cloth.

Almost like a real studio except I don't have to worry about all that cavernous space that a big photo studio has. My studio is "cozy" (New York City euphemism for "can't turn around in the space.")

Saturday Shoot with Darnell

noreply@blogger.com (michaelNYC) — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 12:19:00 +0000

Shot yesterday with Darnell. He's been modeling for about 5 years now and was so easy to work with. We took 649 pictures during the 4+ hours of shooting. It was fun. There was a lot of back and forth idea sharing and we came up with some good photos.

Two shoots on July 4th

noreply@blogger.com (michaelNYC) — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 22:25:00 +0000

I did two photo shoots on July 4th. It was a long day, but I had a lot of fun. Both models were really laid back and easy to work with.

I shot Christopher (top photo) in the morning. We've done one shoot together before, so we're used to each other styles.

In the afternoon, I worked with Eric. This is our first shoot together. Eric moved great, was easy to work with and looks great on camera. We shot for about four hours and took over 600 pictures.

Now I just have a ton of Photoshop work to do!

Happy 4th!

noreply@blogger.com (michaelNYC) — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 02:25:00 +0000

Macy's Fireworks 2006 Redux, originally uploaded by ~ Raymond.

Happy 4th of July!

Sunday Shoot with Dwyll

noreply@blogger.com (michaelNYC) — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 03:45:00 +0000

dwyll, originally uploaded by michaelnyc.

Had a fun shoot today with Dwyll. He's a "cash model" at the Fifth Avenue Abercrombie & Fitch store in Manhattan. A&F calls them "cash models" but most other stores call them cashiers!

We got some good stuff. I was please with the shoot. Here are a few more of the shots....