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a preview A new sculpture has recently appeared on one of Jersey City's piers. Representing a giant, very white and very bright head of a young woman with her index finger touching her lips, in a shhhh-like gesture, the 80-ft sculpture by Spanish artist Jaume Plensa was, until recently, surrounded by cranes and other construction [...]
So, as mentioned in a previous post, a couple of weeks ago I traded in some of my photo gear and got myself, among others, a Nikon Z 24-200mm lens. Note: if you're into minimalist gear, the Nikon Z 24-200mm might be the lens for you. Here are a few first impressions: The Nikon Z [...]
During this ongoing coronavirus pandemic, I've truly embraced minimalism and, with the help of Marie Kondo's book and Netflix series, I've reorganized my place, my image files and everything else in between. And while I've done it several times, I'm yet to be completely done. Not just yet. In an effort to continue reorganizing, restructuring [...]
A free app for Nikon remote photography As I've mentioned in a previous post, here are a few notes (personal observations that is) on Nikon's SnapBridge app. Again, this is in particular for Nikon photographers, but hopefully for others, too. SnapBridge app for remote Nikon camera accessing. SnapBridge is a FREE app that allows Nikon [...]
Prepping, Posing & Possibilities Fall is here. A new school year has just begun. So, let's talk portraits, self-portraits, and the need to update profile pics. In this post I'll talk about self-portraiture, but this can apply to any portrait photography session, too. Before you begin thinking about a portrait or self-portrait photo shoot, or [...]
Photographing the 9/11 Tribute Lights I was going to call this post "One Day in September," but I'm still working on images from this past Saturday (the 20th anniversary of 9/11), hence, for now, here are a few shots I captured the night of September 11, 2021. September 11 Tribute Lights illuminate the Lower Manhattan [...]
9/11 Tribute Lights, 2021. ©Alina Oswald. Today is September 11, 2021. To this day, we still remember where we were and what we were doing on this day, twenty years ago. (I was teaching a classroom full of students, when a school official stepped inside the room and whispered to me that two planes had [...]
Empty Sky September 11 Memorial. Liberty State Park. Jersey City, NJ
September 11, 2001 - September 11, 2021. For the past twenty years, we gather together on this day, 9/11, to light candles, bring flowers, commemorate and remember.... I've had the chance to photograph 9/11 ceremonies, commemorations, related events and memorials on September 11 of each year, as well as throughout the years. Here are a [...]
September 11, 2001 - September 11, 2021 Empty Sky 9/11 Memorial. Liberty State Park. Jersey City, NJ
