Writer – Photographer – Educator
The story of a black-and-white Lensbaby photograph on World AIDS Day 2020 Angels in America has been a source of inspiration for many artists, in particular those capturing the AIDS pandemic of the eighties. The Bethesda angel is a symbolic figure at the center of Tony Kushner’s play, and, itself, a source of inspiration. Known [...]
Lenses and Their Bokeh Let's look at different lenses and their bokeh I have a confession to make. I've always been aware of bokeh--as part of the background or as the subject, itself--but I've become really interested in bokeh and achieving that pleasant bokeh every photographer seems to be talking about especially after buying my [...]
Bokeh and the Bokeh Master Attend any workshop or photography class with Nikon Ambassador Vincent Versace and you'll learn not only about photography in general, black-and-white photography in particular and even printing your own images, but also about bokeh and the correct way to pronounce the word, bokeh. What is bokeh? As many might already [...]
How I Got That Shot - Planets Collide Quite a few years ago I joined a photo group here in New York City area. As part of the group, we were to work on various assignments. One of the assignments asked us to create an image with an end-of-the-world theme. So I came up with [...]
Photographing Spring Spring is finally here! So, what does spring mean to us and how do we capture it in our images? Some of us may associate spring with renewal, rebirth, longer days and warmer temps, a fresh start, nature coming back to life, buds and flowers, green making its way through the blanket of [...]
Photographing with a Lensbaby Velvet 56mm f/1.6 Macro Lens In a previous Lensbaby Photography I talked about my experience photographing with a Lensbaby Composer. I've had the Lensbaby Composer for several years. Recently, I had the chance to test out a newer Lensbaby model. That is, the Lensbaby Velvet 56mm f/1.6. First impressions: This [...]
Thoughts on lensbaby photography: what's a lensbaby, how can one use it, what can one photograph with it
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger, or so they say. I haven't been sick in decades, but I did get sick right before Thanksgiving and, while it hasn't killed me (yet), I'm still struggling to completely get rid of it, this nasty, lingering...thing that has taken over my existence for over a month now. [...]
Alina Oswald 