Blanken Photography Studio, Ltd

04/19/2017

Ice Storm in Winter

07/28/2014

Join me for a Safari to the Zoo, 8am at the Connecticut Ave entrance. Register at washingtonphotosafari.com

05/31/2014

05/31/2014

Lichtblick House

IMEX Frankfurt 2014 Cooking Event Bob Blanken 2014

03/26/2014

Preparing to lead event at IMEX in Frankfurt, GE on May 21st. Meeting in front of the Opera House, the program will cover Exposure & Composition. Learn at come home with great images you took!

02/20/2014

After snowfall at Brookstone Gardens. 4x5 negative.

10/05/2011

Hints and Tips

Points to remember covering events, whether its a social, association, corporate, or sports:

Capture the details
Keep your eye on the action
Back away, don't turn away
Watch for reaction from others watching the action
Capture emotion
Have the right lens on the camera for the shot
Anticipate the action
Be prepared
Chat

Over the last ten years, I've noticed a great decline in print orders. I believe that we've grown accostumed to viewing images on our computer screens, the backs of our cameras, and, of course, our smartphones. While the images are very sharp and the composition clear to see, something is missing: the texture of the paper or canvas; the depth of tones; and the pleasure it brings on the wall or in an album.

What is worrisome is the potential decline in high quality prints and how that may effect the professional labs that produce those prints. As new technologies are implemented, old ones are retired. Who ever thought film would not be the means to record images, certainly not Kodak.

A plug for a lab I use. Pilot Imaging in Rockville, MD is a great professional lab and deserves our support and business. Their work is highly regarded by the professional photographers community. Consider having a great print made for your wall.

Quote

"A portrait photographer depends upon another person to complete his picture. The subject imagined, which in a sense is me, must be discovered in someone else willing to take part in a fiction he cannot possibly know about."

Richard Avedon

07/31/2009

Worldwide Photo Walk participants on the east steps of the US Capitol.