Always thinking … And here’s she just about to crack a smile.  I’m sure a quick-witted comment came along right after this shot was snapped. Neither Mom nor Dad were really all that keen on the portrait session. They were both great sports though!

We recently returned from a week-long southern tour of the great USA … Visiting family as it were. And last year when we completed a similar tour, I had the wonderful opportunity of sitting and walking with Wilton, pictured above. A man who speaks in southern sayings. And side-splitting sayings at that. On our next southern tour, I’m going to have to reserve some time for another excursion with Wilton.

My father is quite a jovial guy. However, in this photo he’s looking off. “Pensive” he would jokingly say!

I really wanted to get some good photos of both my parents this week … Not sure why. Regardless, I got lots of great shots.

This is third “evolutionary” step of this photo that I’ve posted. Above is the final execution of one of my shots from the Resolute photoshoot in Cambridge / Boston back in the summer. This execution was used in a recent magazine ad for Resolute.

Below are the first two steps …

retouched photo composite

original shot … a very overcast morning with supplemental light using a grid and beauty dish.

Going through some old photos, I stumbled across a few favorites from a couple of recent and not so recent photoshoots. Here’s a small sampling:

Jenny on the Brooklyn Bridge … a very bright lamp post.

Lafouji at the office … Just a couple of clip lights.

Jae at the studio in Chelsea.

Jae at the studio in Chelsea.

Stevens at the rooftop Cabanas at the Maritime Hotel in NYC.

We (Barnum Design) launched the new and improved Resolute Racing Shells website a few months back. Have yet to post it, so here it is. I have Resolute on the brain because I’m heading up to Boston for the Head of the Charles this weekend on a photography assignment. It’ll be a very long day (to and from NYC in the same day), but it will be worth it.

Below are a couple of screenshots of the new website:

As always, we’re working on some fun stuff for Resolute Racing Shells. Here is a photo I’m working on and working with from the shoot in Boston / Cambridge earlier in the summer. Its great to have such an amazing opportunity where my photography, design and intellect all coalesce into one cohesive, long-term project.

Helping out friends is just one of those things … Jenny and I do a good bit of that. It gives us something to do. And many times it is almost a mini-adventure … of sorts. Recently, I had the opportunity to photograph the interior of an apartment at One Fifth Ave. Its a before shot(s). The apartment is going to be completely renovated and featured in Domino Magazine. So, they needed before and after shots of the place.

Regardless, Jenny got a big kick out of the simple fact that sometimes you just need a slightly wider shot than the lens will allow. Even if that means cramming yourself into a closet! While I was in the closet trying to get that slightly wider shot, Jen was cracking up and took the following pick with her phone. Nice! Right?!!?

Please take note of the tile! This entire place was covered in tile. You know … The 80s had some pretty bad fads!

I was digging through some archived photos and came across of few shots from Central Park earlier in the summer. Prepping for the Resolute photoshoot in Cambridge, I was in the park playing with a new lens (80-400/4.5). Simply sitting. One park bench. One place. Not even one hour. I didn’t realize it at the time, but some of those shots, fleeting moments of passers-by, turned out quite well.

Below are some examples:

I’ve had a passion for typography for years. In design school, I was introduced the concept of typography. It was new then and it is new today. Type is full of so many nuances and sensitivities, it never ceases to amaze me. Over the past year or two an idea has been marinating in my mind. It revolves around typography. Found typography. It is a very loose idea that continues to rattle around in my head. Thankfully, it has yet to rattle loose.

As part of my research and development, I am trying to “acquire” as much found typography as possible. The easiest method for me is photographic. Below are some examples of found typography that exists in the Lower East Site of Manhattan. More will come in the future. More neighborhoods. More stories. More discoveries. And more typography.