Heading out to shoot with #Nikon70-200mm F/2.8 lens.A real killer of a lens.Exceeds my expectations as a #WEDDINGPHOTOGRAPHER love it! The level of sharpness and color saturation are second to none.As a #portraitphotographer I love the saturated color and acute sharpness.Amazing lens.
Saturday, April 27, 2013
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
My iMac
Today I had what can best be described as as a Minor-MAJOR freak out over my Apple 27 inch iMac. But the best part is what happened.I am a Photographer, I shoot weddings and Portraits. Photography and by default my Imac are intertwined like the dna in my marrow.So, as you can imagine,when my trusty Imac started to act up,I was very concerned.
So concerned that i powered her down,disconnected the cables and lugged her by bus then subway to the Apple superstore that is Apple's 5th ave store.Its open 24 7 and 365 days a year. I walked in and almost right a way a young Apple genius bar man came over, took the machine and walked me up to the Genius Bar and in less than 5 minutes had a tech start to ascertain what was wrong(!) with her.after a full set of diagnostic test on every conceivable part of her,she was given an absolute clean bill of health.
Then it got amazing.The tech then proceeded to polish her up, clean her up and make all shiny and bright! After a few more minutes he attached some screws on the underside of the imac that cover the memory slot.He then carried the machine up the stairs to fifth ave and proceeded to hail me down a cab and gently place her in the back seat for her gentle ride home.
She is working perfect again.Total cost to me....NOTHING!!!
My admiration and feelings of being treated like a very valued Apple customer 10,000%
This is why Apple is the best company making things in the world.They get it.They treat us as we want to be treated.Can you imagine Dell or IBM or Acer or any other company for that matter go to that much trouble for a customer?
I highly doubt it.They have my business for life. I take great photographs when given the opportunity,and one of the key things I value is knowing my images are safe, and secure and that I can work and create outstanding images that wow people. Thank you Steve Jobs and thank you Apple for getting it!
Sunday, April 21, 2013
Some images I have taken over last 12 months.
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Tuesday, March 12, 2013
This truly inspired me as a Photographer and as an Artist
This is a speech that has to be one of THE most inspiring I have ever seen as a Artist and as a Photographer.
Enjoy.
Steve Jobs' 2005 Stanford Commencement Address - YouTube
Enjoy.
Steve Jobs' 2005 Stanford Commencement Address - YouTube
Sunday, February 3, 2013
Freezer of Film!
I recently picked up some film and so i have been adding to my collection of films and storing them in my Freezer so that they last for years. I still shoot with film sometimes, it provides a look that digital just cant get and an organic feel that cannot be duplicated in digital.
I just love the feel of the rolls of film,I shoot 35mm as well as 120 and even some 4x5 film,mostly Fuji Acros. I shoot the 120 film in a Mamiya 7 camera and a 65mm lens,super cool setup!
When shooting weddings i like to offer the chance to also cover the brides wedding with Film too,and sometimes they go for it.
When I got into Photography, back in mid 1970's Film was all there was. Kodachrome was king. I also shot and developed black and white film in the darkroom,way cool!
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I just love the feel of the rolls of film,I shoot 35mm as well as 120 and even some 4x5 film,mostly Fuji Acros. I shoot the 120 film in a Mamiya 7 camera and a 65mm lens,super cool setup!
When shooting weddings i like to offer the chance to also cover the brides wedding with Film too,and sometimes they go for it.
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Monday, January 28, 2013
Fuji X-Pro 1
About a month or so ago I upgraded some of my equipment and sold a Nikon D2x camera and bought a Fuji X-Pro 1 body and Fuji XF 35mm f/1.4 lens. These are new cameras and lens that Fuji came out with about a year ago.They are styled along the way a leica rangefinder is.They are black aluminum alloy body with very high build quality. The camera is black and weighs about 12 ounces, and feels very light when you wear it.You hardly notice the camera at all,compared to say my Nikon D2x body and lens.
That is a very interesting thing because it blends into you and you become less aware your carrying a camera. The camera uses a unique sensor that does not use a Bayer array that most other camera manufactures use,so the sensor has a organic random pattern to its sensors.The image quality is stunning. as good as i have seen.
The software to use the Fuji raw files is a bit more complex but there are ways and the files are deep and solid and have great extended range and great colors.
The camera has about 6 lens available that Fuji makes but also, and this is BIG,it has an adaptor that you can use that support LEICA legacy glass,all M mount lens work, though not in AF mode.
Additionally in a few months ZEISS is coming out with 3-5 Auto Foucus ZEISS lens for the Fuji XF mount,and that will be a game changer as it will give LEICA a run for their money with superb IQ and substantially lower prices for a body and lens.
If you can shoot with a lighter camera with superb IQ and it cost 2.3 less why not!
I expect that Leica will feel some pain as this rolls out.
I will definitely be photographing some weddings with this great Fuji X-Pro 1 camera this spring.
That is a very interesting thing because it blends into you and you become less aware your carrying a camera. The camera uses a unique sensor that does not use a Bayer array that most other camera manufactures use,so the sensor has a organic random pattern to its sensors.The image quality is stunning. as good as i have seen.
The software to use the Fuji raw files is a bit more complex but there are ways and the files are deep and solid and have great extended range and great colors.
The camera has about 6 lens available that Fuji makes but also, and this is BIG,it has an adaptor that you can use that support LEICA legacy glass,all M mount lens work, though not in AF mode.
Additionally in a few months ZEISS is coming out with 3-5 Auto Foucus ZEISS lens for the Fuji XF mount,and that will be a game changer as it will give LEICA a run for their money with superb IQ and substantially lower prices for a body and lens.
If you can shoot with a lighter camera with superb IQ and it cost 2.3 less why not!
I expect that Leica will feel some pain as this rolls out.
I will definitely be photographing some weddings with this great Fuji X-Pro 1 camera this spring.
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Thursday, January 17, 2013
My Review of Fujifilm X-PRO1 Digital Camera Body, 16.3 Megapixels, APS-C X-Trans CMOS Sensor, 3.0" LCD Monitor, Hi-Speed USB 2.0
Originally submitted at Adorama
Fujifilm X-Pro1 Mirrorless Premium Interchangeable Lens Digital Camera. 16.3 MP APS-C X-Trans CMOS Sensor, FUJIFILM proprietary X-Mount, Full 1080p HD With Stereo, Black - NO LENS
Pro Level -with Leica Image quality!
By Photographica from New York City on 1/17/2013
Which of the following features do you use on your digital camera?: Low-light shooting, Image stabilization, Interchangeable lenses, Fast Auto focus, Manual focus, Continuous shooting
What do you do with your digital images?: Use in personal blogs, web sites, and social media sites, Sell – professional photographer, Print using a home printer
Picture Quality (e.g. clarity, sharpness, color): 8
Ease of Operation: 7
Shutter Speed/Lag Time: 7
Variety of features (e.g. zoom, image stabilization, low light): 7
Durability/reliability (e.g. damage resistance, battery life and sturdiness): 8
Overall Experience: 8
How likely are you to recommend your digital camera to your friends, family, co-workers, etc.: Definitely will
Pros: Good Image Quality, Good in Low Light, Good Image Stabilization, Fast/accurate auto-focus, Easy To Use
Best Uses: Weddings/Events, Family Photos, Landscape/Scenery, Wildlife photos, Indoors/Low Light
Describe Yourself: Pro Photographer
Was this a gift?: No
As a working Professional in NYC,I rely on my camera's to provide me with near perfect image quality, after all that is the bottom line. And I require that my cameras are easy to use, and built tough to take the day to day grind that working in NYC as a working photographer entails.
The bottom line is that The Fuji X-Pro 1 with the 35mm f/1.4 lens is simply stunning. The images are nothing short of superb,and easily compare with Top of the Line Canon L series glass and the Top of the line Nikon glass as well as Sony Zeiss glass.
The rangefinderesque look and feel of the camera and the very high build quality make it very easy to use and carry.Shaving off pounds to my gear.
One extra nice feature is that in spring of 2013 ZEISS is coming out with 3-5 AF lens specific to The Fuji X-Pro and they will be amazing.
The Fuji X-Pro-1 is in my opinion,a game changer camera, and bodes well for getting razor sharp images and great color from a smaller lighter camera.
Flower,shot with Fuji 35mm lens
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Monday, December 3, 2012
Crown Graphic Special
Getting my 4x5 Crown Graphic tuned up with great Schneider lens to photograph Brides on their Wedding day and achieve that elusive "old school" large format look. The glamour look from the 1940-1950's
It's very rewarding to slow down the process of capturing a stunning wedding image by using the tried and true tools of yore.
Saturday, December 1, 2012
Hurricane Sandy
Its coming on 33 days since the Hurricane Sandy blasted thru Red Hook Brooklyn ,and ruined and devastated our amazing neighborhood.My Studio sits atop a three story house and we had 12 feet of water in our basement and 6 feet of dirty seawater on the street covering cars and reeking havoc on our homes.
Its taken 32 days to get back our heat and hot water and electric! My Photo studio has been unable to be fully functioning till now. Its testimony to the immense power this storm had. It will take weeks and months and years to fully recover.
My photography has always sustained me and did thru out the storm.
In my Loft studio It was only till yesterday that I got hot water. And The immense Joy of a HOT shower was beyond compare,it was true bliss.
After taking an amazing photograph it may well be the second most wonderful feeling!
PEACE
Its taken 32 days to get back our heat and hot water and electric! My Photo studio has been unable to be fully functioning till now. Its testimony to the immense power this storm had. It will take weeks and months and years to fully recover.
My photography has always sustained me and did thru out the storm.
In my Loft studio It was only till yesterday that I got hot water. And The immense Joy of a HOT shower was beyond compare,it was true bliss.
After taking an amazing photograph it may well be the second most wonderful feeling!
PEACE
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
The Dino!
Today I had the pleasure of Photographing a Dinosaur.Yes,a Dino! I had been asked to photograph and catalog a local sculptural artist photograph his amazing metal near life size sculptures.and one happens to be a 10 foot tall metal dino,how cool is that.
Tony ,a local red hook Artist has been creating unique sculpture in his barn upstate for years and then brings them down to Red Hook where he shows them in his garden.
Today we photographed 12 of his works.
iItWas truly a blast to photograph that Dino!
Tony ,a local red hook Artist has been creating unique sculpture in his barn upstate for years and then brings them down to Red Hook where he shows them in his garden.
Today we photographed 12 of his works.
Sunday, October 7, 2012
Best Summer Wedding!
I recently had the great pleasure to photograph a wonderful young couple,Stacey and Tony on their Wedding at Long Beach on Long Island.The wedding service was being held on the beach and about 65 people attended. The air was that soft sweet Indian Summer air, and the light was simply wonderful.
The great thing about photographing a young fun couple on their wedding on a beach in late summer is every one wants to have fun and enjoy the last days of Summer.
It goes with out saying that a great time was had by all, and I was able to get tons of great photographs of Stacey and Tony.
The great thing about photographing a young fun couple on their wedding on a beach in late summer is every one wants to have fun and enjoy the last days of Summer.
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Monday, September 17, 2012
Total Revamp of my website
I have recently undertaken a total revamp of my website,www.scottwbaker.com
As a working photographer and wedding photographer,I find it very important to keep up when it comes to technology,and the recent changes in how websites are built required me to revamp my website to reflect the latest ways to create websites,including the use of HTML5 in the code.
The business of creating great images both for myself and for my wedding clients require a constant awareness of the latest technology be it lenses,camera or website technology.
It keeps coming......!
As a working photographer and wedding photographer,I find it very important to keep up when it comes to technology,and the recent changes in how websites are built required me to revamp my website to reflect the latest ways to create websites,including the use of HTML5 in the code.
The business of creating great images both for myself and for my wedding clients require a constant awareness of the latest technology be it lenses,camera or website technology.
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Thursday, August 30, 2012
Point and Shoots
Recently I was looking at a few of the many point and shoots that are out there,at B&H Photo in NYC. Now, I have been photographing since 1975 so I feel pretty sure that I know my way around a camera. I have shot with 8x10 Deardorff View Cameras and a lens with no shutter! to full frame Sony and Canon 5D Mark 11. So, when looking at these point and shoots I am looking with a careful eye. I am looking for at a minimum, a fast lens and shooting raw and a wide lens, ideally 24mm on the wide side.
In the past i really enjoyed the Leica D-Lux 4 with its F/2.0 lens and leica "pixie dust" coating, yes I know its a Panasonic at core but I got really wonderful images from it.
Rather limited range of 24mm-60mm but Great image quality, which in the end is what is most important.
So, with that in mind I look at these new Sony Nex-7 and Canon and Nikon point and shoots, well here is the thing.
They are truly nuts, they are so confusing in there user interface that it takes a MIT grad to understand how to change settings. It gets in the way of the process of shooting great original imagery. It makes you scratch your head in anger because i believe i am pretty smart and know my way around camera gear.
That The camera makers can't make a simple straight forward user interface that requires only a few (1-2) taps to engage the thing you want to do with the camera simply boggles the mind.
I also shoot film, and its truly amazing how straight forward that is to do, and get great images.
At the end of the day, a photographer lives and dies by his images and the quick intuitive fast use of a digital camera is imperative,and until the Canon-Nikon-Sony makes this happen, nothing but pure plastic crap and falling sales will result.
In the past i really enjoyed the Leica D-Lux 4 with its F/2.0 lens and leica "pixie dust" coating, yes I know its a Panasonic at core but I got really wonderful images from it.
Rather limited range of 24mm-60mm but Great image quality, which in the end is what is most important.
So, with that in mind I look at these new Sony Nex-7 and Canon and Nikon point and shoots, well here is the thing.
They are truly nuts, they are so confusing in there user interface that it takes a MIT grad to understand how to change settings. It gets in the way of the process of shooting great original imagery. It makes you scratch your head in anger because i believe i am pretty smart and know my way around camera gear.
That The camera makers can't make a simple straight forward user interface that requires only a few (1-2) taps to engage the thing you want to do with the camera simply boggles the mind.
I also shoot film, and its truly amazing how straight forward that is to do, and get great images.
At the end of the day, a photographer lives and dies by his images and the quick intuitive fast use of a digital camera is imperative,and until the Canon-Nikon-Sony makes this happen, nothing but pure plastic crap and falling sales will result.
Sunday, August 12, 2012
Recent Wedding and Engagement Photos
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| Rachel Mosler and Nick Cope 2012 |
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Wednesday, July 18, 2012
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Monday, July 9, 2012
Shooting FREE Wedding This Summer !
Yes, I am shooting Free Weddings This summer, so if your in need of a great Wedding Photographer, please get in touch with me soon.
www.scottwbaker.com
or 212-380-1032
PEACE!
www.scottwbaker.com
or 212-380-1032
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Adirondacks-North Creek Photo Trip
I have returned from a very cool and enjoyable trip up to North Creek in the Adirondack's.I spent about 4 days up there fishing and photographing with great success.i had the opportunity to use my Linhof 4x5 Technika Camera and shoot Polaroid Type 55 pos/neg film.Since its no longer made, photographing with it was really cool and produced cool never to be redone images. I shot also with my Canon 5D Mark ll and a 16-35mm L series lens.also some cool High Def video. Please enjoy the images and soon the videos.www.scottwbaker.com
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