Three images from my White series have been featured on Medium Magazine’s website. Medium Magazine is a Quarterly Portfolio of Photography, Illustration, Art, Design, Writing, Music, Film and Live Events. When you have a moment check it out.
You can find out more about Medium on MySpace and Facebook.
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As part of the many new features we plan to introduce to our business in 2010, we’ve added the ability to link images to your social networking sites. To link an image, simply select a full-size image (see the attached example) and click “share.” There are over 230 site sharing options to choose from – including Facebook, Twitter, WordPress and more.
You can browse all of our fine art photographs available for social networking (and purchase) at the aretaic homepage and archive.
The first featured triptych for 2010 has been put together. I’ve selected three nude figure studies that I especially like and think work well together. My personal favourite is “Broken” which has a great effect that uses light and a post-production filter to highlight the models vein structure. In many ways it [the effect] reminds me of marble. Enjoy!
We received a small (very small) write-up on the artshow website. We also have links posted throughout their website. You can see us at:
Photography: http://www.artshow.com/photo.html
Portraits & Figures: http://www.artshow.com/portraits.html
Landscapes: http://www.artshow.com/landscapes.html
Still Lifes: http://www.artshow.com/stilllifes.html
Architecture: http://www.artshow.com/architectural-art.html
There will be a write-up of my work in their January newsletter. Keep you posted 
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Recently I was in Florida. While I wasn’t eating and drinking too much (or being dragged to the local Hooters by my under-sexed friends) I did some research on how different the photography business was there compared to where I operate out of. Compared to New York, I would not describe Jacksonville as a photography hot-spot. Nevertheless, I just had to find at least one photography store – preferably used. That’s where you find the cool stuff and, let’s be honest, all of us hope to be the one to find an Ansel Adams negative in a pile of old negatives. Well, I didn’t find the priceless negative but I did find Bruce Bousquet of JaxCamera.
I called Bruce inquiring about a used medium format camera he had listed. He gave me the details on the phone and a price. Bruce conducts many of his sales at various venues in Florida and, unfortunately, I was leaving before his next exhibit. This is the part that really gives Bruce a thumbs-up in my book – he invited me to his home to look at the camera. I drove over and both the camera (Mamiya RZ67 Pro II) and the price (which I will keep to myself – but trust me, it was a good deal) were fantastic and exactly, if not better, than Bruce described. I bought the camera and just developed my first roll of film – could not ask for anything better. Well, I suppose he could have thrown in a free digital back for the Mamiya to sweeten the deal
Long story short, if you are looking for a reputable person to conduct business with and are in the market for used camera gear, contact Bruce. Based on this transaction, I would have zero problem working with him over email and phone and buy something from him site unseen. Maybe, just maybe, he’ll cut me a deal on that digital back. One can only hope…
You may contact Bruce of JaxCamera at telephone 904-607-1873 or via his website at http://www.jaxcamera.com
The final featured triptych for 2009 features a selection of images from the White project. A casting call remains for models interested in the project. To date, interest and turn-out has been great and we’d love to have more fresh faces to work with.
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I have about 10 images of various plants and a few trees that I need assistance with. I’m in the process of naming these images and would like the name to reflect what the subject is – in this case plants. If you can help me do this, and not just give me random names that you made up, I’d really appreciate it. In fact, if you can actually do this I’ll let you select one print that you assisted with, have it professionally printed and sent to you. If you’re up for it, send me an email and I will direct you to the images – which are in black and white but clearly identifiable.
Thanks all!
Len
If you’re an Aperture user syncing images to your iPhone is a routine thing – especially if you want to carry around a mini-portfolio of your work. I noticed that, on occasion, if I made a change to an image, the new image would not sync properly to my phone (the old image would remain on the iPhone). I did some research, found an idea, tested it and it works. To fix the issue:
This has worked for me and I run Aperture 2.1.4, iPhone 3.1.2, and iTunes 9.0.2. I found this issue on an old Apple support forum post from 2002 and thought I’d share with updated version info.
I’ve posted a casting call on the Model Mayhem account. You can view it here: http://www.modelmayhem.com/casting.php?ccid=595274
If you have any questions, shoot me an email to aretaic@aretaic.com or contact me through www.aretaic.com or Model Mayhem.
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Len
On Thursday, November 12 at 5 PM Darius Himes will lecture on the landscape of photobook publishing at 1219 Blagdens Alley NW, Washington DC. The lecture is being coordinated by Larissa Leclair and you can read more about it here.
I recently met Larissa (albeit briefly) as part of my volunteer work for FotoWeek DC. She assembled a fantastic display of contemporary photobooks at Central 4 which I encourage you to check out.
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