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LOVE HORSES

Monday, October 31, 2011

As you can see, animals have been central to my past few posts—from a teen’s beloved cat, to a family’s loved dog, and now here are a few photographs to celebrate horses.

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Dogs, Cats, Horses, Oh My!

Thursday, October 27, 2011

By “Oh My!”, I mean that our love for the animals we care for, our pets, gives us much in return. We can acknowledge this love with a pendant that we wear or sit on our steps with our beloved dog for the family portrait.

I created this double portrait.

Family Portrait

Family Portrait in black & white

Next post will be about horses!

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Her 12th Summer

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Her 12th summer included Hurricane Irene which split the tree that almost crushed her mother’s car and worse, put her beloved cat in danger. With the wind howling, her cat went outside. She went from swimming and enjoying the ocean’s waves before the storm to rushing away from the powerful waves after. Finding her place within her interior of thoughts and emotions and again within the larger world around her.

At Twelve 1

Girls enjoying the ocean

Her Cat

The tree ripped and fell.

Standing in a tidal pool after the hurricane.

Her Beloved Cat

Fast Rough Ocean

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Photo Tip #3: WHAT?!! No JPEG?

Thursday, October 13, 2011

In the last post Caroline Green of IvanExpert discussed the importance of backing up your digital photos and how to do this.

Here is the next important issue to consider for your digital photographic memories: TECHNOLOGY CHANGES. This is what Caroline has to say.

“The other issue when thinking about storing your photos is that technology is always changing, and older technology becomes obsolete. There is no guarantee that the JPEG format (or whatever file format you store your photos in) is still going to be in use 5 years, 10 years, 50 years from now.

The only solution to this problem is to review your digital photo collection every few years, and actively consider whether you need to update the files to some new format or some new storage system. Usually old formats take awhile to die out. There are often specialty companies that can do the updating for you, if you have many photos or need technical assistance.”

Caroline Green is the Director of Business Development at IvanExpert, offering on-site Mac computer support for small businesses and home users in the NYC area. You can reach her at caroline@ivanexpert.com

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Preserving Your Digital Photos

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Preserving our photographs, whether prints or digital, is really important. Here are our memories. Caroline Green at IvanExpert continues here with her advice.

“We advise all our clients to set up multiple backup systems for their computers. They do not have to be expensive, but it’s crucial that at least one of them be completely automatic, so you don’t need to remember to do it.

The first type of backup to set up is something local–meaning it’s located right next to your computer. So that if your computer or the hard drive inside it dies, you have quick access to all your photos. Generally this solution involves buying an external hard drive (which costs about $100-$200) attaching it to your computer, and using software to set up a daily backup. Apple’s Time Machine software comes free on every Mac and is a great way to set up hourly local backup.

The second type of backup should be offsite (also known as cloud backup). This backup is really important in case there’s a flood, or a fire, or a theft in your home. It’s also a safeguard in case your local backup doesn’t work for some reason. This should be automated too. We recommend CrashPlan for offsite backup; there’s a monthly fee for backup over the internet to CrashPlan’s storage facility. Two other well-known backup companies in this space are Mozy and Carbonite.

To be extra safe, I’d recommend yet a third backup of your photos. Buy another external hard drive, and copy all your photos onto it (and anything else digital that’s valuable to you). Then give this to a friend or family member you trust to store in a closet. Make a note in your calendar that every 6 months, you’ll get that drive back and update it with new photos, and then give it back again to your friend or family member. This way, even if your other 2 backups fail, you’ll have all your photos except the most recent ones.”

Caroline’s advice will continue in my next Photo Tip on preserving your digital photos.

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Will My Digital Photos Last?

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

I put this question to an expert. Caroline Green is the Director of Business Development at IvanExpert, which offers on-site Mac computer support for small businesses and home users in the NYC area. This is how she answered my questions.

“You just got married, and you have gorgeous professional photos of the ceremony, of you and your partner dancing in your fancy clothes, and of all your friends and family. Or you bought a great digital SLR camera a few years ago so you could document your kids’ lives as they grow older. or you just went on the most amazing trip of your life, to the Amazon rain forest, with your trusty point-and-shoot digital camera. How can you make sure these precious photos can be viewed and shared in 10 years? Or by your children and grandchildren?

When you think about preserving your photos, there are two main issues to consider. They are device failure and technology changes.

The first issue is storage device failure. Hard drives do die, and even CDs and DVDs degrade over time. So the only way to make sure you’ll still have your photos in 2 months, or 1 year, or 10, is to back them up multiple times in multiple locations.”

I will continue with Caroline’s advice about backup systems in my next post. Caroline can be reached at caroline@ivanexpert.com

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Photo Tip: How To Keep Up With Your Children

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

I find that one of the best ways to keep up with photographing your children is through being with them at places they love and with their favorite friends and animals. Children keep their loves as they grow. This is a wonderful way to document their lives.

Toddler at the Ocean

At Thirteen

Here are two more photos that show growing up.

At Six

At Thirteen

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Family Time

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Enjoying Time Together

Baby Talks To His Dad

Loving Parents

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Gestures of Love

Saturday, September 10, 2011

This post is a continuation of the one written two weeks ago. I finally had time to print 8X10s of my client and her two lovely daughters. These new silver gelatin prints are much lovelier than the proof prints. I like to interpret as I print. If you go back to the last post you will see the difference between the prints.

Lovingly Held

Playing

Fun to pull mom's hair

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A Gesture of Love

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

It started with a gesture. I was sitting with a client and her two little ones in a cafe. Her youngest popped up on her lap and she reached out and held her daughter’s head with her hands. I asked her if she was aware of her loving gesture. She said yes.

Such was the impetus for our photo session. I think the smallest gestures in our lives tell our stories. I will continue with this idea in a few future posts. Here are the proofs from our time together.

Set of Photos

Photos for Mailing

Mom with two children

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