Johnny Haritos is a Frenchtown based artist, best know for his drawings of rock stars that are signed by the rockers. Johnny with an eye for light, color and shape also produces pleasing and interesting photographs.
I photographed him on B&W film at his recent show at Freedom Art & Music. I really enjoyed seeing his work.
Freedom Art & Music is like a lot of local galleries, offering a venue for local artists and serving as a draw for visitors looking for original art at affordable prices. I try and make it to as many openings as I can. I like supporting local galleries. Just being there matters. Our local galleries are our culture.…
Food, food, food, from soup to pie
Archie Fagan, here with Sue Lang Saponara from Flemington Shop Rite, along with the rest of the Shop Rite crew were a big part of this year’s Hunterdon County Business & Home Expo & Restaurant Showcase. There were plenty of vendors and businesses to explore all day and topped off with delicious dishes and desserts from participating restaurants.
More photos on Facebook at Brokaw Photography…
While shooting some food photos for a local restaurant I was asked if I could get a headshot of the chef. (Of course I could!)
From the moment I stepped into the kitchen I could tell who was in charge of it. She owned it.
No arrogance, no belligerence, just warm, friendly, supreme confidence. …
Robert DeBarth has been repairing and rebuilding typewriters for over 70 years. Now you might think that business would be slow, but Robert has plenty of work. His skills are actually in high demand. People still love typewriters.
If you’ve ever tried to fix one you know that they are like watches with hundreds of integrated parts. It takes a specialist and there are not too many typewriter factory repair centers anymore (probably none), so Robert is at a premium.
I did a Google virtual tour of Robert’s shop, in Lansdale, Pa and couldn’t resist asking if I could do a few portraits. Robert was fun to photograph and a pleasure to talk to. He has done this work his whole adult life and at 90, he has no plans to quit anytime soon.
In his words, “It’s what I do.”
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Sometimes. Yes?
They say “work is work” and it is, of course, but if it brings us satisfaction then it’s more than work, it’s living life well.
I’ve always loved my jobs, my work (except for that time in college I delivered telephone books…) and most of the time it was satisfying.
That’s especially true at the end of a productive day.
Boredom, fatigue and stress love to nudge their way in from time to time, but that’s normal. So what else is new?
So chances are your work makes you happy, at least sometimes. (Try not to think about the other times!)…
I photographed artist, Todd Stone as part of a photo project about the Artists of the Gallows Run. We talked about journals.
Todd is a well known New York artist, www.toddstone.com. Todd witnessed, first hand, the destruction of the Twin Towers and rendered it in paintings. Over the past 16 years he has been witnessing and painting the resurrection.
Todd journals. It settles his mind and evokes new thoughts and ideas.
Journalling is right up there with mindful meditation as a practice to improve your life. It’s not just for artists.
Marketing is all about engaging the viewer. The vast majority of what we encounter on line is simply viewed, read or heard. We read posts, look at photos, watch videos and listen to recordings.
But there are always applications emerging that can engage us by allowing us to interact with what we see. We do more than just look or listen, we take action by zooming and panning and clicking. This engages our motor functions and stimulates our brains.
One of my favorite applications is Google Earth which lets me fly around the globe, zoom in on areas and check out photos. Naturally, I want to put my own content out there so I launched a project called Frenchtown 150 to commemorate Frenchtown NJ’s 150th anniversary.
My vision was to generate 150 photos of 150 locations in the borough and put them on Google Earth where viewers could pan and zoom around to explore both visually and spatially. I recruited a small group of about 20 other talented photographers from my Meetup Group (Frenchtown Photography Meetup ) and assigned them locations to shoot and instructed them on how to post-process and georeference their images. Below is a GIS generated map of the locations for the photographers.
Upon receive the image files I utilized a tool written by programmer, Timothy Whitehead, who works for Red Wing Aerobatx and lives in Cape Town, South Africa. Timothy’s tool allowed me to batch create a KML file with the georeferenced images with I then modified to enable hyperlinking to the image files on my website. Upon launching the KML file, the photo locations and image files become visible on Google Earth.
Each camera icon below represents a photo which can be viewed upon zooming in or by clicking on the menu of locations to the left of the aerial photo.…
Each year creatively created scarecrows suddenly appear in Frenchtown.
Every night they wander the streets and change places before dawn.
Hundreds of people have investigated this strange manifestation but no one yet has been able to explain it. We all …. we all know there is no explanation
With the help of my trusty Scarecrow Wrangler we captured them briefly for a quick portrait before they animated and began wandering.
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Trees Water Stone is a collaborative art event celebrating Solstice in Frenchtown. The intent is to bring artists and photographers together to display and sell their work and enjoy themselves.
Brokaw Photography Studio, Freedom Art and Music Gallery and Joe Ressarts Strasser Art are hosting works by artists and photographers that have a Solstice theme. The event will happen Saturday and Sunday, December 2nd and 3rd with an artists/photographers reception Saturday evening. All three sites are within short walking distance of each other in Frenchtown. Brokaw Photography will host black and white photos depicting the Trees Water Stone theme. Freedom Art and Music Gallery and Joe Ressarts Strasser art will host artwork. There will also be a
Solstice bonfire roaring at Joe’s!
Aerial View of Frenchtown
(click here for interactive Google Map)
Photographers are invited to submit their work to Brokaw Photography for consideration as part of the event. There are no fees or commissions and all work can be available for sale by the photographers.
Here are the criteria for photography:
All photographs must be in black and white
The photos should celebrate the Earth
Photos of Trees, Water and Stone are encouraged
Unframed, matted or flush mounted photos are preferred over framed pieces
Photographers will hang their work during the week before the show using 3M Command strips
(No hooks or nails)
Photos should be submitted for consideration via email before November 20th
Bill@BrokawPhoto.com
Photos will be juried for inclusion in the show
This is all for love of photography, the Earth and the fun of being part of a collective art event.
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The world is full of color. But sometimes we may want to look at it in black and white. Does it work?
The perennial favorite for color watching is fall foliage. It doesn’t last long. A couple of weeks. I wondered if I could create a black and white image of foliage with snap and interest. It didn’t work. Black and white leaves? (Am I nuts?)
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