On A PhotoShoot With A legend

Hey gang, I couldn't wait to post this blog today. For a photographer that is just getting started compared to the legend I was with today. You can say I know nothing about this photography stuff after seeing this guy work in person wow dude legend!

Yes! A legend and still one of the most respected fashion photographers today. his name is Bruce Weber (born March 29, 1946 in Greensburg, Pennsylvania) He is an American fashion Photographer He is most widely known for his ad campaigns for Calvin Klein, Abercrombie & Fitch, Ralph Lauren, and Gianni Versace, as well as his work with big fashion magazines like Vogue, GQ, <-----I subscribe to that one Vanity Fair, Elle, Life, and Rolling Stone just to mention a few. I had the Pleasure of following Him and his crew around New York City while he was shooting a new ad campaign.

Smooth Like Butter

the man is smooth, makes it look so easy. All the great ones do, Michael Jordan shooting the game wining shot for the bulls in Game 6 of the 1998 NBA finals against the Utah Jazz with 5.2 seconds left to win their 6th NBA title. Michael Phelps winning 8 medals in the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics, I guess with hard work practice anyone can be really good at something but to be great and have it come to you more naturally you have to have it in you. Like Jordan, Ali, and Michael Phelps they were born to do what they do so well. Of course they workout, practice hard as well, I believe everyone else has to work that much harder. that doesn't mean you can’t be great at what you do, what I believe is for some people it comes easier and the rest of us........well.... we have to keep working a Little bit longer and harder at it.

The Natural

Bruce Weber was born a photographer; you can just see it, watching him roll the film back taking aim, instructing the model, Yes ! Michael Jordan of photography.

Being there in person, and watching him in his zone was great, he was a gentlemen the whole shoot and so polite with his staff, models and yeah even me! He also surrounds himself with the best. The way his staff works is something to watch, the speed the accuracy of the lens change to cleaning of the lenses to handing Mr. Weber his cameras is unreal. I was frozen with my mouth open and jaw on the ground in awe, it looked like a pit crew at a NASCAR race. It was definitely an eye-opener into professional photography.

If you’re serious about being a fashion photographer(Bruce Weber)sports photographer(PeterReed Miller) landscape photographer, (Moose Peterson) or whatever you like to photograph. You should find a professional photographer in that category and follow them read books by them blogs by them, intern for them. Whatever it takes, just like a young baseball player in high school watches and studies his favorite team and player, this will help you tremendously.

Remember one thing! Never quit something you love keep working on it and it will pay off.
Till next time.

The Mayor And I

OK there it is the Mayor and I...pretty cool huh. well that is what I thought at first but the best thing about this picture is meeting the Mayor Him Self Michael Bloomberg of New York City!
He was so down to earth and so straight forward with me, we talked about business, politics and family, I thought that was great and very surprising. Look I did not think the Mayor was going to have his security beat me up for trying to talk to him or anything like that.
However, I did not think he would be so open and one on one with me, with around 130 other people in the room at this function it felt like it was just Him and I nobody else.
I guess this is why he will be Mayor of New York City again... He gets it! i know i know ... that sound like his slogan sorry but i feel this is why he is who he is (clears throat ....here it comes ...gulp) a billionaire! He is a businessperson after all. Mr Bloomberg knows how to get peoples attention and get them to do what he wants. 4 more years 4 more years!! lol had to do it.
Well that's all folks just thought i would share this picture and a little of what went on behind this photo. next week i will be posting some shooting ideas and we can get back to the art of photography see ya soon.

Rain, Rain Go Away!

Since I'm just learning this blogging thing, you'll notice that the following post was first posted as a comment to Steve's post. We learn from our mistakes, and now I've learned that posting is different from commenting. Just bear with me everyone.

Thinking it couldn't possibly rain again, I left my windows open last night before going to sleep. I slept great (with it raining and all) but had to dry the mini puddles in my bedroom and living room when I awoke. I've missed a lot of shooting days this month because of the rain. The rain this June has been unlike any that I can remember. Last year in early June we had a four day heatwave with temps in the upper 90's (with one day hitting 100) and people losing power in some neighborhoods. The high temp for this June has been 82 degrees. There are great shots to be had in the rain so instead of hoping that it stops raining, today I'll head over to B&H and buy the Ewa-Marine C-35 Economy Photo Rain Cape for my D90. It only $20 and has gotten good reviews. (I just hope they still have it in stock as it must be selling like hot cakes)

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The problem with any rain cover however is that you still need to leave the front of the lens exposed but I can deal with that.

Anyway, this is my first post (the second on this blog, Stevie beat me to that one). These posts will become more cheerful as the weather improves.

BTW, here's an excerpt from yesterday's NY Times:

Where were you on Sunday, June 7, at 2:08 p.m.?

Well, if you were not outside, you probably failed to take note of “The Minute It Actually Felt Like June.”

It reached 82 degrees in Central Park at that moment on that day, well below the record high of 96 degrees for any day in the month, but warm enough to qualify as the highest temperature recorded this month, meteorologists said.

As the official start of summer beckons on Sunday, the stretch of Seattle-like weather has been a dampening experience for people who live in New York, as well as for businesses that depend on more seasonable weather.

Full Article: HERE

The Beginning

So this is our first blog site weeee heeee!!! ok sorry a little excited.
My name is Steve Feratovic and my friend George Bodziony (were not gay we are both happily married to two beautiful women) we are the creators of this blog.

We will be sharing some ideas, tips, advice, and some of our own personal experiences in photography and everyday life in the BIG Apple. So keep checking back for some great blogging and we hope you will enjoy it, as we will.