I had the pleasure of photographing Miss Savannah’s bat mitzvah a few months ago, and I got this lovely note from her mom. I am embarrassed sometimes at this kind of compliment, but nevertheless I’d like to share it with you.
One of the best decisions we made was hiring Steve Maller to photograph our daughter’s bat mitzvah. His unique photojournalism style captured the many powerful emotions and special moments of our day.
During our evening celebration, Steve created a slideshow in which he kept adding new photographs throughout the night. Many guests commented how special it was to see real time the journey we all traveled together on that day from the first prayer to the last dance. He brought us all together through the moments we shared.
Mazel tov to Jordan and her wonderful family. I am so grateful to have been a part of Jake and Jordan’s bar and bat mitzvahs. They are simply wonderful people.
You probably know that I am a technophile. And you know that my tools are of utmost importance to me. So it should come as no surprise that I have acquired the new Canon 1D Mark IV camera. So far I am thrilled at the new capabilities it gives me. Ill be posting updates as it works its way more prominently into my workflow.
I had the honor once again of being hired by Facebook to be the official photographer for Facebook f8 2010. This is a gathering to promote Facebook’s platform, their tools and their business to partners from all over the world. I am grateful for the many years of partnership with Facebook, and it has been an extraordinary thrill to watch this rocket blast ever skyward.
My photographs are posted on the f8 website for all the world (or at least the 1/2 billion or so of you who are on Facebook) to see. Check them out at facebook.com/f8. And see you online!
I need to upgrade my laptop because it’s grown a little long in the tooth for my current needs.
I spend most of my time editing photographs using Aperture 3.0, and with the new 64-bit OS and my ever-growing photo collection, I am taxing the limits of my old Macbook Pro. It’s a 2.33 Ghz model max’d out with 3GB of RAM, 256MB of VRAM and a 7200 RPM 500GB hard drive. But I really need more RAM, and the extra screen real estate and faster processor is going to be a welcome change. But there was a glitch…
I have an ExpressCard34 slot in my old Mac, but sadly the new 15″ models have removed it in favor of an [...] Continue Reading…
10 years in the making, 30 minutes to set up, 2 minutes to shoot and 15 minutes in post-production. That is a Steve Maller headshot.
And here is the 2 minutes part in the middle, where I am called to a client’s office, given a random conference room, a list of names, and a check when it’s over.
I am working several jobs in a row over these few weeks in early March so please excuse any tardiness in responding to your phone calls, cards and letters (and fruit baskets!).
I jumped onto the Aperture 3 upgrade bandwagon as soon as it was announced because I was anxious to take advantage of some of the long-awaited new features. But one that I didn’t expect was the ability to do “local adjustments” using brushes in Aperture’s characteristic non-destructive way.
It didn’t take long for me to grok the brushes thing. It’s incredibly cool, although there are some performance issues with them right now. But that could also be the result of me skipping a few hardware upgrade cycles. I’m still laboring away on the first Core 2 Duo Macbook Pro.
Here is a photograph that I took of Walter (my dog) on the beach a few weeks ago. I love this photo, [...] Continue Reading…
My dear friends Gary and Liz got engaged last night in the old fashioned way, with a modern, rock ‘n roll twist. See below for the technical nitty gritty!
Here are some technical details on what I had to do. I originally planned to film this with two cameras from the sound booth. I was going to use a Canon HG10 HD camcorder for a wide shot, and use my 5D Mark II with my 70-200/2.8 for a closeup (it’s a small club). But when I got there, I faced a couple of complications. First of all, the club was so dark that my HG10 (which is pretty decent WRT sensitivity) could barely register a picture. Focus [...] Continue Reading…
