Ive shot a TON of new work over the last few weeks.

much of it can be seen at stephengelb.com

heres a sample



new black and white portfolio



this month I also had 7 images published (albeit small) in Powder magazine

stoked!

looking forward to winter

lazy blogger

wow. I love shooting pictures.. but I guess my style isnt focused enough.. this is the constant crit I get.. so I will have to choose, do I show:

digital sharpness






or graflex film images (which I love taking and making)





yesterday I went out shooting in the city.. I ended up shooting some folks and a sweet panorama as well as a nice portrait on the roof of the met museum after seeing the robert frank show.. it was somewhat inspiring. some of the images I really loved. as usual, I disliked all the art babble the curators had put with the images.. about his "juxtapositions" and "style of pointing the viewer from one image to the next with subtle cues" cmon really? somtimes the art world just drives me up the wall. however the exhibit was great... really great. there was one image of bankers on a small street on bishopsgate which was especially amazing.. I enjoyed this image more than anything in the americans series. i took some shots of his work.. as a reference for inspiration and composition.

couple of fun street images from just walking around the elves were out of control yesterday:

Some New Portraits

I have been in NYC for 2 months and no assignments. I have spent some time and some dough working on my book and the portraiture section in particular.

below are some recent (like 2 weeks) highlights


I love taking pictures.. I just wish there could be more budget and some new subjects..

Wow I do love polaroid.

I ran across this amazing video on amy steins blog..

even gives loading instructions!

Park Shooting

Couple lookie loos from the other day in the park. These were both taken using the magic cooke series XII probably the coolest lens ever made. incredibly sharp stopped down, magic wide open!

Salt Flats, southern california timing association

so I went out to the salt flats on friday to do some shooting at the end of speed week.

people were incredibly friendly and it was really cool to see all those cars and speed cycles. a friend told me he did 401mph out there.. thats pretty incredible.. most cars burn alcohol mix. the salt always provides a fantastic enviornment for shooting.

my camera.

this is a beautiful graflex 3x4 super D and really an absolute joy to shoot with.

it has a 1930s cooke f/2.9 lens and a modern graflock back allowing me to shoot 4x5 sheet film or 6x9 on 120.

this is a great camera for so many reasons. mostly because it allows me the larger 4x5 format with the ease of the handheld SLR and also the use of the beautiful cooke lens.