My father was a New Yorker. I would every chance I could when ever I was in his city to capture images of the moments from the stories he would tell me about growing up in New York City. He passed away 10 years ago, I still love finding the echoes of hs memories.

I always make it a point, If you read the full description of any of my images, to always list the software and hardware used to produce an image.

Nikon Df camera,105mm f1.4 lens. Recorded to Lexarmedia Raw conversion done in Capture NX-D. converted to a 16bit Prohoto colorspace .TIFF. Further post processing Photoshop CC 2017, Nik collection by Google, oNonesoftware ver.10.5. Wacom Cintiq 27QHD, Benq SW2700 monitor (for approval color)

© Vincent Versace 2016

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DANCERS!!!

I love photographing dancers, especially Cuban Ballet Dancers. Ahora Pregunto y le Digo in natural light during practice for "the Nutcracker." This is from my latest trip to Cuba.

I shot this with the brand new Nikon Z50 50-250mm DX S lens. I decided to shoot all but one day exclusively with this camera in a real world situation, and nothing is more "real World" than doing street photography on the streets of Havana.

BW version.

Conversion done with Nik Collection by DxO using my multi SilverEfex Cord approach as outlined in my book "From Oz to Kansas"

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This is another one of the images from the 105mm f1.4 lens shoot. The camera was the fabulous Nikon D5.

To make sure we are all on the same page, there are always two aspects to every shoot. "The Shoot" itself and the post processing to final art. This image contains both aspects and is the outcome of the post processing this is a copy of that final file.

For "the shoot" aspect of this project no artificial light, no make-up on the subjects, no reflectors or diffusers. Just the lens. Just the camera. Just the light that was there. Just the subject. Suffice it to say I was the weakest link in the entire project.

This is Frank who is considered to be one of the world's greatest motorcycle Mechanics. If only he worked on vintage BMW's instead of just Harleys and vintage Indians....

The llight source was sunlight reflecting off of concrete and the garage door was half way up.

All I can say is thank God for Nikon's amazing focusing speed on the D5 as well as group focus feature! And thank God for 12 fps and a 200 shoot buffer when shooting RAW in frame waster mode. Talk about being taken by your subject to take a photograph. I truly just held on and was pulled through the camera!

When asked what is the best light W. Eugene Smith said "Why the best light is available light and by available light I mean any damn light that is available." Works for me

I have always held that the lens is the brush, the camera sensor is the canvas. I have also held the that the beauty of a lens is not in how well it handles focus but rather how well it handles from in focus to blur. I am by proclivity a zoom guy. For me to say what I am about to say means that one of these brushes will be staying home.This lens has a permanent place in my camera bag.

There is no image I cannot capture. There is no image in which my vision of the image and the beauty of moment that took me that is not enhanced by the beauty of the glass and lens design of the 105mm f1.4.

This has to be the sharpest lens I have ever used. It is also has the most beautiful Bokeh of any lens I have ever shot with as well.

So you want to know why I choose Nikon? Now you know.

Because of the D5/D500- I AM: A Super Hero. Because of the 105mm f1.4 I AM: A Super Hero with beautiful Bokeh..

NOTE: I do indeed use Photoshop. It's true. Have been since version 1. when it fit on a single floppy disc. Most inspired piece of software ever written. I was employee number 2 of Niksoftware (colorefex, SilverEfex) and employee number 6 of Altamira Group (the inventor of Genuine Fractals) so yes I do also use plug-ins. So if you are viewing an image on my personal pages, website and sundry feeds they are all post processed if I put them up.

To be very crystal clear ALL of my images that I post on my personal web feeds are post processed.

So that this non issue is no issue these are my "FINAL" versions on my PERSONAL sites. Because it is my personal page I do reserve the right to delete comments from internet trolls.

I always make it a point, If you read the full description of any of my images, to always list the software and hardware used to produce an image.

Nikon D5 camera, 105mm f1.4 lens. (this image is at f2.8 I was still getting the hage of the lens, I had not yet trainde my self that is indeed f 1.4) Recorded to Lexar XQD media Raw conversion done in Capture NX-D. converted to a 16bit Prohoto colorspace .TIFF. Further post processing Photoshop CC 2015.5, Nik collection by Google, oNonesoftware ver.10.5. Wacom Cintiq 27QHD, Benq SW2700 monitor (for approval color)

© Vincent Versace 2016

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this image is from day tthree of my Maine Media Workshop "From Oz to Kansas" Black and White workshop. This image was a drive by shooting. We stopped on the side of the road on our way back from lobs TA' club sandwiches because the sun decided to show off. This ismage was captured with a D800 modified to shoot infrared 105mm f1.4. Captured to a 128 Lexar 2933x XQD card.

Image was posr processed with Capture NXD, Photoshop CC 2017 Nik collection by Google onOnesoftware black and qwhite convesion done with my Oz to Kansas conversiuon technique.

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The 105mm MC S lens for the Nikon Z series is truly a "Jenny" lens. Whoa. This is for my friends Paul Van Allen and Joey Terrill. I call this Focus Shifted Dalia Dalliance Extension Tube Bokeh Ballet.

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CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA - Friday 30 December 2016, a young girl does dance split jumps as the sun sets over Bikini Beach in Gordons Bay, a town 60km from Cape Town central in the Western Cape Province. (Photo by Roger Sedres/ImageSA)

I shot this image on the day after my Oz to Kansas workshop at Maine Media Workshops. We were packing up and Estefany Vasquez was kind enough to sit for a few images. This image was captured with the "conversational Portait' approach that I taught at MMW. We will be doinfg a video on it this Thursday at my studio

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This is a 66 image focus shift capture from Jeff Mitchel's prototype Nikon Z7 full frame mirrioless camera using the FTZ adapter and a 105mm nano coated macro lens. (The FTZ "Adapter" would be better describe IMHO as a coupler. There to my observation no loss of functionality or quality from an F-mount mount camera to a Z mount camera when using it). The list of "cool" stuff that this camera can do is mind boggling. In addition to Focus Shift, you can preview the focus stack in camera and use it to determine how many files you actually need to shoot, instead of the pray and spray approach. I shot this as a jpeg because I do not have the updated software to read Z NEF files/. I also shot this in sRGB.

The focus stacked files were merged using Helicon Focus (the best software to do this sorta thing. Opened in Photoshop to resize the file.

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This is another one of the images from the 105mm f1.4 lens shoot. The camera was the fabulous Nikon D5.

To make sure we are all on the same page, there are always two aspects to every shoot. "The Shoot" itself and the post processing to final art. This image contains both aspects and is the outcome of the post processing this is a copy of that final file.

For "the shoot" aspect of this project no artificial light,* no make-up on the subjects, no reflectors or diffusers. Just the lens. Just the camera. Just the light that was there. Just the subject. Suffice it to say I was the weakest link in the entire project.

* POINT OF CLARIFICATION: So there is no misunderstanding, In this shot this is the light that was available, "available light" This is a random shot, nothing was added. i.e. the lights used by the bar in the restaurant is the illumination. So to be crystal clear I did not add the light, I shot the light that was there. To be specific I looked up saw the abstract took the picture, end of thought. The point of the exercise for me was to not use anything but the light of the environment I found myself in. I shot what was in front of me that took me.

This image is from the NYC leg of the shoot. I shot this whilst waiting to be seated in the bar at my favorite restaurant in NYC, Dovetail, at 77th and Columbus. I have always been into abstracts. The abilty to play tack sharp crystal clear (pun intended) focus against a creamyness of bokeh is something I fell in love with every time I clicked the shutter.

Talk about W. Eugene Smith being right when he said "Why the best light is available light and by available light I mean any damn light that is available." Works for me

I have always held that the lens is the brush, the camera sensor is the canvas. I have also held the that the beauty of a lens is not in how well it handles focus but rather how well it handles from in focus to blur. I am by proclivity a zoom guy. For me to say what I am about to say means that one of this brushes will be staying home.This lens has a permanent place in my camera bag.

There is no image I cannot capture. There is no image in which my vision of the image and the beauty of moment that took me that is not enhanced by the beauty of the glass and lens design of the 105mm f1.4.

This has to be the sharpest lens I have ever used. It is also has the most beautiful Bokeh of any lens I have ever shot with as well.

So you want to know why I choose Nikon? Now you know.

Because of the D5/D500- I AM: A Super Hero. Because of the 105mm f1.4 I AM: A Super Hero with beautiful Bokeh..

Nikon D5 camera, 105mm f1.f lens. Recorded to Lexar XQD media. NEF

The raw processed in Capture NX-D. Post processing Creative/corrective post processing was done in Photoshop CC 2015.5, Nik collection by Google, oNonesoftware ver.10.5. Wacom Cintiq 27QHD, Benq SW2700 monitor (for approval color)

© Vincent Versace 2016

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This is the "official" vinniev headshot of the Nebelung Fur Gremlin , Valentino J. Cat. The reason for the apparent stillness of a highly energized ball of fur that is either in motion or taking a nap in between inhaling food or pouncing on the other Nebelung Fur Gremlin , Gianni J. Cat who is In a similar state of lack of motion is they are suffering fro FGCFGME. (Fur Gemlin Chasing Fur Gremlin Momentary Exahustion.) this pause in the kitty time space continuum at best lasts about 3 seconds.

Shot with a Nikon D850, 70-200mm f4 @ f7200iso

Post processed with Capture NXD, Photoshop CC, Niksoftware OnOnesoftware.

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More from my way back in the day when there was some art and skill involved shooting headshots vs. today where it has evolved to something that is a cross between a passport photo, DMV and a yearbook picture rant.

This is the headshot of the actress Collette Vollette. This was from my second "Hollywood" headshot session. I was newly minted from USC and my uncle CJ had given me a camera and a lens as a graduation present and said " Stop bitching about waiting tables I tought you photography...go shoot actors"

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I shot this with a Nikon 6006s a Nikkor 70-210Dmm lens, a Westcott Sunlight reflector, and Iford HP5+ rated at 200iso. Scanned with an Epson V850 and Silverfast software.

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I shot this image whilst on assignment for American Photo Magazine to shoot and write an article about the opening up of Myanmar. I shot this image between 4;30am and 6:30am in Nyaung Chaungtha along the Irrawadddy river. This image was only used as a black and white, as I was sorting images to send off to the new agency I'v signed with (to do my favorite thing in the who world....keywording...) I came across the color image. D3 auto Iso and the 28-300mm lens.

This is another from the review process of my server and and trying get to all the files I have decided to work on during the first edit but have never gotten to. Usually the amount of time I have to do any post on a gig is the flight back home and maybe there days after I hit stateside before the next adventure takes me. I decided to take this summer to try and catch up on images I have always wanted to process.

Image was post processed with Capture NXD, Photoshop CC 2017, Nik collection by Google and onOnesoftware.

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I shot this image with Nikon Df auto Iso and the 28-300mm lens. I shot this image in Santiago de Cuba. She was singing to no one other than herself. I love Cuba. I am heading there the 27th

This is another from the review process of my server and and trying get to all the files I have decided to work on during the first edit but have never gotten to. Usually the amount of time I have to do any post on a gig is the flight back home and maybe there days after I hit stateside before the next adventure takes me. I decided to take this summer to try and catch up on images I have always wanted to process.

Image was post processed with Capture NXD, Photoshop CC 2018 Nik collection by Google and onOnesoftware.

For consideration only, no reproduction without prior permission

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This is from my latest trip to Cuba. Walking the streets of Havana.

Z7, 70-200 f 4.5 Nikkor lens using the FTZ adaptor

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This is from my latest trip to Cuba. Walking the streets of Havana.

Z7, 70-200 f 4.5 Nikkor lens using the FTZ adaptor

#Nikon100 #nikonlove #lexar #kelbyone #photography#onOne @NikonUSA #Nikonz7 #cuba #mirrorless #PBPW #NikonNoFilter #niksoftware #nikonUSA #Epson #wacom #xritephoto #onone #fineartphotography #DxO #iamgenerationimage #iamnikon #B&H #PhotogenicbyBenQ #lexarMemory #nikonLOVE @lexarmemory elite photographer #lexarmemory #nikonnofilter — with Niamh Ebony O Reilly

This is another one of the images from the 105mm f1.4 lens shoot. The camera was the fabulous Nikon D5.

To make sure we are all on the same page, there are always two aspects to every shoot. "The Shoot" itself and the post processing to final art. This image contains both aspects and is the outcome of the post processing this is a copy of that final file.

For "the shoot" aspect of this project no artificial light, no make-up on the subjects, no reflectors or diffusers. Just the lens. Just the camera. Just the light that was there. Just the subject. Suffice it to say I was the weakest link in the entire project.

When I was asked to shoot the lens I was told I could only have it for 16 days. On my travel schedule during that time fram that meant 11 actual days of being able to shoot. Five of those days were travel days to get from here to there and back.

There is no image I cannot capture. There is no image in which my vision of the image and the beauty of moment that took me that is not inhaled by the beauty of the glass and lens design of the 105mm f1.4.

I have always held that the lens is the brush, the camera sensor is the canvas. I have also held the that the beauty of a lens is not in how well it handles focus but rather how well it handles from in focus to blur. I am by proclivity a zoom guy. For me to say what I am about to say means that one of this brushes will be staying home.This lens has a permeant place in my camera bag.

This has to be the sharpest lens I have ever used. It is also has the most beautiful Bokeh of any lens I have ever shot with as well.

So you want to know why I choose Nikon? Now you know.

Because of the D5- I AM: A Super Hero. Because of the 105mm f1.4 I AM: A Super Hero with beautiful Bokeh..

NOTE: I do indeed use Photoshop. It's true. Have been since version 1. Most inspired piece of software ever written. I was employee number 2 of Niksoftware (colorefex, SilverEfex) and employee number 6 of Altamira Group (the inventor of Genuine Fractals) so yes I do also use plug-ins. So if you are viewing an image on my personal pages, website and sundry feeds. They are all post processed if I put them up.

To be very crystal clear ALL of my images are post processed.

So that this non issue is no issue I have re-added my "FINAL" version. To MY personal sites. I think the issue really is you don't like my editing. OK. No offense but I do. I sign my name to everything I do. First and last.

I always make it a point, If you read the full description of any of my images, I always list the software and hardware.

Nikon D5 camera, 105mm f1.4lens. Recorded to Lexar XQD media Post processed in in Capture NX-D. (final image pictured here) Post processing Photoshop CC 2015.5, Nik collection by Google, oNonesoftware ver.10.5. Wacom Cintiq 27QHD, Benq SW2700 monitor (for approval color)

© Vincent Versace 2016

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I got home from work at sunset, luckily with my Sony RX100 VI in tow. I ran out to the water and snapped some quick pics, I ended up with some great longer exposure shots just by pinning the camera down on the dock with one hand and hitting the shutter with the other. I edited this one in Photoshop rather than my usual Lightroom, loved the control I had over each color.

This is from my most recent trip to Cuba shooting for my "Turning the Last Page: of 1962" book project. I am working on three books in this series Cuba, Burma and India. Like baseball, boxing and Ballet (that's coming up....) are a religion. The focus and dedication to tperfecting craft is truly a sight to see. To see it up close and through a camera is a rush right up there with flying in a fighter jet. Again as always it is an absolute joy to be shooing in Cuba and shooting in Cuba with the D850.

the imaging pathway is as follows: Lightroom Classic was used as the browser to make selects, then using the open directly plugin for Lightroom the selected file was sent to Nikon Capture NX-D for raw conversion saved as a 16bit tiff in the Prophoto Colorspace. File was then post processed in Photoshop 2018 and the Nik Collection by DxO was used in conjunction with Photoshop to image edit this image.

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I shot this image whilst on assignment for American Photo Magazine to shoot and write an article about the opening up of Myanmar.

There are over 500,000 buddha images in this temple. The first time I wain Myanmar I asked what the difference between a temple and a pagoda. It was told it's simple you can walk into a temple. If you walk into a pagoda you will hurt your nose.

D3x and the 28-300mm lens Endure tripod and BH3 ball head. This is another from the review process of my server and and trying get to all the files I have decided to work on during the first edit but have never gotten to. Usually the amount of time I have to do any post on a gig is the flight back home and maybe there days after I hit stateside before the next adventure takes me. I decided to take this summer to try and catch up on images I have always wanted to process.

Image was post processed with Capture NXD, Photoshop CC 2017, Nik collection by Google and onOnesoftware.

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Post card from Havana....This image was part of the "one Camera One Lens" assignment I did for Nikon. For six months the only camera I used was the D7200 and a 24-300mm Nikkor lens.

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There is a neighborhood in Havana called Casablanca, we stopped the cars and I got out and there she was...waiting for me..

I fly in love a 1000 times a day usually for about a 125th of a sec. I don't believe in long relationships or long exposures.

This is an image from my most recent trip to PBPW Cuba. The image you are seeing are part of a greater project, a book serries titled "Turning the Last Page." The title of the Cuba project is "Cuba: Turning the Last Page of 1962."

The camera was the fabulous Nikon D500. The lens was 18-300mmDX "street sweeper II" lens. To make sure we are all on the same page, there are always two aspects to every shoot. "The Shoot" itself and the post processing to final art. This image contains both aspects and is the outcome of the post processing this is a copy of that final file.

For "the shoot" aspect of this project no artificial light, no make-up on the subjects, no reflectors or diffusers all of the images are spontanious none of the subjects are posed. So what you are seeing is (from the shoot aspect) just the lens. Just the camera. Just the light that was there. Just the subject

My goal every time I shoot is to be the weakest link in the entire project.

When asked what is the best light W. Eugene Smith said "Why the best light is available light and by available light I mean any damn light that is available."..... This approach to lighting Works for me.

I have always held that the lens is the brush, the camera sensor is the canvas. I have also held the that the beauty of a lens is not in how well it handles focus but rather how well it handles from in focus to blur.

There is no image I cannot capture. There is no image in which my vision of the image and the beauty of moment that took me that is not enhanced by the beauty of the glass and lens design of the Nikon system.

So you want to know why I choose Nikon? Now you know.

Because of my Nikon camera- I AM: A Super Hero. Because of the Nikkor lenses I AM: A Super Hero with tack sharpnes at point of focus and beautiful Bokeh every place else in the image.

NOTE: I do indeed use Photoshop. It's true. Have been since version 1. when it fit on a single floppy disc. Most inspired piece of software ever written. I was employee number 2 of Niksoftware ( Colorefex, SilverEfex) and employee number 6 of Altamira Group (the inventor of Genuine Fractals) so yes I do also use plug-ins. So if you are viewing an image (unless otherwise noted) on my personal pages, website and sundry feeds they are all post processed if I put them up.

To be very crystal clear ALL of my images that I post on my personal web feeds are post processed.

So that this non issue is no issue these are my "FINAL" versions on my PERSONAL sites. Because it is my personal page I do reserve the right to delete comments from angry photographic charlatan internet trolls.

I always make it a point, If you read the full description of any of my images, to always list the software and hardware used to produce an image.

Nikon D5 camera,28-300mm lens. Recorded to Lexarmedia Raw conversion done in Capture NX-D. converted to a 16bit Prohoto colorspace .TIFF. Further post processing Photoshop CC 2017, Nik collection by Google, oNonesoftware ver.10.5. Wacom Cintiq 27QHD, Benq SW2700 monitor (for approval color)

© Vincent Versace 2016

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"Light gesture and color are the key components of any photograph. Light and color are obvious but it is gesture that is the most important. There is gesture in everything, the key is to find the gesture that is the most telling"

-Jay Maisel

This is an image of a moment where I was in a market and the subject took the picture. I believe you should always be taken by a photograph not take a photograph.

This is an image from my most recent trip to PBPW Cuba. The image you are seeing are part of a greater project, a book serries titled "Turning the Last Page." The title of the Cuba project is "Cuba: Turning the Last Page of 1962."

The camera was the fabulous Nikon D5. The lens was 105mm f1.4 To make sure we are all on the same page, there are always two aspects to every shoot. "The Shoot" itself and the post processing to final art. This image contains both aspects and is the outcome of the post processing this is a copy of that final file.

For "the shoot" aspect of this project no artificial light, no make-up on the subjects, no reflectors or diffusers all of the images are spontanious none of the subjects are posed. So what you are seeing is (from the shoot aspect) just the lens. Just the camera. Just the light that was there. Just the subject

My goal every time I shoot is to be the weakest linkn the entire project.

.

When asked what is the best light W. Eugene Smith said "Why the best light is available light and by available light I mean any damn light that is available."..... This approach to lighting Works for me.

I have always held that the lens is the brush, the camera sensor is the canvas. I have also held the that the beauty of a lens is not in how well it handles focus but rather how well it handles from in focus to blur.

There is no image I cannot capture. There is no image in which my vision of the image and the beauty of moment that took me that is not enhanced by the beauty of the glass and lens design of the Nikon system.

So you want to know why I choose Nikon? Now you know.

Because of my Nikon camera- I AM: A Super Hero. Because of the Nikkor lenses I AM: A Super Hero with tack sharpnes at point of focus and beautiful Bokeh every place else in the image.

NOTE: I do indeed use Photoshop. It's true. Have been since version 1. when it fit on a single floppy disc. Most inspired piece of software ever written. I was employee number 2 of Niksoftware ( Colorefex, SilverEfex) and employee number 6 of Altamira Group (the inventor of Genuine Fractals) so yes I do also use plug-ins. So if you are viewing an image (unless otherwise noted) on my personal pages, website and sundry feeds they are all post processed if I put them up.

To be very crystal clear ALL of my images that I post on my personal web feeds are post processed.

So that this non issue is no issue these are my "FINAL" versions on my PERSONAL sites. Because it is my personal page I do reserve the right to delete comments from angry photographic charlatan internet trolls.

I always make it a point, If you read the full description of any of my images, to always list the software and hardware used to produce an image.

Nikon D5 105mm f1.4 lens. Recorded to Lexarmedia Raw conversion done in Capture NX-D. converted to a 16bit Prohoto colorspace .TIFF. Further post processing Photoshop CC 2017, Nik collection by Google, oNonesoftware ver.10.5. Wacom Cintiq 27QHD, Benq SW320 4k ARGB monitor (for approval color)

© Vincent Versace 2016

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From my last trip to Cuba....

I love doing "Street walking" photography. Where I see the world at eye level and at the speed of life. It where I can truly experience being taken by the moment and letting them moment of being taken be the cause of clicking the shutter. I make it a point to go to places no one goes to. In every moment of sweeping the street and willing to being open to the gifts that happen at the speed of life you get the best moments. In absolute spontaneity you get absolutions truth. You can only be one way if you are being spontaneous and that's truthful. In those moments there are alway just the right number of notes in your visual symphony.

Shot with the Fabulous Z7 24-70mm S series lens. Raw processed in Capture NXD post processed in Photoshop CC with NiK collection software by DxO

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From my soooo.... I took my studio out for a test drive. who better to have as the first actual shoot than none other than Challen Cates! Shoot

Keep in mind that the fabrics for the the top ultra bounce system works! She is inside a Sunbounce cage and the reflector is a Sunbounce Pro (I use the sparkling sun reflector fabric). I have a two Lume cubes attached to two of their flash brackets. TYhias is in case I feel I need a tad more light than I have I can turn them on with my phone and dial in the brightness. I am using the Nikon D850 and the 105mm f1.4 for this shoot.

Post processing as follows: NX-D for raw conversion, photoshop CC and Nik Collection for final image editing.

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From my recent PBPW Cuba workshop. Some more Chromatic Grayscale.

The ballerina before our dance shoot.

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Post processed in Photoshop CC 2015. File raw processed in Capture NX-D. Niksofware and onOnesoftware. BW Conversion Oz to Kansas approach.

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From my most recent (hopefully not my last) trip to Cuba

I was just walking down the street and being taken by a one moment of another beings life, the subject of this image. I was shooting this when a little boy was playing hide and seek and zipped around the corner to see if he was being followed. (the subject of the previous image) He did not see me because he thought I was too busy seeing something else. He took me alrifgt. I slowed down to the peed of life and let him hide in my camera where he took the shot by taking me.

Three thoughts come to mind, things happen at the speed of life, An interesting plains is the moss tdificult thing to achieve. AND never take a picture. Let the moment, that will be the picture, take you.

Shot with the Amazing Nikon Z50 70-250mmDX Z mount Nikkor lens

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More from my way back in the day when there was some art and skill involved shooting headshots vs. today where it has evolved to something that is a cross between a passport photo, DMV and a yearbook picture rant.

This is the headshot of the actress Karen Mayo-Chandler.

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I shot this with a Nikon F5 a Nikkor 70-210Dmm lens, a Westcott Sunlight reflector, and Iford HP5+ rated at 200iso. Scanned with an Epson V850 and Silverfast software.

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DANCERS!!!

I love photographing dancers, especially Cuban Ballet Dancers. Ahora Pregunto y le Digo in natural light during practice for "the Nutcracker." This is from my latest trip to Cuba.

I shot this with the brand new Nikon Z50 50-250mm DX S lens. I decided to shoot all but one day exclusively with this camera in a real world situation, and nothing is more "real World" than doing street photography on the streets of Havana.

Color version

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I shot this image whilst on assignment for American Photo Magazine to shoot and write an article about the opening up of Myanmar. For me the pretty is in the blur. The main reason I shoot and have always shot Nikon is quality of the Nikkor lenses. Every lens has beautiful Bokeh. All lenses focus, that's what they do. But it is how a lens handles from in focus to blur that defines the greatness of a lens. This is at f5.6 at 150mm. I shot this image 4;30am and 6:30am in Nyaung Chaungtha along the Irrawadddy river. The plan was to travel up river during monsoon season to a remote village. The trip took three days. D3 auto Iso and the 28-300mm lens.

This is another from the review process of my server and and trying get to all the files I have decided to work on during the first edit but have never gotten to. Usually the amount of time I have to do any post on a gig is the flight back home and maybe there days after I hit stateside before the next adventure takes me. I decided to take this summer to try and catch up on images I have always wanted to process.

Image was post processed with Capture NXD, Photoshop CC 2017, Nik collection by Google and onOnesoftware.

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Alberta, Canada

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This is of the lovely Stephanie Stuart is an image from a prototype Z7 and a prototype 24-70mm Z series lens. Employing my conversational portraiture approach. Lighting was a Hivelight 100c with a lieko spot attachment, a Hivelight 200c with a Fresnel attachment and a sunbounce shimmering sun reflector. This was shot inside my studio.

Shot RAW+JPEG Fine Adobe RGB .Post processed in Capture NX-D (beta) Photoshop CC. DxO's Viveza was used to darken the blouse. basic skin retouching done in Photoshop CC. The Oz to Kansas multiple Silver Efex prop conversion technique used to convert to chromatic grayscale.

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I shot this image whilst on assignment for American Photo Magazine to shoot and write an article about the opening up of Myanmar. According to Jay Maisel light, gesture and color are three of the four key elements of any image. To create a great chromatic grayscale image you have first create a great color image. I shot this image just after sunrise in Kengtung village market. D3 auto Iso and the 28-300mm lens.

This is another from the review process of my server and and trying get to all the files I have decided to work on during the first edit but have never gotten to. Usually the amount of time I have to do any post on a gig is the flight back home and maybe there days after I hit stateside before the next adventure takes me. I decided to take this summer to try and catch up on images I have always wanted to process.

Image was post processed with Capture NXD, Photoshop CC 2017, Nik collection by Google and onOnesoftware.

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This is another one of the images from the 105mm f1.4 lens shoot. The camera was the fabulous Nikon D5.

To make sure we are all on the same page, there are always two aspects to every shoot. "The Shoot" itself and the post processing to final art. This image contains both aspects and is the outcome of the post processing this is a copy of that final file.

For "the shoot" aspect of this project no artificial light, no make-up on the subjects, no reflectors or diffusers. Just the lens. Just the camera. Just the light that was there. Just the subject. Suffice it to say I was the weakest link in the entire project.

I shot this on a very chilly morning in San Francisco (Then again all mornings are very chilly in San Francisco).

I have always held that the lens is the brush, the camera sensor is the canvas. I have also held the that the beauty of a lens is not in how well it handles focus but rather how well it handles from in focus to blur. I am by proclivity a zoom guy. For me to say what I am about to say means that one of this brushes will be staying home.This lens has a permanent place in my camera bag.

There is no image I cannot capture. There is no image in which my vision of the image and the beauty of moment that took me that is not enhanced by the beauty of the glass and lens design of the 105mm f1.4.

This has to be the sharpest lens I have ever used. It is also has the most beautiful Bokeh of any lens I have ever shot with as well.

So you want to know why I choose Nikon? Now you know.

Because of the D5- I AM: A Super Hero. Because of the 105mm f1.4 I AM: A Super Hero with beautiful Bokeh..

Nikon D5 camera, 105mm f1.4lens. Recorded to Lexar XQD media. NEF

The raw processed in Capture NX-D. Post processing Creative/corrective post processing was done in Photoshop CC 2015.5, Nik collection by Google, oNonesoftware ver.10.5. Wacom Cintiq 27QHD, Benq SW2700 monitor (for approval color)

© Vincent Versace 2016

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I got home from work at sunset, luckily with my Sony RX100 VI in tow. I ran out to the water and snapped some quick pics, I ended up with some great longer exposure shots just by pinning the camera down on the dock with one hand and hitting the shutter with the other. Glad it didn't fall in the water.

This is an image from my most recent trip to PBPW Cuba. The image you are seeing are part of a greater project, a book serries titled "Turning the Last Page." The title of the Cuba project is "Cuba: Turning the Last Page of 1962."

The camera was the fabulous Nikon D810. The lens was 105mm f 1.4. Arguably the best lens Nikon has ever made. Certainly the best lens I have ever shot with.

To make sure we are all on the same page, there are always two aspects to every shoot. "The Shoot" itself and the post processing to final art. This image contains both aspects and is the outcome of the post processing this is a copy of that final file.

For "the shoot" aspect of this project no artificial light, no make-up on the subjects, no reflectors or diffusers all of the images are spontanious none of the subjects are posed. So what you are seeing is (from the shoot aspect) just the lens. Just the camera. Just the light that was there. Just the subject.

My goal every time I shoot is to be the weakest linkn the entire project.

This is an image of the Cuban Ballerina Elena. In this shot we were on the roof of a building in central Havana in between rain showers.

The light source was ambient rainy daylight.

When asked what is the best light W. Eugene Smith said "Why the best light is available light and by available light I mean any damn light that is available."..... This approach to lighting Works for me.

I have always held that the lens is the brush, the camera sensor is the canvas. I have also held the that the beauty of a lens is not in how well it handles focus but rather how well it handles from in focus to blur.

There is no image I cannot capture. There is no image in which my vision of the image and the beauty of moment that took me that is not enhanced by the beauty of the glass and lens design of the Nikon system.

This has to be the sharpest lens I have ever used. It is also has the most beautiful Bokeh of any lens I have ever shot with as well.

So you want to know why I choose Nikon? Now you know.

Because of my Nikon camera- I AM: A Super Hero. Because of the Nikkor lenses I AM: A Super Hero with tack sharpnes at point of focus and beautiful Bokeh every place else in the image.

NOTE: I do indeed use Photoshop. It's true. Have been since version 1. when it fit on a single floppy disc. Most inspired piece of software ever written. I was employee number 2 of Niksoftware ( Colorefex, SilverEfex) and employee number 6 of Altamira Group (the inventor of Genuine Fractals) so yes I do also use plug-ins. So if you are viewing an image (unless otherwise noted) on my personal pages, website and sundry feeds they are all post processed if I put them up.

To be very crystal clear ALL of my images that I post on my personal web feeds are post processed.

So that this non issue is no issue these are my "FINAL" versions on my PERSONAL sites. Because it is my personal page I do reserve the right to delete comments from angry photographic charlatan internet trolls.

I always make it a point, If you read the full description of any of my images, to always list the software and hardware used to produce an image.

Nikon D810 camera,105mm f1.4 lens. Recorded to Lexarmedia Raw conversion done in Capture NX-D. converted to a 16bit Prohoto colorspace .TIFF. Further post processing Photoshop CC 2017, Nik collection by Google, oNonesoftware ver.10.5. Wacom Cintiq 27QHD, Benq SW2700 monitor (for approval color)

© Vincent Versace 2016

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From my most recent trip to Cuba. Dancers....

The Black and White version, captured with the AMAZING Nikon Z6 and the best piece of glass I have ever shot with the 105mm f1.4 Nikkor.

Thank you Judith Chaffee and Bill Finlay for teaching me how to understand movement and giving me the love of dance.

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3v: This is an image of the actress Challen Cates. Of my most favorite people on the universe and of my most favorite people to photograph. I shot this with the prototype D1X. I just remember time standing still in those days. There was the magic of innocence with every click of the shutter. You knew you that the future was in your hands-on the present.

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This is an image from my Dec 2015 trip to Santiago De Cuba,

I think the most impressive thing about Cuba is the joy of the children. I make it a point to stop by a school or two whilst I am there and to a child I have never seen happier students and so into learning. Those that teach them are a joy to watch with them with their students.

Shot with the Nikon D750 and the 28-300mm Street Sweeper Nikkor

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I shot this image of Dilara Acar in Moab when I crashed Rolando Gomez's model workshop. I am glad Rolando is a generous man with his time! This image was captured with the D850 and the 105mm f1.4 Nano coated lens. I am working on a a new approach to shooting that Paul Van Allen has dubbed as the "conversational portrait" it has to do with some of things you can now do with the D850 that you can't do with any other camera.

Image was lit using the sun bounce cage and the Sunbounce Pro Shimmering Sun reflector.

File was post processed in Capture NX-D and Photoshop CC2018 was used for some light blemish removal and stray hairs.

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This an image of the actress Jenna Ortega I shot in between takes of the movie Saving Flora. I was on set for the day. Have to say Ms. Ortega was one of the most polite and happiest people I have ever shot on set. Talented is an understatement. She was a joy to watch act. Shot with a Nikon D5 and the 105mm f 1.4 lens #nikonambassador #105mmf14 @#Nikon100 #nikonlove #lexar #kelbyone #photography#onOne @NikonUSA #mirrorless #Nikonz7 #NikonNoFilter #niksoftware#nikonUSA #Epson #wacom #xritephoto #onone #sunbounce#fineartphotography #DxO #iamgenerationimage #iamnikon #B&H #PhotogenicbyBenQ #lexarMemory #nikonLOVE @lexarmemory elite photographer #lexarmemory #nikonnofilter

DANCERS!!!

I love photographing dancers, especially Cuban Ballet Dancers.This is from my latest trip to Cuba. We were on our way back from shooting dancers leaping in the street and the lights was right, the background screamed 105mm f 1.4 and the lovely MariKarla Laguna was hanging out in the shade.

Shot with the Amazing Nikon Z7 using the FTZ adaptor and the 105mm f 1.4 Nikkor lens

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Whilst the Facebook world is pelting us with infinite amounts of amazing photographs of the solar eclipse....

Now for something completely different

More from my way back in the day when there was some art and skill involved shooting headshots vs. today where it has evolved to something that is a cross between a passport photo, DMV and a yearbook picture rant.

This is of the acting headshot of the model Rachel Hunter.

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I shot this with a Nikon F5 a Nikkor 70-210Dmm lens, a Westcott Sunlight reflector, and Iford HP5+ rated at 200iso. Scanned with an Epson V850 and Silverfast software.

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This is another one of the images from the 105mm f1.4 lens shoot. The camera was the fabulous Nikon D500.

To make sure we are all on the same page, there are always two aspects to every shoot. "The Shoot" itself and the post processing to final art. This image contains both aspects and is the outcome of the post processing this is a copy of that final file.

For "the shoot" aspect of this project no artificial light, no make-up on the subjects, no reflectors or diffusers. Just the lens. Just the camera. Just the light that was there. Just the subject. Suffice it to say I was the weakest link in the entire project.

I shot this whilst walking down Columbus street in NYC on the west side. There was a scaffolding above me because there were repairs happening over head. and the daylight was streaming through a crack in the planking. When asked what is the best light W. Eugene Smith said "Why the best light is available light and by available light I mean any damn light that is available." Works for me

I have always held that the lens is the brush, the camera sensor is the canvas. I have also held the that the beauty of a lens is not in how well it handles focus but rather how well it handles from in focus to blur. I am by proclivity a zoom guy. For me to say what I am about to say means that one of this brushes will be staying home.This lens has a permanent place in my camera bag.

There is no image I cannot capture. There is no image in which my vision of the image and the beauty of moment that took me that is not enhanced by the beauty of the glass and lens design of the 105mm f1.4.

This has to be the sharpest lens I have ever used. It is also has the most beautiful Bokeh of any lens I have ever shot with as well.

So you want to know why I choose Nikon? Now you know.

Because of the D5/D500- I AM: A Super Hero. Because of the 105mm f1.4 I AM: A Super Hero with beautiful Bokeh..

Nikon D500 camera, 105mm f1.4 lens. Recorded to Lexar XQD media. NEF

The raw processed in Capture NX-D. Post processing Creative/corrective post processing was done in Photoshop CC 2015.5, Nik collection by Google, oNonesoftware ver.10.5. Wacom Cintiq 27QHD, Benq SW2700 monitor (for approval color)

© Vincent Versace 2016

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From my most recent trip to Cuba.... Street people

I have been going to cuba for over 10 years. 16 trips. This last trip hit me. Smart Phones are the opiate of the masses. It went from nothing to total hypnosis.

This is why I am doing the last page project. To capture the echo of the moments of the past before they are lost to today.

Captured with the AMAZING Nikon Z6 and and my most favorite street shooting lens the 28-300mm Nikkor AKA "The Street Sweeper" using the FTZ adaptor.

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I shot this image of Dilara Acar in Moab when I crashed Rolando Gomez's model workshop. I am glad Rolando is a generous man with his time! This ismsge was captured with the D850 and the 24-120mm Nano coated lens shot wide open. I am working on a a new approach to shooting that Paul Van Allen has dubbed as the "conversational portrait" it has to do with some of things you can now do with the D850 that you can't do with any other camera.

Image was lit using the sun bounce cage and the Sunbounce Pro Shimmering Sun reflector.

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File was post processed in Capture NX-D and Photoshop CC2018 was used for some light blemish removal and stray hairs.

Post Cards from the vacation that is my life. the "I have been some remote placeless but....... " section 2011 edition

(three of four images)

I was on assignment for American Photo magazine (back when magazines existed...) This is in a region in Burma that non Burmese (and even then it is strictly limited) can no longer travel to.

This is the thrid shot of the sequence after she gave me the "scary laser stare of death by a tattooed faced woman" and the the one where she looks right through me stares. I look from behind my camera say to her "OH come on....." this last capture is the gift of her smile.

See explaining story below:

There is an old wives tale that the most beautiful women in South east Asia are from Burma specifically from the village I photographed this woman in. So hard core was this belief back in the day that the men of the village took to tattooing the faces of the women so no one would want to steal them. This was done with bamboo needle and ink at 13 years old with out any for of local anesthetic.

To get to this village this village we travelled 11 hours by car one one of the "Burma Super Highways" three hours by boat then 6 hours by car then 7 hour day boat during the monsoon season up the Irrawaddy river. Along the way we had to bail the boat out and head to shot when it dumped rain or we would sink ( this is also where I proved that a Nikon camera can indeed be pelted with 1.7 liters of water per hour....). All I know is that when we FINALLY arrived sat this village I was hell bent on photographing a tattooed face woman. I entered the village and it was completely empty. Only chickens and pigs running around.

As my angst, frustration and concern started to simmer to a boil of "@&$*%(!!" level expletives, I hear, flowing in the air around me, the is beautiful bell/bird song like voice in the most exquisite mix of births and brumes accented English say "Are you looking for me?" I spin around and all there is an empty village. the again I hear flowing in the air around me, the most beautiful voice " I cannot come down because I mail but you may photograph me if you would like to."

I would like to believe that my mother did not have any idiot children I said to my self "look up" and there above me had to be one of the most beautiful women I have ever seen. Stopped me dead in my tracks. Also keep in mind that the last white man to visit this village must have been during the British occupation. I eventually found my voice and said "yes I traveled here to photograph you" (I had no idea that I had travel here just to photograph this woman but it was as if she was notified via psychic link or carrier pigeon that I was on my way and on "official" American Photographer magazine business. She smiled, giggled a bit, I then lifted up my camera she made this face.

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This is another one of the images from the 105mm f1.4 lens shoot. The camera was the fabulous Nikon D5.

To make sure we are all on the same page, there are always two aspects to every shoot. "The Shoot" itself and the post processing to final art. This image contains both aspects and is the outcome of the post processing this is a copy of that final file.

For "the shoot" aspect of this project no artificial light, no make-up on the subjects, no reflectors or diffusers. Just the lens. Just the camera. Just the light that was there. Just the subject. Suffice it to say I was the weakest link in the entire project.

This image is from the NYC leg of the shoot. I shot this wAsking to the 79thstreet subway on my way to B&H. I am a sucker for flowers. I loved th way th followers and the celophane interplayed with the tack sharp crystal clear focus focus against a creamyness of bokeh is something I fell in love with every time I clicked the shutter.

Talk about W. Eugene Smith being right when he said "Why the best light is available light and by available light I mean any damn light that is available." Works for me

I have always held that the lens is the brush, the camera sensor is the canvas. I have also held the that the beauty of a lens is not in how well it handles focus but rather how well it handles from in focus to blur. I am by proclivity a zoom guy. For me to say what I am about to say means that one of this brushes will be staying home.This lens has a permanent place in my camera bag.

There is no image I cannot capture. There is no image in which my vision of the image and the beauty of moment that took me that is not enhanced by the beauty of the glass and lens design of the 105mm f1.4.

This has to be the sharpest lens I have ever used. It is also has the most beautiful Bokeh of any lens I have ever shot with as well.

So you want to know why I choose Nikon? Now you know.

Because of the D5/D500- I AM: A Super Hero. Because of the 105mm f1.4 I AM: A Super Hero with beautiful Bokeh..

Nikon D5 camera, 105mm f1.f lens. Recorded to Lexar XQD media. NEF

The raw processed in Capture NX-D. Post processing Creative/corrective post processing was done in Photoshop CC 2015.5, Nik collection by Google, oNonesoftware ver.10.5. Wacom Cintiq 27QHD, Benq SW2700 monitor (for approval color)

© Vincent Versace 2016

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