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 Japanese actress Natsuo.

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

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From one of my earlier trips to Cuba.

I shot this with a prototype D5 and the fabulous 28-300mm. walking the streets of Havana.

D5, 105mm Nano coated 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 Challen Cates. Challen has been and shall always be my muse. I have photographer more than anyone.

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I shot this with a Nikon F5 Nikkor 70-210Dmm lens, a Westcott Sunlight reflector, and Iford HP5+ rated at 200iso. I reshot the negative with a bellows and the D810 and Silverfast software.

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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. The joy of ice cream on a hot day is universal. This image was taken whilst walking back form my favorite watering hole. Again as always it is an absolute joy to be shooing in Cuba and shooting in Cuba with the D850. The lens was the Nano Crystal coated 24-120mm

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. I shot this image 4;30am 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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"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 image of what happens when you blow a bubble with bubble gum. timelessness.

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 series 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 28-300mm "streetsweeper" 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 28`300 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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This is a shot of Ed Asner during a Voice Over recording session for the movie "Framed". He's a total hoot. But here is the amazing thing is this shot. I was in the sound control room, not in the recording room. I had to shoot between two panes of glass, the light source was a music stand lamp @ 12800iso with the 28-300mm lens shot with the D5. Hell of a technological achievement.

Nikon D5 camera, 28-300mm lens. Recorded to Lexar XQD media. Nikon Electronic File Format. (NEF)

The raw file was 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 from the week after my students went back to the US. This time I was allowed the joy of shooting with the Nikon D5. I call this imageI call this image "K (for black)"

So you want to know why I choose to light with a thermonuclear device instead do a battery powered light source? Now you know.

Because of the D5- I AM: A Super Hero.

There is no image I cannot capture. The ability of this camera to shoot in lighting conditions so dark you just have to image the word "light" to provide illumination. Spot on color, no noise at high ISO, touch screen focus in live view. Whoa.....

Nikon D5 camera, 28-300mm lens. Recorded to Lexar XQD media Post processed in Photoshop CC 2015. File raw processed in Capture NX-D.

© Vincent Versace 2016

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One of the things the dress rehearsal for the Zombie Apocalypse has afforded me is time. This is from a Figure photoshoot/workshop I did in Florida a few years back during Fotofusion at the Palmbeach Photographic Centre, with my the brand new just converted to shoot infrared Z7. This is with the 24-120mm and the FTZ kit lens. Which is a hell of a piece of glass. I say this a lot, you don't take pictures they take you. I was just looking through the camera lens marveling at how cool it was to actually see in real time what my IR images were going to look like, Jack Davis (my co-instructor) was setting up a shot and talking about it. The model he wasn't using was just playing with the water of the pool with her foot daydreaming. next thing I know I saw this and the camera went click. Or not- I was in silent shooting mode. I did not disrupt her daydream and I got the idea for doing conversational portraits.

Capture NXD, Photoshop CC, SilverEfexPro by DxO.

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Pictures taken in my new town of Monroe WA, at Lewis Street Park and Al Borlin Park on May 29, 2019. This is the Lewis Street Bridge, over the Skykomish River.

CATS!!!

This is from my latest trip to Cuba. I admit it I asee a cat I Wwill try to photograph said cat.

Shot with the Amazing Nikon Z7 70-200mm f 4.5 series F Nikkor lensusing the FTZ adaptor

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First shot from my latest PBPW workshop to Cuba to shoot the 500th Anniversary of Havana with the New Nikon Z50 16-50mm DX S series lens. This image is of the Princess Guide, Ebony. We were being whisked around Havana in 1950's convertibles at sunset.

Raw processed in Capture NXD post processed in Photoshop CC with NiK collection software by DxO

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I have finally finished printing for the 2019 Photo Mentor award show that the do for every recipient of the award. It gets a little spooky and very humbling when you realize that Ruth Bernhard, Bill Eppridge, Laurence Gartel, Ralph Gibson, Duane Michals, Arnold Newman, Gordon Parks, Sebastiao Salgado, David Rubinger, Walter Ioss, Gereory Heisler, Howard Shatz and Sir Alber Watson are some of the past recipients.

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From my recent PBPW Cuba workshop. This is from the week after my students went back to the US. This time I was allowed the joy of shooting with the Nikon D5. If Dominoes is the national pastime, and you can't find enough peeps to play, then Checkers is the go to game. I shot this whilst riding in a bicycle cab. Talk about fast focus capabilities.

So you want to know why I choose to light with a thermonuclear device instead do a battery powered light source? Now you know.

Because of the D5- I AM: A Super Hero.

There is no image I cannot capture. The ability of this camera to shoot in lighting conditions so dark you just have to image the word "light" to provide illumination. Spot on color, no noise at high ISO, touch screen focus in live view. Whoa.....

Nikon D5 camera, 28-300mm lens. Recorded to Lexar XQD media Post processed in Photoshop CC 2015. File raw processed in Capture NX-D.

© Vincent Versace 2016

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A Monochromatic capture of London, Ontario’s Western fairgrounds captured by @lawrencedgriffin

@masters_of_monochrome

From my "2_DO" folder collection Cuba section:

Another child that is not buying the silliness of what I am selling....

Shot with a Nikon D750 28-300mm t Nikkor lens. Color Version

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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 image was shot at sunset in Trinidad Cuba. What caught my eye was the gesture of the dog, what made me choose to post process it was the picture in the picture. This is an great example of the fourth element of a photograph, timelessness.

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 series 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 28-300mm "streetsweeper" 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 28`300 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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SO I walk up to this woman and as "Torta Cubano Por Favor?" She said back in English "Which one" I said " A Cuban sand which" she said "You are in Cuba...ALL the sandwiches are Cuban. Which sandwich do you want?"

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 28-300mm "Street Sweeper" 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 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 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 SW3200 monitor (for approval color)

© Vincent Versace 2016

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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 4;30am 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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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 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 image was shot insde an inclosed market, the only light is sunlight coming through a few partially opened slats. The fruit vendorr is lost in thought. That is the moment that took me, the remberace of the moment that he is lost in and is taking him.

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 D5 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

#NikonAmbassador #nikonlove #D5 #105mm #lexar #kelbyone #photography #onOne@NikonUSA #NikonNoFilter #niksoftware #nikonUSA #Epson #wacom #xritephoto #onone #fjwestcott #fineartphotography #iamgenerationimage #iamnikon #B&H #PhotogenicbyBenQ #lexarMemory #nikonLOVE #PBPW

@lawrencedgriffin

There is a market I have ben going to for the past several years where the stall owners have given up an slow sorta look forward to me photographing them. Needless to say I have bought a lot of produce that I give a way along my walks through Havana... This image is of the only bean counter I look forward to seeing...

I fall 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 D5. The lens was 105mm f 1,4 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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I shot this a few years back in Began, Myanmar. Just after the sun had set. Nikon D3 I believe the 28-300mm. Chances are that was the lens, it is my go to lens out in the field.

Capture NX-D for Raw Processing, Niksoftware collection by Good, Mcphun & onOne with Photoshop CC 2017 for image editing.

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Canon 5D MKII

Canon 17-40 F4L

Outex Water housing

Check out more info on the project by Expolore4Knowledge on www.explore4knowledge.com/

Along the shores of Lake Huron winter is harsh. With a thick coat, keen senses and killer instinct, this beautiful fox will make it to Spring.

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

One of the things I got to do whilst I was in Havana was sit in the Orchestra pit while the Cuban National Symphony played at the Newly renovated Opera house in Havana. This is lit by the light off the Musician's light stand next to the the Violinist being photographed

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This is an image of Diane Perrotta one of the producers of the tv show "Lip Sync Battle" shot with the Amazing Nikon D850, 105mm f1.4 lit by a lume cube with the small grid auto natural light portrait picture control.

Westscott 30" 6-in-1 reflector as a flag. To be exact I bounced a Lume cube into a Westcott slight reflector and then used a the black surface of the 30" 6-in01 to absorb some unwanted light.

The D850 is the most impressive camera on earth! The 105 is the prettiest lens I have ever shot

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

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This image is of the Chef Eric Ripert at his restaurant "Blue" att the Ritz Carlton on Grand Cayman island. I had been invited to speak at the Grand Cayman International Festival (Cayfilm). Chef Ripert prepared a mel on the last night for presenters and other celebrities that had flown in for the event. As the sun was setting, about an hour before the guests were to arrive, the light streamed into his empt soon to be completely full restaurant. I asked hi m to sit, he mentioned he was about to be a little busy.. I said but he light is beautiful, he smiled, sat I took this image and then off we went o kitchen.

This image was captured with a D500, 105mm f1.4 nano coated lens. Captured to a 128 Lexar 2933x XQD card. Lit with diffused sunlight through a window.

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

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CHROMATIC GRAYSCALE VERSION

Seventh post processed image from my “Marilyn Monroe” shoot with Stephanie Stuart arguably the Best Marilyn Monroe impersonator in the country.

What I wanted to do was celebrate the shoot using the tech of today. Soooooo you will be seeing a lot of images from the shoot we did on the deck of my studio.

I am a big believer in getting it as close to completely right in the camera as reality allows. What I was able to do with the combo of the sunbounce cage and hive lights was magic. We shot video during the shoot to discuss how to do

conversational portraiture using the D850.First post processed image from my “Marilyn Monroe” shoot with Stephanie Stuart arguably the Best Marilyn Monroe impersonator in the country. I am a big believer in getting it as close to completely right in the camera as reality allows. What I was able to do with the combo of the sunbounce cage and hive lights was magic. We shot video during the shoot to discuss how to do conversational portraiture using the D850.

I used Hive light led wasps lights with a leko lens an a fresnel. Sunbounce cage and Sunbounce reflectors.

Nikon D850 and Nikkor 70-200mm f2.8

Post processing: Capture NX-D, Photoshop CC 2018, NiK Collection by DxO's Silver Efex Pro and Viveza.

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“The Sea is Always Bluer: Embrace the Journey”

From my latest trip to Cuba.... Man Smoking a Cuban Cigar in Cuba

I shot this with the Nikon Z7 and the 70-200mm f4 lens.

The Z system is simply best of class. The quality of the file and the perfection of the color coupled with the new lenses sharpness, just a joy to shoot. Enough with the commercial...

First time I was went Cuba I was asked on the street if I wanted to buy some cigars that "had fallen off the truck" so to speak. I asked (always looking for a deal) "how do I know they are actual Cuban cigars? (I have been burned in Miami....) the guy'd response "You are inCuba. ALL the cigars are Cuban."

I had a similar experience when I asked for a "Cuban" sandwich too

I try to create images that put the viewer in the same place the moment I was taken by the moment.

An interesting plainness, which is the most difficult thing to achieve.

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From my most recent trip to Cuba

All I know is this little girl was not buying what I was selling.

Shot with the Amazing Nikon Z7 70-200mm f4 Nikkor lens with FTZ Adaptor

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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 actor Buck Kartalian. the buzz around town about a month after I hung up my shingle was there was this newly minted from USC, ACT conservatory trained actor who was doing "cinematic" headshots and knew how to work an actor. all because 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"

So Buck and his wife stop over to ee my "book" which he never looked at. Picked up a stack of contact sheets look at them and said "when can you shoot me next?" So Buck, his wife and I spent all day taking pictures. Buck is the face of a thousand movies who's name you never know. He was in the Outlaw Josie Wales, The Planet of the Apes, Cool Hand Luke, the TV series Combat! and the list goes on and on and on. All he wanted to do is laugh. And his stories.... I had to remember to shoot I was so taken by his presence. The best moment was when we need to do a serious "dramatic" shot. I asked him to look at his wife and remember the first moment he saw her. HE too one look at her and started to cry.... She started to cry.... I started to cry... He said to her "Love you" she said "I know" he looked at me and that look took me to take the picture. We then all started laughing because we were all crying about a happy moment. If you want to know why I am reopening my studio in LA to actors. Is because I miss the serendipity of a moment like that.

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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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CHORMATIC GRAYSCALE VERSION

Fifth post processed image from my “Marilyn Monroe” shoot with Stephanie Stuart arguably the Best Marilyn Monroe impersonator in the country.

I am a big believer in getting it as close to completely right in the camera as reality allows. What I was able to do with the combo of the sunbounce cage and hive lights was magic. We shot video during the shoot to discuss how to do conversational portraiture using the D850.

I used Hive light led wasps lights with a leko lens an a fresnel. Sunbounce cage and Sunbounce reflectors.

Nikon D850 and Nikkor 70-200mm f2.8

Post processing: Capture NX-D, Photoshop CC 2018, NiK Collection by DxO's Silver Efex Pro and Viveza.

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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 just the "Shoot"

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 ays 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. ALL of my images are post processed. So there is no issue I have added the non processed image here and removed the "FINAL." I have re-uploaded the FINAL version as well. Flickr does not allow for me to move them side by side.The FINAL was the image I put first up. As a matter of course I did remove blemishes and such for my web page and for my posting to my personal sites. (flickr, Facebook etc) If you read the full description of any of my images I always list the software and hardware I use.

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)

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CHROMATIC GRAYSCALE VERSION

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 Portrait approach that I taught at MMW. We will be doing a video on it this Thursday at my studio

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

Captured with the AMAZING Nikon Z7 (modified to shoot infrared by Lifepixel) with the FTZ adapter and the 24-120mm Nano coated Nikkor lens.

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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've taken this photo so many times before, I wanted to stylize this one a bit more. Fun with Lightroom!

Sometimes you have to close your eyes and trust.

Trust the process.

Trust yourself.

Trust your equipment.

Trust your instincts.

Sometimes you have to put your camera in places you can't see. Like hanging over the railing that you can't reach to see what's below. But, you can reach your camera over the edge and 'see' through your lens.

Trust that you know what you're doing. Even if it's unconventional.

Thank you to @izzihome for driving me back to Toronto so I could photograph one of my Frank Gehry list items at the @AGOToronto and for waiting for me.

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 actor Tim Dekay.Than man can light up a stage! Powerful, calm ans gracious. Good sense of humor too.

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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. I reshot the negative with a bellows and the D810 and Silverfast software.

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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 image the Elena was resting in a small window frame and I was out side on the even smaller balcony shooting towards her, 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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COLOR VERSION

Second post processed image from my “Marilyn Monroe” shoot with Stephanie Stuart arguably the Best Marilyn Monroe impersonator in the country.

In 1962 Nikon released the Nikon "F". Not only did Nikon release the camera they released it with a slew of lenses and accessories. Over 800,000 Nikon "F" cameras were sold. In 1962 Nikon ran an ad campaign that featured Marylin Monroe shot by Bert Stern. (www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpXixgkR3II) Sadly it would also be her last photo shoot.

What I wanted to do was celebrate the shoot using the tech of today. Soooooo you will be seeing a lot of images from the shoot we did on the deck of my studio.

I am a big believer in getting it as close to completely right in the camera as reality allows. What I was able to do with the combo of the sunbounce cage and hive lights was magic. We shot video during the shoot to discuss how to do conversational portraiture using the D850.First post processed image from my “Marilyn Monroe” shoot with Stephanie Stuart arguably the Best Marilyn Monroe impersonator in the country. I am a big believer in getting it as close to completely right in the camera as reality allows. What I was able to do with the combo of the sunbounce cage and hive lights was magic. We shot video during the shoot to discuss how to do conversational portraiture using the D850.

I used Hive light led wasps lights with a leko lens an a fresnel. Sunbounce cage and Sunbounce reflectors.

Nikon D850 and Nikkor 70-200mm f2.8

Post processing: Capture NX-D, Photoshop CC 2018, NiK Collection by DxO's Silver Efex Pro and Viveza.

#Nikon100 #NikonAmbassador #nikonlove #lexar #kelbyone #photography #onOne @NikonUSA #D850 #70-200mm f2.8 #NikonNoFilter #niksoftware #nikonUSA #Epson #wacom #xritephoto #onone #sunbounce #fineartphotography #DxO #iamgenerationimage #iamnikon #B&H #hivelight #PhotogenicbyBenQ #lexarMemory #nikonLOVE @lexarmemory elite photographer #lexarmemory

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