In this image Chef Eric Ripert discusses the the aesthetic nuances of proper garnish placement on a scallop. Shot in the kitchen of his restaurant "Blue" att the Ritz Carlton on Grand Cayman island during the Grand Cayman International Festival (Cayfilm). Chef Ripert prepared a meal on the last night for presenters and other celebrities that had flown in for the event.

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

The color 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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I shot this whilst walking on the streets of New York City during B&H's Optic 2018.

My father was a New Yorker and whenever I went to his home town I tried to capture images that reminded me of the stories he would tell me about growing up in NYC. He was a diehard Yankees fan.

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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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“The body heals with play,

the mind heals with laughter

and the spirit heals with joy.”

Surfing = complete tune-up.

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

The musician who plays in front of my "Casa Particular"

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From the "2_DO" folder collection Cuba section:

This is sunset on the Church of the Caridad del Cobre in Santiago. It is the church of the virgin of Cuba, a very sacred place for many Cubans. Of course I had to get a bug up may ass to climb the highest hill across from it with four camera and 12 lenses. Why... Because it was there.... It seemed like a good idea at the time.

Shot with the D750 28-300mm AKA "Street Sweeper" lens. Raw processed in Capture NXD post processed in Photoshop CC with NiK collection software by DxO

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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 actor David Breitbart. What an amazing actor, of the best I ever worked with.

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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 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 18-300mm DX"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 linkn the entire project.

This image of a dog that decided to pose for me whilst walking the streets of Havanaa.

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 #D500 #18-300mm DX 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)

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CHROMATIC GRAYSCALE 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.

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Big waves in Lake Huron, Ontario. That’s right, you can surf the greats.

From my most recent trip to Cuba. children!

This is a response to me doing my impersonation of a chicken. The language of silly is spoken everywhere on the planet.

This is when silly speaks back

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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This image washout with the D850 24-120mm Nano coated lens shot at f4 ISO 640. This of the not so "baby" Baby Jonas on his second birthday. I havenever seen a kid quicker to smile than Jonas.

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

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If you are free this Wednesday stop to see my webinar on the importance of color "Where are the Car Keys to Oz? Just Follow the RGB road" based on the chapter of the same name from the book I am working on now "21st Century Composition Theory"

Here is the Registration link: bit.ly/3eHIcYH

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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 Marcia Cross. If ever there wa a person that I hope gets everything they deserve it is her. The best way to describe her presence and spirit is "precious" and a "gift"

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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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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 Greg Lauren. Another blast fun day shooting. He is also an amazing charcoal artist. his drawing are breathtaking.

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I shot this with a Nikon N90s 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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COLOR VERSION

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.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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Alberta, Canada

This image is of Eleanor Vara, MCSR USN USS CARL VINSON (CVN-70) from my "week at sea" teaching on the USS CARL VINSON (CVN-70). The camera: the unbelievable Nikon D850, The lens: the utterly beautiful 105mm f1.4 nikkor. The light: one Lume Cube bounced of a white three ring binder. Oh yeah...2000iso from a 45.5mp camera!

The lesson was about treating light like a solid object and approaching lighting this way: The subject interrupts the light, instead of lighting the subject.

Post processed in Capture NXD, Photoshop CC 2018

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D850, 105mm f1.4 lit by two lume cubes one with the small grid one with 1 stop diffusion. auto natural light portrait picture control. Westscott 30" 6-in-1 reflector as a fill.

The D850 is the most impressive camera on earth! The 105 is the prettiest lens I have ever shot with and Challen is my favorite person to photograph. A perfect day Challen Cates

Image was post processed with Capture NX2, Photoshop CC. onOne , Nik collection by Google.

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This image is of MC3 Jake Cannaday , USS CARL VINSON (CVN-70) from my "week at sea" teaching on the USS CARL VINSON (CVN-70). The camera: the unbelievable Nikon D850, The lens: the utterly beautiful 105mm f1.4 nikkor. The light: one Lume Cube bounced off a white of paper one Lume cube place behind the dysub printer in the background. AND it was shot at 2000iso form a 45.5mp sensor!

The lesson was about treating light like a solid object and approaching lighting this way: The subject interrupts the light, instead of lighting the subject.

Post processed in Capture NXD, Photoshop CC 2018

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This is a mage I shot in my dining room with the D810 the 105mm f1.4 and Novoflex Castel L & Q focusing rail (a must have if you are doing macro work. I am working on a new tutorial call "Back Yard Fine Art: It is a small World After All"

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 the most recent Palm Beach Photographic Centre's Black and White Master printing workshop, In this workshop we build a "chromatic Grayscale" from capture to conversion to print. This image is of the lovely Amy Forman. Here are bothe the befor and after conversion images.

The camera was the fabulous Nikon D5. The lens was 105mm f1.4

There are two aspects to every image, "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 on the subjects, all of the images are spontanious none of the subjects are posed. The light is window ligh and a FJ Westcott 30" sunlight reflector was used for fill.

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

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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As a launch point for surfers, the pier can become pretty magical with the right light and weather.

The Surfers Langland Bay Swansea Beach Wales

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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 from the very first shoot on the very first day I was blessed to have this lens. Because God knows I like a challenge...... Let's shoot with a prototype lens that you have never ever shot with, hand held, an choose as your first subject an extremely happy baby, right after a nap with an extremely shallow depth of field! All I can say is thank God for Nikon's amazing 3D follow focus with face recognition 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 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..

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 that I 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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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 that I 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)

COLOR VERSION

Fourth 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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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 conductor... well...conducting.

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

© Vincent Versace 2016

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I have a very good friend, a retired Navy Chief Petty Officer who was a member of Combat camera, Mickey Strand, he would teach his sailors about the need to do "picture stories" it is a habit of his I have picked up. This is a "picture story" of a boy and his ballon.

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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This is from my latest trip to Cuba. I love walking the streets in Havana and strike up conversations with the nicest people. If you are open to receive the gift a gift is always given. Photographs take you and they travel at the speed of life.

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

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CHROMATIC GRAYSCALE VERSION

Third 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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This is an image from the Jerry Ghionis's Nikonschool class in Los Angeles. I got to be a student for a day. The man is a master!

The camera was the fabulous Nikon D5. The lens was 105mm f1.4

There are two aspects to every image, "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 no artificial light, no reflectors or diffusers all of the images are spontaneous 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.

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 2017

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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 Michael Pappajohn. Michael had a set of false character test form a movie he did and he developed a character named "Eddy" he was a good ol' boy who owned a gas station.... I had also just purchased a 14mm nikki lens. Sooo I thought it a good idea to take it out for a test drive.

I give you "Eddy"

I shot this with a Nikon F5 Nikkor 14mm lens, a Westcott Sunlight reflector, and Iford HP5+ rated at 200isoScanned with an Epson V850 and Silverfast software.

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CHROMATIC GRAYSCALE VERSION

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.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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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. Lirrle child in an Anamist Kengtung mountain village. 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 of the baby Arabella last time I was in NYC.in Cuba.

NEF RAW file was converted using Capture NXD, post processed in Photoshop CC 2018 using the NiK collection by DxO.

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Spur Trail Series 2014

I shot this image of the baby Arabella last time I was in NYC on my way to Cuba.

NEF RAW file was converted using Capture NXD, post processed in Photoshop CC 2018 using the NiK collection by DxO.

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This is an image from the most recent Palm Beach Photographic Centre's Black and White Master printing workshop, In this workshop we build a "chromatic Grayscale" from capture to conversion to print. This image is of the lovely Amy Forman. Here are bothe the befor and after conversion images.

The camera was the fabulous Nikon D5. The lens was 105mm f1.4

There are two aspects to every image, "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 on the subjects, all of the images are spontanious none of the subjects are posed. The light is window ligh and a FJ Westcott 30" sunlight reflector was used for fill.

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

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

#NikonAmbassador #nikonlove #D5 #105mmf1.4 #lexar #kelbyone #photography #onOne@NikonUSA #NikonNoFilter #niksoftware #nikonUSA #Epson #wacom #xritephoto #onone #fjwestcott #fineartphotography #iamgenerationimage #iamnikon #B&H #PhotogenicbyBenQ #lexarMemory #nikonLOVE #PBPW

Spur Trail Series 2014

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" aspect

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 from the very first shoot on the very first day I was blessed to have this lens. Because God knows I like a challenge...... Let's shoot with a prototype lens that you have never ever shot with, hand held, an choose as your first subject an extremely happy baby, right after a nap with an extremely shallow depth of field! All I can say is thank God for Nikon's amazing 3D follow focus with face recognition 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 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..

NOTE: I do indeed use Photoshop. It's true. ALL of my images are post processed. So there is no issue I have re-added the before and removed the after. I had used a non-processed "before" as a place holder of this image to just get something up to look at until I got to doing the post work on this image, which I did as a gift to the mother of the child to give to her mother in law. 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 Post processed in in Capture NX-D. (final image not 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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This image is of Eleanor Vara, MCSR USN USS CARL VINSON (CVN-70) from my "week at sea" teaching on the USS CARL VINSON (CVN-70). The camera: the unbelievable Nikon D850, The lens: the utterly beautiful 105mm f1.4 nikkor. The light: one Lume Cube bounced of a white three ring binder. Oh yeah...2000iso from a 45.5mp camera!

The lesson was about treating light like a solid object and approaching lighting this way: The subject interrupts the light, instead of lighting the subject.

Post processed in Capture NXD, Photoshop CC 2018

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

I have alway believed the a 50mm "Normal" lens was an optical lens cap. I mean if I wanted to see the world "normal" why use a camera... Right? Not any more...... WHAT A PIECE OF GLASS!!!

Z7,50mm f 1.8 S Nikkor

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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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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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