Light - Science & Magic, 3rd edition translations

The latest L-S&M translations are now in Portuguese and Korean bringing the count to eight languages.  The fourth edition will be out in 2011.

FREAK TRAIN

New promo shot of my pals in Freak Train.  This is a composite shot of five images done in the same vein as the group portraits of Fuse Ensemble and The New Standard featured in the book FACES. Needless to say, it was a blast doing this shoot!

©Steven BIver, 2010

FACES: video book trailer

Here is the video book trailer I created to help promote our new book on portraiture.  It is now available at Barnes & Noble.  Original music was done by my friend Evan Benjamin.

©Steven Biver, 2010
Music ©Evan Benjamin, 2010

Toy Cameras

With all the ease of digital cameras – instant feedback, no processing, no scanning, would one want to shoot film with a plastic “toy” camera? Because it’s fun! The inherent lack of digital technology forces you to make each frame count--no multiple frames per second or auto exposure--sort of a zen photo moment. The added bonus is the low-fidelity look you get such as; vignetting, the slight dreamy quality from the plastic lens and the occasional film fog. Oh, and no batteries.

I did these street portraits in Philadelphia a few months back using the Holga 120S and the Diana F+ plastic cameras with color negative film.

©Steven Biver, 2009

Light - Science & Magic, 3rd edition translations

Light - Science & Magic, An Introduction to Photographic Lighting, Third Edition is my first book with coauthors Fil Hunter and Paul Fuqua. Currently this book is available in six languages and a German translation is on the way. It's interesting to see how some of the foreign editions reworked the cover design.

©Elsevier, 2009

Eastern State Penitentiary

This a cool place to shoot if you are into decaying prisons. You can also rent by the hour a designated section and bring your model, tripod and lights. These images were shot hand-held at shutter speeds between 1/15-1/60 sec.

©Steven Biver, 2009