Photographer, graphic designer, teacher.
Started photographing with film. Discovered the Mac and worked as a graphic designer. Got hooked again on photography when I went digital in 1999. Now I have two passions (three if you include family).
Look, enjoy, come back again.
Photo site: http://www.creativedesignstudio.com/iblog/B447533913/index.html
Coming Soon: http://www.stankaufman.com
BIOPhotographing since the age of 7 (My father got me a Kodak Brownie by opening a new bank deposit).
Had my own darkroom at about age 13 (in the bathroom over the tub).
Got my first 35mm camera when I was 18 (Olympus Pen EE--half frame).
BS in Biology and Education.
Got a job in a NYC high school.
Started doing freelance.
Built a permanent B&W darkroom in my apartment in Brooklyn.
MFA in Art & Design and Photography.
Had my first one person show.
Still freelancing: advertising, actor portraits, corporate art collections, stills to NBC Nightly News and the Today Show. Really, anything I could get.
Added color processing and printing to my darkroom.
Apple introduced the Macintosh computer and it was love at first click. Used it to catalog and track my growing portfolio.
Started designing brochures, flyer and other material for my freelance business. People started asking me if I could do the same for them too. I said yes.
Started freelance graphic design.
Teach photography at the 92nd St. Y in NYC.
Married Maria!
My daughter Sami was born! Stayed home with her for a few years and organized my freelancing into a graphic design business (now called Creative Design Studio).
Photography was pushed aside (but not totally abandoned).
My son Adam was born! Got my first digital camera (coincidentally, another Olympus which I still use occasionally with an underwater housing).
Interest in photography is reborn: shooting all the time again (working on the computer while looking out the window at trees and water vs in the darkroom, in the basementno-brainer).
Retired from the school system.
Continued doing graphic design but doing photography every chance I can get.
Added Mac consultation/troubleshooting to my repertoire (some people do crossword puzzles, other people solve computer problems).
Currently, in addition to the above, I'm putting material together for publication and new exhibitions.
Current equipment used: Nikon D200, Nikon D-70, 18-200mm VR, 1870mm, 28200mm, 70300mm, 500mm mirror reflex, LensBaby, 2X converter and a new extension tube set, as well as Apple Macs, PhotoShop CS2.
Wishlist: 70-200mm /2.8, 10.5mm fisheye, 50mm /1.4, 80-400mm VR and a 500 or 600mm super-telephoto, Macbook Pro.
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Comments (24)
brain_rot
i love it, gorgeous sky. great work!
Zabeth
Oh WOW!!! This is BLUE!!!!! Excellent capture!!!! Have a wonderful day :-)))))
cbender
cool colours and a nice composition... a good shot! the fram does not fit that good i.m.h.o. the grey part distracts too much from the pic. a really simple white one - perhaps a bit bigger fit perfectly fit... my five cent :)
j-dwarf
Excellent shot and fantastic. i wolud prefer a simple frame (just with)
A_Joker_B
Excellent shot Fotog! Love the blues in this well done.
vlaaitje
love the blue......nice image
DELMUR
graphique mort ! I love amor!
SoulSearcherr
so very beautiful..love those vivid colors
Jordano
Brilliant colours.Beautiful composition and idea!
Lary
Superb blue sky and blue water...very special one! excellent
Cosme..D..Churruca
Excellent compo and photography... very well done !
amorales
Gorgeous. Like a window into the sea.
Akinom
Love the blue the clarity and the whole compo! Just brilliant! v*****
Saurav
Beautiful landscape shot. The blues are brillant. V!
uniquedreamer
Excellent capture, like the hues of blues...
emailandthings
++++++++++++ ++++++++++++ ++++++++++++ Super
rayburg
Very vivid and beautiful colors..well done
watapki66
Perfect composition, perfect symmetry a beautiful image!
MaydaMason
cool and minimal composition!!! i love the simmetry and the vibrant palette!
cynlee
classic beach blues, sand & fence... you do have a very good eye :]
Zacko
BREATHTAKING!!!! Good GOD!!! What vivid colours!!! FANTASTIC!!!! JUST FANTASTIC!!! Im actually short of words for this one...ill stick to this one i think: FANTASTIC!!!!!!! Have a terrific day #:O)
pm_hackworth
THIS is your absolute best upload I believe. I'd have to go back and pull up your gallery but if memory serves (no promises there) this is your best! You should be VERY proud!!!! Vibrant colors and expertly captured! VOTE!
TwoPynts
amorales said it best. Just gorgeous! F
tizjezzme
This is breathtaking. Just Look at those COLORS!!!