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 (17)
Valerie-Ducom
beautiful capture and very nice color... Excellent done. good day!
jinet
Beautiful photo, provide a splendid abstraction !
mizoli
Beautiful shot again!
DELMUR
i love that kind of photo!!!not sure that it's a palm tree!
kimariehere
fantastic texture and compostions!! wonderful fanning diplay!
WandM
A wonderful playing garden for the insects ;)
Luka_30
Great design of nature perfectly captured!
Rene-Brugman
such a great pov.........lovely details and patterns
fotogSTAN
I think it's in the palm family (rather than cactus family) because it was in the tropical plant room at the arboretum. They have a separate cactus room.
soulofharmony
beautiful abstractional light and symetrics..linear again perfect.. l dont now the name.. but know a man that might..:) excellent
firestorm
wonderful compo to give it the abstract look :)
jcv2
Beautiful capture of this unknown palm tree, no idea what species it might be! :)
Punaguy
This looks like a Pandanas Palm or Screw Pine...don't quote me on this cause I can't see roots of this palm. Panadans roots look like fingers extending to the ground when fully developed. Here in the islands the Pandanas leaves are used to make baskets, purses, hats, etc. Lovely shot of this palm~ Aloha!
Chaos911
what a F A N T A S T I C shot and work!!!! super cooooool!!! :)
fotogSTAN
Punaguy, good guess. I looked up the plant and the description sounded right, but the photos I found are just not the same plant. Thanks. stan
pm_hackworth
I love it! You know it! (From one of your biggest fans!)Vote by the way! :)
cynlee
rippling spiraling fab spiraling compo!! :]