by irene liebler | Mar 26, 2016 | Behind the Scenes, personal projects, Portraits, Recent Work
My kids are working behind the scenes in the lighting department in the high school play this year, and sometimes my daughter comes home with random colored gels that are otherwise destined for the dumpster. I decided to use the red gels that she rescued from the high...
by irene liebler | Mar 10, 2016 | personal projects, Portraits, Recent Work
Burning the Candle at Both Ends. We all do it. We push ourselves to extremes – meeting deadlines for clients, juggling multiple jobs, writing papers for teachers, studying for exams – often working into the wee hours of the night, getting little to no sleep....
by irene liebler | Nov 29, 2015 | Behind the Scenes, personal projects, Recent Work
I recently joined the North Haven Camera Club and participated in my first group competition – the theme was “Bottles”. Step one was finding some interesting old bottles, so I called my neighbors Lynne and Deb who used to own Azteca’s Restaurant in New Haven. Their...
by irene liebler | Nov 10, 2015 | personal projects, personal projects: video, Portraits, Recent Work
I recently helped my husband with a ukulele video where he wore his straw hat and freshly grown “Novem-beard”, so I thought it would be fun to photograph him as a cowboy. I used 2 lights: a beauty dish with a 30-degree grid on the left, and a medium softbox on the...
by irene liebler | Mar 27, 2015 | personal projects, Portraits, Project 52 Portraits, Recent Work
Portrait Study: DAVID BAILEY This week’s featured photographer is David Bailey, a “problem” kid with dyslexia in 1960’s East London. After a series of dead end jobs, he served with the Royal Air Force in 1957 where he bought his first...
by irene liebler | Mar 27, 2015 | Behind the Scenes, personal projects, Recent Work
In early November of 2014, I had my first-ever opportunity to do a LIVE photo shoot at the North Haven Camera Club, to show how I put together a series of images to build a final image. The concept for my proposed image was about college, and whether it was worth it....