The Story Behind Every Photograph
Monthly Power of Process Tip…October 15th
Iconic American photographer Jay Dusard said after seeing my portfolio of Hartford City Hall. "Steve Sherman’s photographs from inside the magnificent Hartford CT. City Hall is absolutely the most lyrical, evocative architectural studies that I have ever seen.” Jay Dusard, Large Format Photographer and Guggenheim Fellow I'll give an overview of my 5 component Process from Conception to Completion. I'll demonstrate How and Why my negatives are designed so differently than 15 years ago...bring...
The Story Behind Every Photograph…October, 2017
I made this image in 1987 very early in my understanding of B&W film and how to shape what I wanted to communicate in a photograph. This image is one of the first successful renderings of a scene where I was able to carry off what my mind saw and translate it to film. What film actually renders is dramatically different than what our eye and brain perceive and that understanding is the foundation to carry off a Creative image. The idea of giving more exposure to an already blazingly...
Monthly Power of Process Tip…September 15th
My Light and Composition Premium video is just shy of 90 minutes long filmed in 1080 high definition. This 4 minute section from that video is on location at a beach where I talk about creating depth and dimension of 3 dimensional objects which will be rendered in a 2 dimensional photograph. The Premium video series will be available for purchase during December. See this link
The Story Behind Every Photograph…September, 2017
Back in 2004 I thought I wanted to go to a larger camera, 8” x10” was the next step up from my 5” x7” Deardorff camera. I already had several lenses that would work the larger format, so before I actually purchased a camera I was fortunate to borrow one with the idea to see if I liked the format. Secret Window resulted from an April trip to New York City with fellow Large Format photographer Peter Bosco. Peter had an interest in shooting the water storage containers that sit atop...