Jacques' Photo Blog
For the foreseeable future, I'll be living part-time in both New York City and Kazakhstan. While I'm abroad, Happening Photos cofounder Steve Hart will continue to serve our clients in the US, and I will expand Happening Photos' service area into Central Asia. Within just a few days of arriving in Kazakhstan, I had already booked two event photography jobs in Almaty and a wedding in Dushanbe. This blog will be my primary vehicle for sharing experiences, information, and photos about places I visit and my work as a photographer. I hope you enjoy it, and I welcome comments, questions and story ideas. Please feel free to use the guestbook to share your thoughts.
First Day Out In Dushanbe
May 28, 2013
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Yesterday was my first day out on my own with a camera in Dushanbe, the capital city of Tajikistan and my new part-time home in Central Asia. Tajikistan's bordered on the east by China, the north by Kyrgyzstan, the west by Uzbekistan (aka Ubekibekibekibekistanstan), and the south by Afghanistan. Right now it's in the 60s at night and the 70s during...
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Even smaller cameras yield big results, too.
April 30, 2013
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Following my last article about small cameras, I have a few things to say about even smaller cameras. A number of people who saw my article have asked me about a small camera to replace or complement their full-size DSLRs. They wanted to know if the Micro Four Thirds format cameras I discussed would be appropriate for them. In some cases, my reacti...
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Small cameras are yielding big results.
April 08, 2013
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If you're wondering whether today's small cameras are "good enough", the answer is "It depends." I'm keeping my big pro cameras for my event & commercial work, mainly because they handle fast action lickety-split and let me shoot in cave-like conditions. But I'm having a ton of fun with small cameras these days. For a while now, I've been shooting...
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Nik Dfine noise reduction plugin - custom camera profiles
April 01, 2013
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Nik Software's Dfine is a powerful, flexible, and easy to use tool for reducing digital image noise. It does a great job right out of the box, but a custom profile for your camera can help you get even better results very easily. I recently created custom profiles for all of my cameras, and below I'll outline how I did it and even provide a link yo...
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NH Winter
March 19, 2013
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Once again wandered through the woods behind the house where I grew up. Saw some unusual patterns in ice puddles yesterday, since covered up by snow. More photos in my NH Winter gallery.
Up date: I've added some new photos to the NH Winter gallery. After 12" of snow overnight, the woods on this sunny morning presented a spectacular display of snow...
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Rockaways after Sandy
December 12, 2012
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I went out to the Rockaways recently with my good friend and business partner Steve Hart to photograph the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. The beachfront is decimated for miles - houses destroyed and large sections of boardwalk washed right off the foundations. People out there are working hard to restore the area, but it's going to take time. You ca...
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Portrait of Robyn
September 13, 2012
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I've been shooting scenes of nature for a long time, and have been doing more portraiture of late. The impulse to combine these two genres has been in me for a while. Robyn's enthusiasm for the idea created an opportunity.
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New "recent work" section
September 13, 2012
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My website has a new "recent work" section that I'll be updating frequently. Come on by to see what I've been up to. I'm kicking it off with a 30-image gallery of a wedding I shot last weekend. Check out the Groucho glasses.
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Equipment Review: Transcend RDF8 USB 3.0 multi-format card reader
August 28, 2012
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I recently found myself in the market for a new card reader for downloading photos from my camera's memory cards, as some of the readers I'd collected over the years were slow or had become unreliable. I was looking for a reader with the following features:
USB 3.0 for top speed with newer computers
Good USB 2.0 performance with older computers...
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Finally, you can order prints right here!
August 14, 2012
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All of the images in my "places" galleries can now be ordered as prints directly through this website. Yea! I've spent countless hours painstakingly optimizing all of the image files to ensure that they will yield beautiful, detailed prints up to 16"x24". Finally, it's done, and the galleries have been configured to make placing your order as easy...
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