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Posted by Foto Care | Posted in Foto Care Exhibits
Posted on January 17, 2012
Photographer Bill Diodato’s Care of Ward 81 will be opening at Foto Care Rentals on January 26th at 6:30 PM. We snagged a quick interview with him about his career and the Care of Ward 81 project.
Posted by Foto Care | Posted in Foto Coach, Product Reviews
Posted on January 11, 2012
A RAID, or Redundant Array of Independent Disks, has become an industry standard for easily protecting your photos. Most RAIDs are freestanding pieces of hardware that look and function like a large external hard drive. In a RAID, multiple hard drives work in unison to provide a single storage “drive” with a couple of configurable features. RAIDs have many different configurations, but we are going to focus on RAID 1 and RAID 5s.
More on RAID’s after the jump…
Posted by Foto Care | Posted in Foto Care Interviews, Photographers
Posted on January 6, 2012
From Thomas:
I came up with an idea to shoot these close ups of insects with high end accessories awhile back. The only thing keeping me from shooting it was the lack of insects, and the absence of a lens that could do the job. I knew that I wanted these insects to be larger than life so I had to find a lens that was almost like a microscope. After searching online for a short while I ordered some insects, and came across the canon 65mm macro lens. This lens allowed me to get 1x-5x closer to my subject. Perfect, it was truly what the lens was made for. I called up Fred at Fotocare and he came through for me and got the lens so I could rent it. It was quite an exercise lighting these little bugs. The slightest movement of the light and it would throw the whole look off. After a little trouble shooting and setting up a rail system so I could focus my shots, the shooting went relatively smoothly. Being a still life photographer I feel that I tend to look at the normal things in life a little more closely. I try and find what makes them stand out, what makes them special. This was the purpose of this shoot. By making the subject larger than life we get to see what makes these bugs special, they almost start to have a personality when you get so close.
So where did you find all the bugs?
After searching around and doing a small test with dead bugs that had been dried out and taxidermied, I found out that I had to get bugs that were really fresh. Believe it or not, I got all the bugs on eBay. There are actually a lot of people that collect insects and there is a huge market for it on eBay. I ended up getting a collection of 65 insects that came in a solution so they were fresh and not dried out.
Which bug is your favorite?
I have two favorites, the black beetle with the gem on its back and the beetle holding the jewel in its arms. The one with the jewels in its arms seems to be almost talking to the earring.
What first inspired you to combine bugs and fashion accessories?
I wish I could say that I saw a bug on the sidewalk one day and I dreamed that it told me it really wanted to wear earrings and walk around in pumps. The reality is, I was riding my bike home one night and it just sort of popped into my head.
Posted by Foto Care | Posted in Foto Care Exhibits
Posted on January 3, 2012
Last month Foto Care Rentals, along with the generous sponsorship of Hasselblad, Broncolor, and Karin and Raoul, played host to the Beautiful Burn gallery show. Curated by Hassan Kinley, the show featured images from Reka Nyari, Erica Simone, Peter Ruprecht, Ian Brewer and Hassan Kinley from the Burning Man festival in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada.
Opening night drew the largest crowd we have had at a gallery show to date (250+ visitors!) While the show hung we had a steady stream of guests coming in to see the electrifying imagery from Burning Man. The images are all packed up but here is a last look at a Beautiful Burn! More images after the break…
