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Jul

Lemon Drinka

Categories: Photography
Tags: Black & White, Black and White, Dutch, Festival, Folk, Historic, Kutztown, Kutztown Folk Festival, Olympus, PEN, PEN-F, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Dutch, Photo, Photograph, Photography, Summer

Every year I try to make the pilgrimage to the annual Kutztown Folk Festival. It is the oldest continuously operated folklife festival in America. This nine-day event draws visitors from all over the world. The festival provides insight into the traditions of the Pennsylvania Dutch and their fascinating way of life. I try to keep a low profile and thought the small but mighty Olympus PEN-F would be my camera of choice for this visit. It clearly did not disappoint. I used the prime M.Zuiko 17mm f1.8 lens for all of the images.

Dec

Oculus (2 of 2) – Interior

By Frank T. Smith 2 Comments

Categories: Photography
Tags: Architectural, architecture, Freedom Tower, New York, NY, Oculus, Olympus, OM-D E-M5 MkII, PATH, PEN, PEN-F, Photo, photo workshop, Photograph, Photography, Redevelopment, World Trade Center, World Trade Center station

This is a follow up post to the previous one I did on the exterior of this complex. As much as I enjoyed photographing the exterior, I found the interior to be be almost magical and again, it screamed to be monochromatic. As many of you know, I am drawn to geometric shapes and styles with a wide angle slant. I look forward to returning and finding more hidden treasures.

Dec

Oculus (1 of 2) – Exterior

By Frank T. Smith 4 Comments

Categories: Photography
Tags: Architectural, architecture, Freedom Tower, New York, NY, Oculus, Olympus, OM-D E-M5 MkII, One World Trade Center, PATH, PEN, PEN-F, Photo, photo workshop, Photograph, Photography, Redevelopment, World Trade Center, World Trade Center station

During the months of October and November, I spent a fair amount of time in New York for various Olympus events. During one of the earlier events I went to the newly opened Oculus at the World Trade Center station. I was immediately captivated by its design and presence in relationship to the Freedom Tower. I found myself going back several times during my travels to NY trying capture different angles of the structure. Over time I went and found new vantage points to shoot from. There appears to be no limit to different photo opportunities at this place. I am a wide angle shooter and for me, this place screams fisheye & WIDE. I captured all of the images in color but I found black and white works best. If you haven’t seen this place, the next time you are in New York put it on your list of places to see.

Nov

Trans Siberian Orchestra (TSO)

By Frank T. Smith 4 Comments

Categories: Photography
Tags: Allentown, Concert, Olympus, PEN, PEN-F, Photo, Photograph, Photography, PPL Center, Trans Siberian Orchestra, TSO

Last week I saw one of the most amazing concerts of my life, The Trans Siberian Orchestra. They performed in Allentown at the PPL Center. They have restrictions on camera equipment (based on size), but, because I brought my Olympus Pen-F, I was able to shoot the concert. All images were shot handheld with the M.Zuiko ED 14-150mm f4.0-5.6 II.

Sep

Missouri State Penitentiary

By Frank T. Smith 6 Comments

I recently had the pleasure to lead a workshop with Creve Coure Camera which was sponsored by Olympus at the Missouri State Penitentiary in Jefferson, MO. The following images were taken during the workshop. This was my first experience at this location. I have photographed the Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia many times, so I was somewhat familiar with what to expect. There were many similarities, but there were equally as many differences. One of the differences was that this facility had it’s own gas chamber. I must admit, I had a very eerie feeling in here. The prison operated from 1836 – 2004. Many of the images were processed in-camera with a monochromatic filter and a couple of them in HDR. The equipment I used was the Olympus PEN-F paired with the M.Zuiko ED 8mm F1.8 Fisheye PRO & the OM-D E-M5 MkII paired with the M.Zuiko ED 7-14mm f2.8 PRO (an amazing combination).

Welcome to the Gas Chamber

Sep

Tales of the Great Allentown Fair

By Frank T. Smith 5 Comments

Categories: Photography
Tags: Allentown, Allentown Fair, allentown fairgrounds, Fair, great allentown fair, KISS, Night, Night Photography, Olympus, PEN, PEN-F, Photo, Photograph, Photography

The following images are a collection of my perception of the life and stories of the Allentown Fair. In order to capture these images, it required me to first start a dialog with my subjects, and then after gaining their trust, I would take the picture. This requires one to step out of there comfort zone and try to become a small part of the “culture”. All of the images were shot handheld with the Olympus PEN-F and in many cases the exposures were in excess of a half of a second. I was only able to accomplish this because of the Olympus built in image stabilization system. One additional bonus from this shoot, is that it happened to be the day KISS performed, which provided some additional characters for the evening.

Jul

Manhattan from Brooklyn

By Frank T. Smith 2 Comments

Categories: Photography
Tags: Brooklyn, Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Bridge Park, Cityscape, Landscape, Live Composite, Manhattan, New York, NY, Olympus, OM-D E-M5 MkII, PEN, PEN-F, Photo, Photograph, Photography, Sky, Skyline, Summer

A few weeks ago I traveled to New York with my friend and fellow Olympus Trailblazer Alex McClure. Our plan was to photograph the city from Brooklyn. We had done this back in November from the area around the bridges, however, we ran out of time to get shots from the this location (in front of the piers). This time, when we arrived at this location, we were greeted with a beautiful evening and a wonderful sky. I had two camera bodies with me and I used both of them for the following images (The Olympus OM-D E-M5 MarkII and the PEN-F). After we photographed the city skyline we walked up to and over the Brooklyn Bridge. The remainder of the images were from the bridge. The one with the car headlights and taillights was done in “Live Composite” mode.