Big Shot 14

Intrepid Sea, Air, and Space Museum

New York, New York

Sponsor and Primary Lighting Architect

October 28, 1999, 47° F

Camera: Sinar F 4x5 with 65mm lens

Exposure: 2 minutes @ f/11

Film: Kodak Porta 400 MC

All external lighting was provided by multiple hand-held electronic flash units operated by approximately 1,200 people.

about this photo

Technical consultant

A major activity of my professional work is serving as a consultant to photographic and imaging publishers, companies and industrial entities. While much of my consultancies are public, I have and continue to serve as a confidential consultant for major companies in the imaging industry, bound by Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDA). Confirmation of this activity available.

2019: Editorial Consultant, “Basic Photographic Materials and Processes, 4th Edition” Routledge | Taylor & Francis, New York, NY.

2017-Present: Editorial Consultant, Routledge | Taylor & Francis New York, NY.

2014: Consulting Advisor for “The Power of the Image” event and presentation, Temple of Heaven and Beijing Fuhai Culture Company, and Kodak/Alaris, Beijing, China.

2008: Technical and Marketing Consultant: Wedding Bienale Capital Photo Studio and WPPI, Moscow, Russia.

2007: Project Development Consultant on Adobe Certified Expert Exam – Photoshop Lightroom Adobe Systems, San Jose, CA.

1989: Photographic Consultant and Contributor for Ellis Island Restoration Project, US Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Ellis Island, New York, NY.

1988-Present: Editorial Consultant, Focal Press Stoneham, MA 1988

1981: Technology Consultant, Time-Life Library of Photography Time-Life Publications, New York, NY.

Projects

Primary role in successful development, introduction, training and sales of new photographic products. Sensitive to the requirements of individual unique country and corporate cultures, in each location I established a global balance of cooperation, commitment and understanding:

Adobe Incorporated – San Jose, CA, USA

Benro Precision Machinery Company, Limited – Zhuhai, China

Cymbolic Sciences International – Richmond, BC, Canada

Epson America Incorporated – Long Beach, CA, USA

Gitzo SA – Creteil, France

Hasselblad Bron Incorporated – Union, NJ

Ilford AG – Fribourg, Switzerland

Ilford Limited – Mobberley, England

Iris Graphics – Bedford, MA, USA

Kupo Company Limited – Taipei, Taiwan

Leaf Systems Incorporated – Southboro, MA, USA

Lino Manfrotto + Co. SPA – Bassano del Grappa, Italy

MAC Group USA, MAC Group Global – North White Plains, NY & Beijing, China

Meteor-Siegen Apparatus – Siegen, Germany

Minolta Corporation – Osaka, Japan

Pantone LLC – Carlstadt, NJ

Pictographic International Corporation – Burnsville, MN, USA

Rodenstock Optics Works – Munich, Germany

Scitex Corporation Limited – Herzlia, Israel

Tetenal Photo Chemicals – Hamburg, Germany

X-Rite Incorporated – Grand Rapids, MI, USA & Regensdorf, Switzerland