Gorilla-torial

Written by Tom Robison on March 11th, 2011

On this Corporate-Industrial Assignment HOERBIGER Corporation needed to document it’s Board of Directors visit to the United States – touring 5 Facilities in 4 States in 5 Days  with a recreational stopover in New Orleans . Images were to be used as editorial content in Company Publications worldwide .The tours were on  a tight schedule and we rarely stayed in one spot for more than minutes- This pace required a “Gorilla” type editorial style.

 

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Written by Tom Robison on March 10th, 2011

While waiting to fly home from a Houston, TX assignment i was able to ad to my stock images in the 10 minutes prior to boarding by looking for possible photo opps developing around me – Tip: keep your batteries charged !!

 

A little dab will do you

Written by Tom Robison on March 10th, 2011

~ As you can see in a recent Dslr test shoot  for a new Beauty Dish -A Make up artist is needed to get things going- importing all RAW capture files into Adobe Lightroom for processing will give you all the tools you need to export a final image. Additional tweaks in Adobe Photoshop CS5 and enhanced a bit with a decent portrait filter software – you get to where your going fast ~

 

Contessa-Nettel, Adoro Tropen (Tropical) circa 1921.

Written by Tom Robison on March 10th, 2011

Contessa Nettel Tropen Adoro, 6,5 x 9 cm,  rare and unusual folding plate camera, with body of Teakwood,brushed Nickel hardware and brown Russian leather bellows, an early beauty manufactured in 1921. Tessar lens 1:4,5 f=15 cm Nº 548655,  D.R.P Nº 258646 D.R.G.M

The Contessa-Nettel AG Stuttgart was a German company that resulted from a merger of Contessa Camerawerke Drexler & Nagel and Nettel Camerawerk in the year 1919. After a time of cooperation with ICA it became part of Zeiss Ikon in 1926.

Dr August Nagel began his camera design business in 1908 as Drexler & Nagel, quickly to become the Contessa Camerawerke a year later. In 1919, he bought the Nettel Kamera-werke and renamed the combined operation Contessa-Nettel AG. Stuttgart, Germany. It operated under the Contessa-Nettel name from 1919 until 1926.

Current Value $500.00-600.00


 

Tuna Tango and Protecting our Ocean’s

Written by Tom Robison on June 7th, 2010

I have an ongoing project for Renowned artist, scientist, diver, angler, conservationist and explorer Dr.GUY HARVEY . We do a series of High Resolution Digital Art Captures on selected  original artwork – to Archive and capture image files for his  licening and marketing projects . Guy  became an avid scuba diver and skilled underwater photographer. He pioneered a technique of diving and photographing free-swimming billfish. His personal observations made during these diving expeditions have better enabled him to capture the detail in his paintings that contributes to the popularity of his work. Guy dedicates much of his talent, time and resources to programs that protect our oceans, fish population and reef systems. The Guy Harvey Research Institute at Nova Southeastern University and The Guy Harvey Ocean Foundation have taken on a leadership role in providing the scientific information necessary to understand and protect the world’s fish resources and biodiversity from continued decline

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