Kevin Raber

Posted on July 28, 2015 by Kevin Raber — Leave a comment

An Odd Find

I spent Saturday this week in Gary, Indiana with my wife Debra and some other photographers exploring and photographing some of the abandoned building in Gary. Gary is like a ghost town. Very depressed and very sad to visit. No matter where you go there are burnt out home, buildings abandoned by their owners and empty lots where homes used to be. There are so many building that need to be torn down tat Gary can’t afford it. As photographers we can explore some of these building and find some amazing things to photograph and only dream of what these places must have looked like in they splendor. This is kind of an abstract image with a curious painting of an eye I found in the old Gary Post office.

Posted on July 27, 2015 by Kevin Raber — 2 Comments

Double Exposure

I published a church photo from Icelanda few days ago. This is a shot I made inside the church. Using the double exposure feature in the Hipstamatic program I played around with doing double exposures. I’d shoot one and then look at the subject and tried to envision how it would look on top of the image previously shot. I did a number of images of the pipe organ and keyboard of the organ. This is one of the shots. Made with the iPhone.

Posted on July 26, 2015 by Kevin Raber — Leave a comment

New Orleans Cemetery

Another thing about New Orleans is the city has some amazing cemeteries. It’s funny in a way that in my travels I have photographed cemeteries in many countries. Buenos Aires, Argentina and Punta Arena, Chile have two of the most beautiful cemeteries I have ever visited. New Orleans certainly has its share of interesting cemeteries. This is a close up I found on one of the graves. I have hundreds of images I made there. Maybe I’ll show more over time. Shot with an iPhone.

Posted on July 25, 2015 by Kevin Raber — Leave a comment

New Orleans Stairs

In April of 2016 I’ll be hosting workshop in New Orleans. New Orleans is one of the most interesting US cities with quite an interesting history. There are so many things to photograph in New Orleans. The streets are full of interesting people. There are impromptu parades and some very interesting architecture. This image was made in the stairway of one of the older libraries in New Orleans. I like the light playing on the walls and color cast. You always have to be looking for these type of photo opportunities. Shot with an iPhone.

Posted on July 24, 2015 by Kevin Raber — Leave a comment

Church In Iceland

I have visited this unique church in Iceland many times. On my recent trip I visited it again and decided to shoot it with the iPhone and Hipstamaticapp. Iceland has some beautiful churches. Most are small and quaint but a few are really cool the way they are designed. This is one of them.

Posted on July 23, 2015 by Kevin Raber — Leave a comment

Round Tower In Copenhagen

I was in Copenhagen about a month ago to see a new camera launch. While there I played tourist and walked the city. I visited many of my favorite locations. The Round Tower is one of those places. This tower was apparently built by some king hundreds of years ago so he could drive his carriage up the tower and look out on the city. I guess he was too lazy to climb stairs. The wide roadway in the tower as well as the light spilling in the windows makes this a great place to find an interesting image. This was an iPhone shot.

Posted on July 22, 2015 by Kevin Raber — 1 Comment

Rainbow In Iceland

Sometimes magic happens and it often does when in Iceland. I sometimes think Iceland was created just for photographers as it is one of the most incredible landscapes in the world and I have seen a lot of them. It was around 10:30 at night and the sun was low on the horizon. We were shooting this really nice lake with dark stones and solid white patches of snow. We then looked far off and saw this rainbow forming. It got larger and larger and brighter too. I put on my long lens with a polarizer and started shooting. Finally I backed off on the zoom a bit and got this image that I really like.

Posted on July 14, 2015 by Kevin Raber — 1 Comment

Whale On The Beach

Once again while exploring Iceland you can find amazing things. This is a whale skeleton that was washed up on the beach last winter. Since then the only thing that remains are the bones. This Skelton lies on the edge of the beach with the magnificent mountains in the background. This image was made with the Phase One XF Camera and the IQ250 digital back. I shot 5 images in vertical orientation and then stitched the images together in Photoshop. I intend to make a 44 x 72 inch print of this image in the next week. The detail in it is amazing.

Posted on July 14, 2015 by Kevin Raber — Leave a comment

Another From The Helicopter

Iceland from the air is an amazing sight. On the helicopter excursions I shot 983 images in less than an hour. This shot was made of one of the river deltas. I love the abstracts you can see from the air.

Posted on July 12, 2015 by Kevin Raber — 2 Comments

Amazing Clouds

On our recent Iceland trip we were on our way to the Highlands and like it happens often in Iceland the weather was changing rapidly. Weather in Iceland can change in minutes and it is not uncommon that in one day you cane experience everything Iceland has to offer. So, while we were driving we watched the sky change in front of us. Weather systems were colliding and as a result the clouds just became incredible looking and it was sight you don’t see often. This i,age is a stitched image made handheld in a very quick set up.