Tamar Levine: Photoblog » thisisaphotoblog

Mt. Zion

Tamar — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 01:44:10 +0000

I brought along my Holga on a hiking trip to Mt. Zion a couple weeks ago. I thought it would be a great subject for our new thisisaphotoblog assignment, Sports! Hiking is the perfect sport for me; I can bring my dog (usually), and it is outdoors (a great place to be when most of the time I am behind a computer). These photos are not retouched or anything, it is all done in-camera. I always forget how fun the Holga is!

Please see below for my final images, and click to enlarge.

Grandma’s House

Tamar — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 15:21:20 +0000

I have been in New York for the past ten days for a work/family/friends trip. Every time I come up it is a whirlwind. This time I spent some time meeting with people about my portfolio, one day photographing, almost all the nights with friends, visits to the MoMA and Natural History Museum, a wonderful burlesque club called The Box, a couple days with my aunt & uncle in Poughkeepsie, and one day in Long Island visiting my grandmother.

Last time I came up to Long Island I interviewed my grandmother, a Holocaust survivor, speaking about her experience. This time I photographed her house, the place I spent many weekends as a child. Below are some of the photos I took!

[not] common people

Tamar — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:29:29 +0000

I was recently featured on the wonderful international blog, ” (Not) Common People ” Check it out by clicking here!

everyone is a photographer

Tamar — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 00:15:00 +0000

From November’s thisisaphotoblog assignment, “everyone is a photographer”.

Steven & Diana

Tamar — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 22:34:00 +0000

Makeup/Hair: Erica Glaub
Models: Steven Bruns (LA Models) and Diana Armstrong (LA Models)

Renaissance

Tamar — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 17:42:00 +0000

I finished a new photo for This Is A Photoblog – the assignment was “Renaissance”:

Also, Wonderful Machine recently highlighted my portfolio, and posted a video tour of my portfolio book on YouTube. You can watch it below if you’d like to get a sense of how I present my work for potential clients:

Trying something new.

Tamar — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 22:09:00 +0000

Sometimes when I hit a creative block I gravitate to old inspiration, which have included a lot of films. One of my favorite filmmakers of all time is Samuel Fuller, director of the Naked Kiss and Shock Corridor (PLEASE rent these movies if you haven’t seen them. The Naked Kiss is also available on YouTube here). While watching the Naked Kiss for the umpteenth time the other day I decided to do a fun shoot inspired by the film. I have been wanting to experiment with angles and light lately, so this was a perfect self-assignment. Also the next thisisaphotoblog assignment is to experiment with black and white, so I thought I could kill two birds with one stone. I shot with an SLR and Holga. Below is the SLR. The Holga film will be ready on Thursday and assuming it comes out okay will be posted in a few days. Many thanks to Ollie and Caleb for being amazing models as always.

Please click on images to enlarge.