Former staff photographer at The New York Times _restired to work on personal projects.

[angelfranco1-mac]

I’m now working on special projects and teaching workshops.
I’m finally learning how to use Lightroom CC and Classic and the Apple Ipencil with IPadpro.
Of course i managed to screw things up an slowly correcting and finding images.
So all advice tips welcomed !
Thank you

 

[Paul McFarlane]

A big welcome! I'm sure our tips and comments and the experience you bring from your photography skills will be of help too all!

 

[PhilBurton]

For a sense of Angel Franco's work at the New York Times, see here: Seeing America Through Ángel Franco’s Eyes

Now I'm wondering how many other great photos I've seen in the Times over the years were taken by him.

Phil

 

[angelfranco1-mac]

Paul, Phil
I'm learning everyday.
I wake up like I'm a 12 year old ready to explore and learn.
I've been very lucky to live my dream and continue to work without having to meet deadlines.
My website which will be updated soon is angelfrancophotography.com it's all black and white work that I did after my working day.
If I can be of any help please ask.
Thank you

 

[clee01l]

If I can be of any help please ask.

How do you see the extraordinary in the ordinary? I just looked at the NYT article posted above and I saw: A Wyoming call train, a tornado damaged house in Kansas, a stockyard in Minnesota. I pass by things like this daily and if I decide to take a photo, my photos come out "ordinary". These tell a story.

 

[angelfranco1-mac]

How do you see the extraordinary in the ordinary? I just looked at the NYT article posted above and I saw: A Wyoming call train, a tornado damaged house in Kansas, a stockyard in Minnesota. I pass by things like this daily and if I decide to take a photo, my photos come out "ordinary". These tell a story.

Thank you Cleese’s, Nothing is ordinary you me even the grass we all breathe. I try to feel the event and the light.
I don’t know if my answer helps.
I ask my students to inhale and exhale images. Stop and study the landscape

 

[PhilBurton]

How do you see the extraordinary in the ordinary? I just looked at the NYT article posted above and I saw: A Wyoming call train, a tornado damaged house in Kansas, a stockyard in Minnesota. I pass by things like this daily and if I decide to take a photo, my photos come out "ordinary". These tell a story.

Clee,

I often feel the same way when I am reading the Times, just looking at various photos in that day's paper. How is it, I ask myself, is that the photos in the Times seem compelling, and mine, not so much? Rhetorical question, of course. People like Angel are true artists as well as photojournalists, in a way that I am not.

As I have mentioned several times here, I am a railroad hobbyist and so I take lots (and lots and lots) of train photos. But mine are nowhere as good as these: https://www.liveseyimages.com/

 

[angelfranco1-mac]

Beautiful images of the trains and subways in NYC.
I wonder how many times we have walked past each other.
Next time your in town lets take a walk..
I show you a very interesting subway stop in upper Manhattan also i worked on a story with construction workers on the Brooklyn bridge and i did some very interesting images.

 

[Victoria Bampton]

We're honored to have you in our company Angel. Stunning images. We'll look forward to an interchange of knowledge!

 

[angelfranco1-mac]

We're honored to have you in our company Angel. Stunning images. We'll look forward to an interchange of knowledge!

Thank you very much Ms. Bampton
Wish i found your books several years back.
I’m reading and hope to soon correct my major mistatakes.
Please when you have a chance take a look at my Instagram angelfranco_nyt