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Hello and thank you for visiting and spending some time with my photos!
I am a photographer, voice actor, and writer. I am unabashedly romantic and unapologetically sentimental. I share my digs with Scamper the Wookie Cat, a very conversational little combination of bunny rabbit white and tabby markings. I love being in vibrant cities like New York, Paris, and London, as well as anywhere Alpine. I enjoy trains and airplanes, and get attached to my cars. I love quality music and good movies.
My photography includes Alpine and other landscapes, European, Canadian, and American cityscapes, including night scenes, railroad and aviation subjects, people, pets, the passing scene.
In other words, I am easily inspired when a camera is at hand.
In exhibiting my work, whether here or in galleries, I derive special pleasure in sharing with others the fruits of those otherwise solitary moments of looking through the viewfinder.
I also enjoy sharing some of my photography/travel experiences at https://medium.com/@emberphoto
Lately, I have been engaged in recording some audio stories of some of my favorite travel/photography experiences. You can listen by following the SoundCloud link on the right. I'd love to have you "come along" this way. Images relating to such podcasts are so noted.
I hope you'll enjoy sampling my work, and I welcome your comments if a photo should inspire you.
If you have followed my work here, you’ve perhaps been aware of the presence of more FILM images in the mix of late.
There are two reasons:
I have loved film for decades, having begun my photography when film was the only means of (photographically) capturing an image. I've never stopped loving film. Even after succumbing to the allure of the D-SLR in 2008, I have continued shooting film alongside of digital. I like to say it “keeps me honest” – that is, it forces me to be more deliberate in my shooting, also to remember all the relationships of f/stops, shutter speeds, depth of field scales, that I've striven to master over the years…and the fact that a roll of film represents a finite number of chances to “get it right.” This does not mean digital photography does not depend on the same factors coming together, or that one can not be “deliberate” when shooting digital. It’s simply that good results on film demand it. But, to me, shooting film is also a sort of “comfort food” experience that reminds me of the less hurried, less technically “cold” times during which I was learning my craft. And I admit to loving the anticipation of waiting for one’s negatives or slides to come back from the lab – Often, that, in its own “archaic” way, is as pleasurable to me as digital’s (still amazing!) instant confirmation that I got it right (well, a good portion of the time!).
All of this is not to leave out something I so love about film - its textures and character. Passé? I don’t think so, not when one considers all the editing programs out there designed to emulate film down to the specific types. Me, I rather like getting that done in the camera.
The other reason you’re seeing more film images: One of the utter joys of retirement (from the full-time broadcasting career) has been the chance to revisit years and years of film shooting – and all the enriching experiences, travel and otherwise – that went along with them. What a joyful time machine it has been for me to re-discover countless, often forgotten, sleeves of negatives and boxes of slides, including the venerable Kodachrome-25, Panatomic-X, Agfa APX-25, trusty Tri-X, Ilford Pan-F and so many more. Moments captured on film which there seemed never enough time to do justice to, while engaged in full time employment…all emerging from my Nikon scanner onto my monitor.
I hope you will find many such motifs as timeless as I consider them to be.
Actually, this ongoing voyage is also true of the results of 14+ years with the D-SLR, many of which I’m now re-discovering, now that the time is there, and greatly enjoying sharing with my F-C fellow photogs.
The experience reminds me daily of what a rich life I have enjoyed since my parents gave me my first camera, a Kodak Brownie Hawkeye, for my tenth birthday, and as I went on to acquire all the (by definition!) more advanced cameras that have allowed me to advance my skills and which have accompanied me on trips and other enjoyable experiences.
I don’t mean for any of this to be purely backward looking. I am ALWAYS looking forward to the next shoot and the cameras, both film and digital, prime lenses, zooms, filters, and other paraphernalia that I’ll be packing into overstuffed equipment bags.
Thank you, my Foto-Community friends, for letting me share not only the bright, shiny new work but also the burnished legacy images of a life-long love affair with cameras, lenses, and film.
Most images are available in archival matted gallery prints and as custom printed photo note cards. Please contact me if interested at Steve(at)SteveEmber(dot)com.
All images are Copyright and Property of Steve Ember and all rights to reproduction are protected.
I am a photographer, voice actor, and writer. I am unabashedly romantic and unapologetically sentimental. I share my digs with Scamper the Wookie Cat, a very conversational little combination of bunny rabbit white and tabby markings. I love being in vibrant cities like New York, Paris, and London, as well as anywhere Alpine. I enjoy trains and airplanes, and get attached to my cars. I love quality music and good movies.
My photography includes Alpine and other landscapes, European, Canadian, and American cityscapes, including night scenes, railroad and aviation subjects, people, pets, the passing scene.
In other words, I am easily inspired when a camera is at hand.
In exhibiting my work, whether here or in galleries, I derive special pleasure in sharing with others the fruits of those otherwise solitary moments of looking through the viewfinder.
I also enjoy sharing some of my photography/travel experiences at https://medium.com/@emberphoto
Lately, I have been engaged in recording some audio stories of some of my favorite travel/photography experiences. You can listen by following the SoundCloud link on the right. I'd love to have you "come along" this way. Images relating to such podcasts are so noted.
I hope you'll enjoy sampling my work, and I welcome your comments if a photo should inspire you.
If you have followed my work here, you’ve perhaps been aware of the presence of more FILM images in the mix of late.
There are two reasons:
I have loved film for decades, having begun my photography when film was the only means of (photographically) capturing an image. I've never stopped loving film. Even after succumbing to the allure of the D-SLR in 2008, I have continued shooting film alongside of digital. I like to say it “keeps me honest” – that is, it forces me to be more deliberate in my shooting, also to remember all the relationships of f/stops, shutter speeds, depth of field scales, that I've striven to master over the years…and the fact that a roll of film represents a finite number of chances to “get it right.” This does not mean digital photography does not depend on the same factors coming together, or that one can not be “deliberate” when shooting digital. It’s simply that good results on film demand it. But, to me, shooting film is also a sort of “comfort food” experience that reminds me of the less hurried, less technically “cold” times during which I was learning my craft. And I admit to loving the anticipation of waiting for one’s negatives or slides to come back from the lab – Often, that, in its own “archaic” way, is as pleasurable to me as digital’s (still amazing!) instant confirmation that I got it right (well, a good portion of the time!).
All of this is not to leave out something I so love about film - its textures and character. Passé? I don’t think so, not when one considers all the editing programs out there designed to emulate film down to the specific types. Me, I rather like getting that done in the camera.
The other reason you’re seeing more film images: One of the utter joys of retirement (from the full-time broadcasting career) has been the chance to revisit years and years of film shooting – and all the enriching experiences, travel and otherwise – that went along with them. What a joyful time machine it has been for me to re-discover countless, often forgotten, sleeves of negatives and boxes of slides, including the venerable Kodachrome-25, Panatomic-X, Agfa APX-25, trusty Tri-X, Ilford Pan-F and so many more. Moments captured on film which there seemed never enough time to do justice to, while engaged in full time employment…all emerging from my Nikon scanner onto my monitor.
I hope you will find many such motifs as timeless as I consider them to be.
Actually, this ongoing voyage is also true of the results of 14+ years with the D-SLR, many of which I’m now re-discovering, now that the time is there, and greatly enjoying sharing with my F-C fellow photogs.
The experience reminds me daily of what a rich life I have enjoyed since my parents gave me my first camera, a Kodak Brownie Hawkeye, for my tenth birthday, and as I went on to acquire all the (by definition!) more advanced cameras that have allowed me to advance my skills and which have accompanied me on trips and other enjoyable experiences.
I don’t mean for any of this to be purely backward looking. I am ALWAYS looking forward to the next shoot and the cameras, both film and digital, prime lenses, zooms, filters, and other paraphernalia that I’ll be packing into overstuffed equipment bags.
Thank you, my Foto-Community friends, for letting me share not only the bright, shiny new work but also the burnished legacy images of a life-long love affair with cameras, lenses, and film.
Most images are available in archival matted gallery prints and as custom printed photo note cards. Please contact me if interested at Steve(at)SteveEmber(dot)com.
All images are Copyright and Property of Steve Ember and all rights to reproduction are protected.
ilkschmidt 18/10/2024 6:42
Eine interessante Galerie zeigst du hier, tolle streetfotografie, beeindruckende s/w Fotos, viel Inspiration für michViele Grüße Ilka
Brisnace 29/06/2024 18:24
Excellent photography Steve. Please see my pm to you when you are not taking pictures :)regards Brian Worthington
David Arduini 15/01/2024 23:06
Hi Steve, nice photos. I love film also, to me there is such a difference. Digital is easier but the feel is not the same. I noticed that finding a place to develop real art prints is not as easy as it used to be. Take Care DavidCarlo.Pollaci 31/10/2023 21:38
CongratulationOn a Downtown 6 Train - A New York Moment
Steve EmberCarlo.Pollaci 31/10/2023 21:37
CongratulationChristmas Eve Enchantment
Steve EmberAdele D. Oliver 12/09/2023 1:44
dear Steve, thank you so much for visiting and for your kind comments and `likes` ...I really appreciate it. Norway was a last minute decision for us - a chance to see from the water what we saw by land in 1972 with barely any pictures. We found a cheap cruise,
also the opportunity to see brother and family after our time in Norway. Yes, you would love it there !!!
warm regards, Adele
Hans-Gerd Hacker 20/04/2023 8:32
Hi Steve,Thank You very much…it‘s always nice to hear from You.
This year from 24. until 31. August I will come back to NYC. I will come with Doris, Christa and Stefan. Jonas is also there but a few days longer. It would be nice to see us again - what do You think about?
Best Regards
Hans-Gerd
Apostolos Koreas 16/08/2022 16:08
Thank you very much, I enjoy your fotos. Kind regards, ApostolosBasi70 07/03/2022 8:18
Hey Steve, many thanks to your comments for my Pictures!Bw Michael
Bernd Hohnstock 24/02/2022 8:35
Danke für die nette Anmerkung zu meinem FotoLaPaDu .....
Bernd Hohnstockhabe mich sehr darüber gefreut, wünsche dir weiterhin immer tolle Fotos
und einen Gruß vom linken Niederrhein ... Gruß Bernd
Twin O Caulin 05/11/2021 12:54
Thanks to the trace you left under one of my pictures I have re-discovered your portfolio. It's not least because of the great railway images in your portfolio that I have now decided to follow your tracks...Hello from the Old Continent
Twin
Carlo.Pollaci 25/07/2021 7:29
Many thanks for your appreciation. I'm happy.Best wishes
Omaggio alla bellezza
Carlo.PollaciCarlo.Pollaci 31/12/2020 19:13
Many wishes for the new year, which may bring joy, serenity and happiness to you and your loved ones. Happy New Year 2021!Sicily, 2016 _ 9
Carlo.PollaciStropp 15/11/2020 19:51
Glad that my flowers pleased you and thank you for your nice comments Steve. Bye. Anawhen it rains ...
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StroppStropp 15/11/2020 19:50
Glad that my flowers pleased you and thank you for your nice comment Steve. Bye. Anawhen it rains ...
Stropp