Hello there
A few updates this week.

1. If you missed it, there is an interview with me published here: An Eye On The World

2. I will come to America on The 20th of January.
I'll be at Miami. On the 22nd I'll be going to Philadelphia, on the 24 to Washington, 28th to LA and 1st of February in New York. The dates are not final but that's the plan. As soon as I have the final dates, and lectures addresses, I will post it here, if any of you would like to come and meet me in person

3. I bought a new camera (I wanted to travel with some new quality gear). I bought the Canon 5D with the Canon 24-105mm lens. I'll probably add some lenses while I'm in the states. I will still be using my wonderful Nikon D70 for Infra Red and as back up camera, but The "Full frame" monster is something I've been dreaming of for a long time.

4. There is an exhibition planned in Marseille in March, I'll update on the details, when I'll know them for sure

My weekly tip
This week I want to talk about shooting in-house.
If you ever tried it (and you did), you know you get many problems shooting indoors. There usualy isn't enough light to get a well balanced shot. People are a little blurred even if they move ever so slightly, the colours are usualy redish' then they should be. using flash gets bad resaults...
Here is what you can try:

1. About using the built in flash , read this - [link]

2. Using Hot shoe flash (external) is better - bounce the light of the walls to get better spreading of the light.

3. If you use Reflex camera, use higher ISO, up to 800 ISO. It will get you different levels of "noise" (depends of the camera), but you can use it handheld, and avoid the motion blur.

4. Use natural light. Open windows as far as they are not infront of you, and the the light spread into the room.

5. Use white ligts in the house to get more natural lighting. Coloured light will mess up your WB and that's why you get all sorts of strange tones. You can adjust WB yourself to one of the options predesigned, or shoot RAW and adjust it later. The best would be to use white light and let the auto WB figure out what you need.

6. Place your camera on a steady surfuce and use timer. A tripod, sofa, table, floor... all are good. The timer will protect the exposure from the press you make on the camera while shooting. Major improvement!

7. Ask people you shoot to try and not move. It is always the easier choise.


This week prints theme - B&W







Now, I invite you to take a look with me, at 10 of my favorites Under my weekly spotlight





A great capture.
Not much in this shot, what makes it have such an impact.
A kid, a ball, a wall, a basket. The tention and dynamics is what makes it effective


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I like nature shots, but the main reason I don't do too much of them is that it's very techniqual and not very original.
Here is an example of an original bature shotm with brilliant technique.


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Magic forest has been found.
I know. I've seen it in a photograph....


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I love this style of photography.
If you know my work, you already know that
Beautiful, minimal, expressive and well taken.


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Well, yes!
Good eye!


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Great shot!
I love the silhouette, the hat is a great touch.


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The angle makes it so different.
You feel the size difference. She seems so little, as her friends.
She feels like a kid, inoccent and small, as the photographer wanted. Great work.


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Eifel tower has been presented in photographs unbelievble amount of times. Thisshot seems to be one of the times you see it and think: "I never Eifel tower like that". Now, if that not original, what is?


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Beautiful macro shot.
Great combination of colour, and shape.
Pure cany for the eyes, and transforms a moddy atmosphere.


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Minimalistic, colourfull, brilliant.
Most of all - touching


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It's amazing to see how much beauty and quality is passed un-noticed here in all one week. I hope that more great work will get noticed here. It's up to us. Use the comments favorites power to support the un-noticed.

Keep supporting!


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1. Art is all about expression

2. About Photography, and Israel too

3. DA Thoughts

4. Infra Red

5. Let me shed some Light

6. All the Info you can probably get on me – The BTL with G

7. Listen to "One Day"

8. About freedom of speech and ethics

9. A Different Look At Israel / Part 3, and part 4


13. Special Interview - An Eye On The World

If you didn't hear about the wonderful project of `ArtistsForCharity now its the time! go, share, and help.

These are five prints of my work, I gave to the project so far:
and and and and


Yours, G




If you don't want to read all this Bla Bla Bla, you can simply download the "A Different Look At Israel" presentations here.

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