Amazonas. Brazil.

Photographs from Manaus and environs.

Amazon Tributary. ©taxel

Public Market. Manaus. ©taxel.

Storefront. Manaus. ©taxel.

Untitled. ©taxel.

Hotel Manacapuru. Amazonas. ©taxel.

Amazon Crossing in Thunderstorm. ©taxel.

Red Door and Window. Amazonas. ©taxel.

Category : architecture, creative photography, fine art photography, photography, travel

Android Captures. Winter 2011-2012.

This is a series that creates itself, that is, they fall together as a group of related photographs. The fact that they are all made the same android camera is more relevant, than if, for instance, they were all made with a Hasselblad, Canon, Nikon, Sinar, or Deardorff camera. The nature of the optics and the rendering of tones, plus the way that the device handles (the way it literally is held) yields, under certain circumstances, extraordinary images. BT

Southwest from Studio. 11.16.2011. ©taxel

Broadway. 11.6.2011. ©taxel.

Murray Hill. 12.11.2011. ©taxel.

Edgehill and Euclid Heights. 11.26.2011. ©taxel.

Prospect Avenue. 12.12.2011. ©taxel.

West Side Market. Ohio City. 1.5.2012. ©taxel.

Category : android capture, architecture, cleveland, creative photography, digital photography, fine art photography, light, photography

Windows. Doors. Dome. Shadows. Italia. 8.2011.

Via Carolina. Santa Fiora, Italia. 1.20.2011. ©taxel.

Wall Detail. Santa Fiora. Italia. 8.18.2011. ©taxel.

Window and Shadow Detail I. Rome. Italia. 8.30.2011. ©taxel.

Window and Shadow Detail II. Rome. Italia. 8-30-2011. ©taxel.

Dome. Rome. Italia. 8.29.2011. ©taxel.

Building Detail and Shadows. Rome. 8.29.2011. ©taxel.

Prints are available of all photographs on this page- made with archival pigment inks and on acid free, 100% cotton rag paper. See details in the right column for ordering information.

Thank You,

Barney

Category : architecture, creative photography, digital photography, fine art photography, light, photography, travel

Flora Collection. 1.13.2012.

The photographs in this collection incorporate full color technology to simulate traditional black and white or grayscale reproduction, yielding incredibly rich tones and subtle values. Please feel free to contact me (see information to the right) with any questions about availability of these images, or any others in this gallery, for your personal or company art collection. BT

Morning Song. 6.24.2011. ©taxel

Leucodendron. ©taxel

Lilies. 7.17.2011. ©taxel

Study in Scale. 6.4.2011. ©taxel

Cleveland Greenhouse 10.15.2011. ©taxel.

Open to Light. 5.30.2011. ©taxel.

Category : black and white, creative photography, digital photography, fine art, fine art photography, flora, sustainability, wellness

New Year. New Direction. 1.10.2012.

As use of social media has taken off, the relevance of of the ‘blog’ for one like myself, who does not necessarily have a lot to ‘say’, but does have a lot to share, comes into question. Several times each week examples of my creative/ personal photography are posted on my Facebook wall. Recently I have also begun to regularly post examples of the work being generated by Taxel Image Group, i.e., a portfolio of commercial photography on the TIG wall.
That being said, I have also recently gotten requests to display (and sell) my art on line, so I will begin using this blog site to shamelessly promote that cause… experimentally, of course. Here is the first of what will become periodic displays of works that can be purchased as archival pigment prints in various sizes. Feel free to contact me directly for pricing and delivery details. Cheers, BT

Color and Light Cleveland PM. 1.9.2012. ©taxel.


Edgehill After Storm. 9.27.2011. ©taxel


Prospect Road. 7.7.2011. ©taxel.


Tusten. New York. 11.12.2011. ©taxel.


Stamen Dream. ©taxel.


Lake View. 6.29.2011. ©taxel.


Flower Birth. 8.7.2011. ©taxel.

Category : blogging, cleveland, creative photography, fine art, fine art photography, photography, travel

The Nature of Form 11.15.2011.

St. Antimo Abbey. 8.21.2011. ©taxel


Timely Indications. Tusten NY. 11.12.2011. ©taxel.


Doorknob. Santa Fiora. Italia. 8.18.2011. ©taxel.


New Orleans. Cyprus Gardens. 1993. ©taxel.


Santa Fiora. Italia. 8.20.2011. ©taxel.

BT

Category : architecture, creative photography, digital photography, fine art photography, light, travel

Italia. August. 2011.

First Meal in the Old Country, Santa Fiora, Italia, 2011.


Via Carolina, Santa Fiora, Italia


Suits. Saturnia, Italia. 2011.


Detail. St. Antimo Abbey. Italia. 2011.


Changing Light. Santa Fiora. Italia. 2011.


Breakfast. Siena. Italia. 2011.

Category : photography

Color Studies. 8.2011.

Piazza Dell'Olmo, Santa Fiora

Red, Green, Blue. Santa Fiora.

Sheep Pasture, Santa Fiora.

While traveling recently I was particularly aware of the color relationships in my looking and image making. This is an exercise, of sorts, that I use to prepare for teaching the color and digital photography course at Case Western Reserve University. What begins as a task transforms into an exploration that allows me (the photographer) to connect on various levels with the subject. Often this connection is felt in the photograph- a special moment!

BT

Category : creative photography, digital photography, fine art photography, light, photography, travel

Morning 8.4.2011.

I have been trying to be intentional about spending some time in the garden each morning before the day runs away, and also before the heat makes it prohibitive. Most mornings I try to be somewhat practical- I pull a few weeds or untangle some vines. This morning there was a distinct call to bring the camera along, as if I had a hunger to soak in some new impressions.

Yucca. 8.4.2011.


Geometry IV. 8.4.2011.


Untitled. 8.4.2011.


Set Aside. 8.4.2011.

BT

Category : creative photography, digital photography, fine art photography

Dog Days of Summer 2011.

While the temperatures have been steadily rising since the end of our late cool and wet spring, there have been many opportunities for camerawork. Some recent findings:

Oakland. Dusk. 6.18.2011.


Lake View. 6.29.2011.


Target. Carnegie. 7.7.2011.


Edgehill. Lily. 7-17-2011

BT

Category : cleveland, creative photography, digital photography, fine art, repurposing, sustainability, travel