© Leland Bobbé
Portrait of Joseph Smith shot at a summer fair in upstate NY. Part of a series I’m currently shooting for Getty Images. I shot a series of these about 5 years ago and my Getty art director asked if I would revisit this project with them in mind. I love this kind of guerrilla approach to shooting portraits. It doesn’t get much more real than this.
Tags: New York Portrait Photographer, On location, Real People, Street Portrait, Summer Fair
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August 2nd, 2018
© Leland Bobbé
This portrait of a NYC construction worker was just awarded in the 2018 International Color Awards in the portrait category. This is part of a new project I’ve been working on titled Hardhat. I’ve shot about 40 people so far (including some women). After I shoot another 20 or so i’ll do an edit and put them on my website. This is the first one that has been unleashed upon the world.
Tags: Hardhat, New York Portrait Photographer, On location, Street Portrait
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March 14th, 2018
© Leland Bobbé
Provokr is a cool website featuring film, music, video, fashion, art, photography and more, They just ran a nice story on my New York City Wall Art series. Go to this link to read about and and view some of the images from my series.
Tags: New York City Wall Art, On location, Provokr, Urban Art
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December 6th, 2017
© Leland Bobbé
In recent years the landscape of stock photography has changed dramatically. Most stock agencies have turned to royalty free as their default business model and as a result its very hard to make consistent high dollar stock sales. Great for the client bad for the photographer. I just had two MAJOR rights managed sales of this shot through Getty Images to the same client for pharmaceutical usage one for print advertising and one for online use. I spotted these twins at an upstate NY fair years ago and they agreed to pose for a portrait. It just shows that it’s best to rely on your instincts.
Tags: New York Portrait Photographer, On location, twins
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May 24th, 2017
© Leland Bobbé
Woman in green from my Underground NYC series. People in subways
Tags: New York Street Photography, On location, On The Subway, Underground NYC
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August 18th, 2016
© Leland Bobbé
I shot this in upstate NY at an outdoor rodeo just before these twins sang the national anthem. Such a weird juxtaposition. This was shot on film and processed in Photoshop and Topaz software. I believe this was shot with a 14mm fisheye lens. I’d check but i sold the lens a few years ago. I really like this one . . .
Tags: Black & White Photography, clown, New York Portrait Photographer, New York Street Photography, On location, rodeo, twins
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August 9th, 2016
© Leland Bobbé
About 10 years ago I went on road trip through Texas and found this cop at a roadside fast food burger joint. I fought off my intimidation and asked him if I could snap a portrait of him. I recently rediscovered the image and started to play around with converting it to black and white. Using 3 types of Topaz software this is what I came up with. I like this version much better than the color.
Tags: Black & White Photography, New York Portrait Photographer, On location
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June 7th, 2016
©Leland Bobbé
I shot this during a winter drive in upstate NY. Shot in color and processed into B&W using Topaz software. Whenever I the a shot like this it reminds me that there are potential great photos all around us, it’s just a matter of seeing.
Tags: Black & White Photography, graphic, On location, Snow, Winter
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March 17th, 2016
© Leland Bobbé
I came upon this gentleman the other day on 28th st. between Madison and Park. Shot in color and processed using Snapseed my favorite new iPhone photo editing app.
Tags: Black & White Photography, Man behind window, New York Street Photography, On location, Real People
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October 23rd, 2015
© Leland Bobbe
I was going back through all of my iPhone shots the other day and found this that I had totally forgotten about. This is one of the very first shots that I ever took on an iPhone. I just happen to catch this at the right moment. I love the light and love the mood.
Tags: iPhone, On location, Street Photography
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June 18th, 2015
