by Kevin Thom | Mar 26, 2015 | Featured, Travel
I’m a big fan of the Big Island of Hawaii. It has everything I love in a destination: friendly people, gorgeous weather, great food and epic landscapes. I brought my new Sigma 50mm f1.4 ART lens with me. I’d heard good things about this lens from online...
by Kevin Thom | Sep 19, 2014 | General, Tips, Travel
I traveled to the NU Hotel in Brooklyn, NY to document the creation of Laura Hollick’s mural, The Trees of nĂ¼ York. My job was to capture the beauty of Laura’s creative process in photos and videos. When working on a project like this, the secret to...
by Kevin Thom | Jul 19, 2011 | Philosophy, Travel
Millions of tiny dramas are happening every day in New York City. Turn your lens in any direction, focus on even the smallest fragment, and you’re bound to capture them. Shot with Canon 5D MkII with Hartblei 65mm f3.5 Super-Rotator. You can view it in HD on...
by Kevin Thom | Jul 17, 2011 | Tips, Travel
As you might have guessed from my recent posts, Laura Hollick and I were in NYC last week. We decided to take advantage of this situation to shoot some photos and video in that most iconic of Manhattan locations, Times Square. As a photographer, the challenge was...
by Kevin Thom | Jul 15, 2011 | Personal, Tips, Travel
Undoubtedly, one of Brooklyn’s most iconic locations is Coney Island. I had a day to kill earlier this week, so I decided to visit the park and boardwalk to take some pictures. I took the D train from Manhattan and just enjoyed the ride to the end of the line at...
by Kevin Thom | Jul 14, 2011 | Personal, Philosophy, Travel
On this last trip to NYC, we stayed at the Standard Hotel, located on Washington Street in the Meatpacking District. While there are many things non-standard about the Standard Hotel, what I found most interesting about it was its location straddling the High Line, an...