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Cafe Life: Quintessential Paris

2024-05-03T17:00:06-04:00August 6th, 2018|art photography, Italy, Paris, Phil Cantor, Photography, travel|

Montclair, NJ Family Portrait Photographer Phil Cantor writes: Ah, the world of the French cafe. Sit at little round tables for hours with your espresso cup or a glass of wine and watch the world go by. I was in Paris last month and I got to sit along with the Parisians, but I took photographs.  Hemingway, Modigliani, Picasso, Nin spent time sketching, reading and arguing at Les Deux Magots or La Rotonde or Cafe des Flores. [...]

Your Photobooth Portraits from Montclair CenterStage Music Festival!

2024-05-03T17:00:06-04:00May 10th, 2018|creative, Montclair, Photography, Special Events|

Last weekend, I held a photobooth outside of my studio where I invited festival revelers to don various goofy photobooth accoutrement and get their portraits taken.

Why you should print your photographs…BIT ROT

2024-05-03T17:00:08-04:00December 18th, 2017|art photography, Photography, photography tips|

Bit rot is a term that refers to the slow deterioration in the performance and integrity of data stored on various forms of storage media. It’s a serious problem for pretty much anything that is digital or online etc.

A Montclair Kimberley Academy tradition…

2024-05-03T17:00:08-04:00December 15th, 2017|Essex County, Montclair Kimberley Academy, New Jersey, Phil Cantor, Photography, seniors, Students|

I have been photographing the graduating class of high school seniors from Montclair Kimberley Academy for over two decades. I photograph every kid individually and then, for one shot, the kids pile onto the football bleachers for a fun take of the entire class. While the photograph is quite simple, the logistics are complicated. I need to use the tallest tripod I own in order to get a head-on view of everyone, I set up [...]

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