New York city is the city that never sleeps. Millions of people live in the Big Apple and either visit or conduct business there. Now you can view New York City from a different angle with “Through the Lens” photography experience being offered by Brite Spokes.

Get a chance to capture the true essence of NYC along with photographer professionals. You’ll learn to view and shoot a wide variety of subjects including landscape, fashion, action, boudoir, plus aerial photography.

The “Through the Lens” travel adventure package is six-days and five-night and includes an exclusive workshop hosted by leading photography brand, Adorama.

The course will give travelers a unique experience to try a variety of camera styles. You will have the opportunity to use state-of-the-art camera equipment in addition to learning clever camera techniques prior to venturing out into the heart of New York City and start shooting.

Two of the photographers you will work with include aerial photographer Alex MacLean and boudoir photographer Jessica Lark. These fascinating photo sessions are a great way to learn the tips of the trade and improve your own skills.

In addition, your package includes a VIP tour of the International Center of Photography. You will take to the skies with a helicopter trip that will provide a memorable aerial photo session. There is a night photo safari plus get pampered with a a hair and make-up experience in preparation for a private photo shoot at a local NYC portrait studio.

What is included in the “Through the Lens” travel adventure package is nightly accommodations at a leading New York City hotel, select meals during your stay, luxury motor coach transportation to your various outings and excursions, 24/7 customer service, the assistance of an experienced trip manager, plus your porterage fees, gratuities and taxes.

If you would like to learn more and book a reservation and experience the “Through the Lens” travel adventure package in New York City, please contact The Life of Luxury. Return often to read about other exciting luxury travel packages published in our luxury blog.

As the economy continues to struggle, more and more people are saving money and spending more time at home.

Although being at home more than in the past, it doesn’t mean they should have to cut out the finer things in life.

People are looking for affordable luxuries. Portraiture, especially portraits of their cherished children is “The New Status Symbol,” according to Boston Home Magazine.

MSN’s Encarta defines Portraiture as a visual representation of individual people, distinguished by references to the subject’s character, social position, wealth, or profession.

In the broadest sense, portraiture can include representations of animals (favored pets or prize-winning livestock, for example) or even representations of dwellings.

Portraiture of people have steadily increased and it looks to stay that way for many years to come.

Pinhole photography has been around for a long time. In the most simplest terms, pinhole photography is lensless photography. A very small hole replaces the camera lens. As light passes through the tiny hole, an image is formed inside the camera.

Pinhole cameras come in sizes both small or large, and are designed with great care. Cameras have been made of a wide variety of things, including sea shells, oatmeal boxes, coke cans or cookie containers.  People have even used station wagons as a pinhole camera, as well as rooms in large buildings.

Simply stated, a pinhole camera is a box, with a tiny hole at one end and film or photographic paper at the other.

The pinhole camera is a type of Camera Obscura, the first camera invented in the 1850’s.  Before it was used as a camera with film, it was a tool to help artists learn to paint and draw with more detail, a tool devised to help tell time and a tool used by scientists for observing a solar eclipse.

Sheila Bocchine is an international pinhole portrait photographer. She has traveled the world doing pinhole portraits and weddings. Sheila’s style of portraiture is a unique luxury, is the only photographer doing it commercially.

What makes Sheila Bocchine’s photos so special is the unique process she uses. Her pinhole camera is lensless, uses medium format (120) film, is made from teak wood and produces square images. The exposures are longer to compensate for the pinhole, which is why you will see subtle blur and motion in all of her images.

Since the world rarely stands still, my pinhole camera captures all the beautiful motion and energy onto the negative, thus resulting with dreamscape-like qualities. Sheila Bocchine feels like each pinhole photograph is a marvelous dream… a surreal and whimsical moment in time that has swirled around her daydreams before coming out as the perfect pinhole photograph.

Sheila’s pinhole portraits are romantic, surreal, whimsical, beautiful, and unique. Pinhole photography is a photographic experience, a fanciful interpretation of life. The energy of your soul dances onto film through sunbursts, subtle motion and interesting angles.

To see more pinhole portraits, as well as learn more about Sheila Bocchine and her amazing pinhole photography, please view her website at: www.sheilabocchine.com