Travis W Keyes ~ Eyes Wide Open

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Will you shoot this for free?

Have you been asked to work for free or have you asked someone to? What happens when you ask others to do what they do for free..... “It’s time we all said no to spec,”

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6 Photographers ~ 1 Man ~ 6 Different Perspectives " No one sees it like you"

A photograph is shaped more by the person behind the camera than by what's in front of it. To prove this we invited six photographers to a portrait session with a twist. 'Decoy' is one of six experiments from The Lab, designed to shift creative thinking behind the lens.

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1 Hour Portrait Session

Weather its sometthing fun and whimsical, sexy or deep and thoughtful A strong portrait is something we should all have done at least once. through a pre shoot conversation we explore ideas and what you envision for your portrait so on the day of the shoot you know what to expect and can relax and focus on a wonderful session....

What you get: 1 hour Photo shoot, 10 digital negatives and 3 touched up photos with 3 8x10 prints. 

If outside of NYC or 20 miles of Rhinebeck NY (Travel expenses may be additional)

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Copy of 1 Hour Portrait Session

Weather its sometthing fun and whimsical, sexy or deep and thoughtful A strong portrait is something we should all have done at least once. through a pre shoot conversation we explore ideas and what you envision for your portrait so on the day of the shoot you know what to expect and can relax and focus on a wonderful session....

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Who's that Photographer???

A little peek of me behind the scenes on this Hawaiian Tropic's shoot with Courtney Trop

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A new Community group is formed for the A7Rii

Are getting the Sony a7Rii? Do you have any interest in it? Here is a new place for people to share their new camera experiences and photos.... and fot people that just want to know about the new camera to ask questions and see the photos.. It wont be long.. seems the first batch will be sent out on Aug. 5th! Im waiting for mine...

https://www.facebook.com/groups/969095406487894/

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TWKP EVENTS ONE

When you need someone to care as much as you do.

Travis W Keyes Photography / TWKP EVENTS ONE from Travis W Keyes on Vimeo.

capture the moments.

Book now 646 397 1022

[email protected]

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EAT....

Chef Shaun Hergatt mixes up food that is a visual feast for the eyes, soul and stomach.

     "An intimate affair between the guest and Chef Hergatt, the 50-seat restaurant offers an evolving menu that showcases the bounty of the seasons and ingredients when they are at their freshest and finest. Each element of the unique dining experience is Chef Shaun’s creation, from the restaurant design and tablescape to the composition and presentation of his distinctive dishes." 

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The Grass is greener on the inside....

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There is a new professional digital photo editer in town...

With Adobe Cloud accounts ranging from $9.99 a month to $49.00 a month photoshop and lightroom can be a costly yearly nut.. Well enter Affinity Photo a new professional digital editing software and it is built on all new algorithms and code. This should make the software faster and give the user new options that are not even found in PS yet. The best part is you can get it free HERE right now. The program is in Beta right now and is very stable. The software when released will be in the $50 price point and come with two years of free updates. what are you waiting for? Check it out and let me know what you think.....

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A Carry-on to rule them all.....

No one can deny its getting more frustrating to fly. Between what you can carry onto a plane, security and long lines. But for the savvy traveler there is a new bag in town that seems to make travel a bit more enjoyable and secure..  Enter the Blue Smart. A bag with a digital lock, battery charger, location tracing, built in scale, proximity alerts and a trip data app. Oh and it looks cool too. What started with an indiegogo goal to raise 50,000 raised almost 2 million dollars. the suitcase is also TSA, FAA and Dot accepted.

  For a very limited time, you can pre-order your Bluesmart carry-on for only $299 (40% off expected retail price). And with my special link you will save $20 on top of that...  Happy Travels!!!!

http://bluesmart.refr.cc/549WSJD

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All hell breaks loose as Punxsutawney Phil comes face to face with his actual shadow....

Happy Groundhogs day.. let's all hope for an early Spring!!!

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Stuck in D(H)ell

So I ordered a Dell 27 UltraHD 4K Monitor - P2715Q. When it arrived I hooked it up to my computer as a second monitor attached to my Mac Book Pro. I found it would not display in its maximum resolution. I decided to try their online chat help.. this was the transcript...

This is an automated email sent from Dell Chat. The following information is a log of your session. Please save the log for your records.  Your session ID for this incident is 67128212. Time    Details 12/19/2014 07:45:08PM    Session Started with Agent (CLKsmb_Aljay_255893) 12/19/2014 07:45:08PM    Travis Keyes: "are there mac Drivers for the P2715Q? I can only get the max display on it to 2560 x 1440 but on my dell P2815Q I can use the display resolution to 3840 x 2160.. I am using Yosemite on a macbook pro. is the P2715q not supported. it is the more expensive monitor but will not display 4k but the cheaper monitor will?????? 12/19/2014 07:45:18PM    Agent (CLKsmb_Aljay_255893): "Thank you for contacting Dell Basic Warranty Support. My name is Aljay." 12/19/2014 07:47:10PM    Agent (CLKsmb_Aljay_255893): "Dell's Hardware Warranty Support only provides troubleshooting assistance for hardware defects in Dell-branded products under the Limited Warranty. We have our Solution Station where our software experts may be able to provide you excellent service to resolve this issue to your satisfaction. Our software experts are skilled to provide one-day resolution and we will have your business up and running at the soonest possible time. Please note that the software support is a paid service, meaning they will charge you a nominal fee for the assistance provided. Although we cannot provide support for this issue, there are free online resources to assist you at http://www.support.dell.com, including the Dell Community Forum and other online resources. So you may receive immediate support for your issue, kindly call 1-877-699-5743. 12/19/2014 07:48:35PM    Travis Keyes: "I just got this monitor today and you cant anser if it supports my need and want to charge me????" 12/19/2014 07:50:41PM    Travis Keyes: "I will be sure to share my experience on my blog/twitter and facebook" 12/19/2014 07:50:57PM    Agent (CLKsmb_Aljay_255893): "I apologize for the trouble." 12/19/2014 07:51:35PM    Agent (CLKsmb_Aljay_255893): "Thank you for choosing Dell. Have a great day!" 12/19/2014 07:51:38PM    Session Ended

They wanted to charge me for an answer? I decided I would try calling customer support.. After 30 min with the same music looping over and over. I was talking to someone that could give me no answers and definitely had no clue about the product. So it was their answer to ship me another monitor. I was told there would be a return shipping label to return the first monitor.  Well after a couple days the second monitor arrived and had the same problem and no return label for the first monitor. so I contacted customer support to return the monitor. Not only did this take multiple calls I was informed by one customer service rep I he could only send me a return label for the second Monitor sent to me and I would have to contact customer service to get a shipping label to return the first monitor. Once again 3 transferred calls and finally someone takes my info and tells me I should receive an email with the return UPS label within 30min to an hour. Well a day went by and no email was sent.. I had to call again and get transferred around. Mind you...every time you call and ever person you speak to asks you your Order Number.. Customer Number, Shipping Address, Billing address ...Phone Number and email. yet if they accidently disconnected you they will not contact you back. Finally I get someone that is helpful and gets me the UPS return label sent to me. Almost two weeks after my initial order finally I am able to send both monitors back. I am told it could take 15 days to get the refund. About two weeks go by and I receive a call saying they still are waiting for both the monitors to be returned. Luckily I have kept both the UPS tracking Numbers and have to prove to them they are mistaken and have received the monitors back almost two weeks ago.  They tell me they will have to take the numbers and look into it. I am not contacted back by them so I call them again to check on my return and refund, Once again I am transferred around and told the refund should be returned to my account in 3- 4 days. The refund has not been issued. I wait... the Initial order was placed on 12/9/14.. I once again call them today 1/27/14 I speak to the first person who asks me every question and has no answers and says he needs to transfer me. I am transferred.. wait on hold 20 min and am asked all the same questions to be disconnected. I call back.. wait on hold am asked all the same questions and told I need to be transferred. I have Business perfered line and did not pay with dells card and need to speak to Dell Financial so they can process my credit card. I am give the number 1800 624 9897.. Transferred.. wait on hold... asked all the same questions.. told I have wrong department given new number....1800 819-3355...Transferred.. wait on hold... asked all the same questions.. told I have wrong department given new number....1800 6 24-9896...Transferred.. wait on hold... asked all the same questions.. After repeated let me put you on hold for a minute.. I am told they see the problem that the returns warehouse never checked in the monitors...told I have wrong department given new number....1800 456 3355.. I have completely lost my patients. And demand to speak to a supervisor. she will not put one on the phone and insists unless she asks me every question again I can not be helped.. She then tells me the refund has been initiated and It should take another couple of days.. I have yet to get my refund... 14 phone calls. 7 emails and a trip to UPS to send back two large monitors.. The repeated incompetence on trying to return and get refunded on one item is absurd. One 5 min call to Amazon and this would have been resolved. I hope by taking the time to write about this experience I will at least spare someone else from the aggravation of dealing with this completely inept company. Please pass on the word and avoid dell at all costs!!!!!!

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Champagne Daze....

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I am happy to finally share my series "7 Days in Guatemala" I hope you enjoy and please let me know what you think, feel or if you have any questions. 

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WD My Passport - not ready for prime time

I love playing with new tech but being an earlier adopter can come at a price. I recently picked up the new WD My Passport Wireless 2tb. I had read about it and knew someone that had picked up one before me. A drive that I could connect to wirelessly and had a sd slot to transfer files automatically while I was in the field was something I was very interested in. All its options sound much better than they work in reality. It comes with little documentation and instructions on how to use it. After a bit of tinkering I was able to download the app and figure out its settings. I was out on a shoot and it was time to try it out in a real life setting. I was between shoots and plugged in the SD card for transfer... I waited, waited and waited. The transfer was so slow 25 min later It was still not done and I left it in the car to continue without me. I wish I could say it worked perfectly plugging it in or using it wirelessly. but it just didn't. I decided to give it one more shot and use it just as a backup drive plugged directly into the computer. I transfered 4 days of shoots hard wired into My Macbook and still found it slow. When I returned to my studio and plugged the drive in it was dead. I lost several days of work. Luckily I still had some of the shoots on sd cards. I talked to one of the WD reps at Photo Expo over the weekend and he acknowledged the slow transfer speeds and said it was something they were working on that would be addressed in a future firmware update. Unfortunately this drive is not ready or reliable yet for pro use.

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Riding the Midnight Express

30 Years ago yesterday Billy Hayes escaped from a Turkish prison, His story was published and made into the movie "Midnight Express:. It was an honor to hear his story and photograph him on this amazing Anniversary..